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Herman Bavinck als ‘econoom’. Een verkenning van zijn maatschappelijke geschriften
No full textThe Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck (1854-1921) is known as a great dogmatist. Less well known is his lifelong interest in ethics and politics. This article focuses attention on Bavinck’s largely unexplored socio-economic views. It examines his published and unpublished writings that revolve around the “social question” of poverty and unemployment. The article concludes that, rather than a hobby, Bavinck’s attention to socioeconomic issues was entirely consistent with his conception of doing theology. Meanwhile it raises the question how Bavinck’s “Christian-historical” view of society and economy fit into his theology as a whole
Focus. Bronteksten van de Synode van Dordrecht 1618-1619
No full textN.a.v.: Donald Sinnema, Christian Moser en Herman J. Selderhuis (red.), Acta of the Synod of Dordt [Acta et Documenta Synodi Nationalis Dordrechtanae (1618-1619), 1 (ADSND)] (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2015) cvii + 539 p., € 225,00 (ISBN 9783525550786); Donald Sinnema, Christian Moser, Erik A. de Boer en Herman J. Selderhuis (red.), The Convening of the Synod of Dordt [ADSND 2,1] (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2023) lxiii + 808 p., € 250,00 (ISBN 9783525554661); Donald Sinnema, Christian Moser en Herman J. Selderhuis (red.), Early Sessions of the Synod of Dordt [ADSND 2,2] (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2018) xliii + 961 p., € 225,00 (ISBN 9783525570548)
Focus ‘De Heere is mijn hoog vertrek’. Het christelijk geloof van Etty Hillesum
No full textN.a.v.: Judith Koelemeijer, Etty Hillesum. Het verhaal van haar leven (Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Balans, 2022) 574 p., € 34,95 (ISBN 9789463821742)
Possibilities of virtual exchange for Internationalization at Home: Insights from the Global South
No full textThe paper discusses the potential of virtual exchange (VE) to promote the development of Internationalization at Home (IaH) approaches. With that aim, the GAZUFES VE project was undertaken in the COVID-19/post-pandemic scenario between two universities in the Global South: one in Brazil and another one in Turkey. The theoretical framework informing the research is that of VE as a strategy to internationalize higher education and English teacher education. The methodology employed is qualitative, using content analysis to analyze data collected through reflection reports, interviews, journals, and observations produced by the project informants: preservice English teachers, researchers, teacher trainers and international relations office (IRO) staff in the two institutions involved in the GAZUFES project. Results of the analysis suggest that the GAZUFES project made a significant contribution to English Language Teaching (ELT) education and IaH in the contexts researched, not least by raising the awareness at the IRO offices and the two institutions about the potential of VE for IaH approaches. The implementation of the GAZUFES project was a teacher-led innovation in the two institutions involved and more work is required to institutionalize VE projects beyond individual teachers’ efforts. Results are discussed in terms of the challenges and benefits of VE for ELT education in general and IaH in particular through the inclusion of voices and perspectives of different agents in the two institutions (student teachers, researchers, teacher trainers and IRO staff) involved in the GAZUFES project
The laughter effect: Enhancing cross-cultural learning and cohesiveness in a virtual environment
No full textThis practice report investigates the role of humor in enhancing cross-cultural learning and group cohesion in virtual education settings. Most collaborative international learning training focuses on structuring content, co-teaching, and managing coursework for specific outcomes (Rubin & Guth, 2015). Beyond including time for icebreakers for students to become acclimated with each other, often much of the rest of the experience emphasizes task completion; this serious focus may contribute to discomfort and reduced engagement among diverse students. After witnessing this our first year working together in a collaborative online international learning experience connecting North American students with those from Muslim-majority countries, we explored how modeling and creating opportunities for shared laughter in synchronous group exercises might better promote a relaxed and engaging learning environment. Our findings, derived from qualitative feedback and quantitative surveys, demonstrate that humor enhances group cohesion and cultural exploration. Students reported increased comfort, enjoyment, and willingness to engage and humor-driven activities consistently rated as the most impactful and enjoyable aspects of the course
Manifestations of Phototext as Hybrid Narratives in Biographies of Ingeborg Bachmann and Sylvia Plath
No full textJefferson Hunter introduced the term phototext in 1987 to describe a combination of words and photographic images, in which both parts ‘contribute equally to their meaning’. This paper argues that photographs in biographies, although commonly considered to illustrate or support the biographical text, form an inseparable union with the words that accompany them – a phototext. I therefore develop Hunter’s concept by using the term phototext to denote not only ‘composite publications’ but also other forms of combinations between photographs and words, namely ekphrasis and delayed connections, where image and text are separated. By looking at two frequently portrayed women writers – Sylvia Plath and Ingeborg Bachmann – this paper analyses common patterns of biographical phototexts. I have chosen one photograph of each writer, which is imprinted or referred to in at least two books, to explain the workings of such hybrid narratives. Together, these phototexts form an interacting net of correspondences across the biographies. Phototextual patterns focus on topics that cannot easily be represented by words only, for example the condition of the author’s body or spatial settings, and therefore cause a shift in the bimedia (im)balance. By applying the concept of phototext on literary biographies, the article shows how they stage not only images of Bachmann and Plath – both literal and metaphorical – but also images of women writers in general. The intermedial approach can disclose the biographer’s strategy of representing the writer.
Anita Wohlmann, Metaphor in Illness Writing: Fight and Battle Reused
No full textAnita Wohlmann begins her book about metaphors aptly with a metaphor: metaphors can become worn-out, and this is when they are often seen as risky. But they can also be recycled, restored, and repaired – brought to new life: ‘We can extend a metaphor’s longevity, we can repair it, or we can repurpose it (if need be) and thereby – in the spirit of upcycling – discover for new value’ (1). Wohlmann’s metaphors of ‘recycling’ and ‘upcycling’ ‘worn-out’ metaphors are wonderful because they show how language is a technology or a tool that can be used in multiple ways – that is malleable, as Wohlmann argues throughout the book
Sophie Lewis: Abolish the Family
No full textRezension von Sophie Lewis: Abolish the Family. A Manifesto for Care and Liberation. London und New York: Verso 2022
Unthinking Mastery with Suzanne Césaire
No full textThis paper aims to read together Julietta Singh’s Unthinking Mastery and Suzanne Césaire’s The Great Camouflage in order to uncover the narrative spaces in Césaire’s work that can be fruitful for unthinking mastery. I identify four connected themes in Césaire’s work. Surrealism, rejection of doudou-ism and the natural disaster explicitly reject the construction of the Caribbean as one exoticized place and mechanisms of categorization. The only stable identity of the Caribbean is its instability. The figure of the plant-human adds to this and transcends the human/non-human dichotomy in a way that dismantles this central dichotomy altogether
Something is Brooding
No full textReview of Isabelle Stengers. 2023. Making Sense in Common: A Reading of Whitehead in Times of Collapse. Translated by Thomas Lamarre. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press