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Story-Based Learning in Colombia
28-03-2023
… training is based on the idea that media productions and scripts need to be rooted in the everyday reality of the inhabitants”, Horstman explains. “They need to be made with the active involvement of the communities, do justice to the diversity of experience and shades of grey, and foster the language of a return to coexistence rather than a return to violence.” In their next trip to Colombia, she and De Vries met the same group of participants in the Valledupar region. There they developed … special night back in October. The next morning he was found, resting in peace. Marten W. de Vries (1948) is emeritus professor of Social Psychiatry and director of Mind Venture International (MVI). As a psychiatrist and anthropologist, he studies the experience of mental illness under different sociocultural and traumatic circumstances. MVI works together with target groups to develop media productions aimed at improving mental health and social wellbeing. For this work, De Vries was recently …
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INKOM: de beste start van je studentenleven!
12-04-2024
… is in de afgelopen jaren uitgegroeid tot de grootste van de wereld. “We lazen dat in Duitsland de grootste cantus ter wereld werd georganiseerd met 4.000 studenten, maar wij gaan hier, met onze 7.000 studenten, mooi over heen! Dit is een echte experience! Hier moet je gewoon bij zijn. Je ziet mensen binnenkomen en denken, ‘wat gebeurt hier…’ De sfeer is heel gemoedelijk. Het is heel gezellig en leuk om met zoveel mensen liederen te zingen, terwijl er wordt gedanst en gesprongen… Iedereen is …
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… and statistics. I decided to do the entrepreneurship minor because both of my parents are business owners and I grew up in that environment.” You’re 27 and before starting your studies you worked in Los Angeles for a couple of years. Was that work experience useful during your minor? ”Well, after working for other people I found out I’d rather die than work for somebody else. I had a great internship last summer, at a company in Heerlen. A fantastic company, it was great, but I never want to do …
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… space now that she has finished her PhD, but the work doesn’t stop. Based in Pretoria, she works as an adviser for orphans and vulnerable children for the regional HIV/AIDS programme of USAID Southern Africa. “I notice that my research and the experience I gained during my PhD are already paying off in the work I’m now doing. I hope that what I’ve accomplished inspires more young women to help this vulnerable group of children in some way.” By: Graziella Runchina (text), Herman Pijpers …
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The plastic brain as a new moral compass
28-03-2023
… of the concept of work. Self-discipline was a virtue of vital importance to many Greek philosophers, but work was not; that was for slaves. “At this point, self-help books by neuroscientists refer back to Buddhism”, Van de Werff says. “Many people experience stress at work. Mindfulness is currently the magic word for dealing with it.” With the help of neuroscience, meditation is first stripped of its Buddhist roots. Brain coaches then recommend mindfulness as brain training, a cure for stress …
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Through Ariadne’s guidance
28-03-2023
… potentially dangerous dynamic systems. The labyrinth in the Basilica of Saint Servatius The mosaic tile floor of the Basilica of Saint Servatius Bergportaal lays out a true labyrinth. It poses no navigational challenge, but instead offers a spiritual experience to pilgrims. The labyrinth’s path starts in Maastricht, and leads via the world’s most important places of pilgrimage – Aachen, Cologne, Rome, and Constantinople – to Jerusalem. Basilica of Saint Servatius Keizer Karelplein 3 6211 TC …
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From Rotterdam to Dubai, via Maastricht
28-03-2023
… I travel regularly to India, Pakistan, Oman, Qatar and Iran, but also Denmark, Jordan and Nepal.” Good home base Because she is away so much, she likes having a good home base in Dubai. “I love it here. Dubai is an interesting city to live in. In my experience it’s one of the most modern cities in the Middle East, where people from all over the world come together.” She also finds it luxurious, culturally diverse and extremely safe. “Dubai has a beautiful beach and borders on the desert. I’ve made …
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… Dr. Constance Sommerey is director of UM Diversity and Inclusivity Office, where she translates ideas about diversity and inclusivity into concrete policies and helps students and staff feel valued for their individual, diverse viewpoints and experiences. The other guest speaker in this episode is Dr. Darian Meacham who is an Associate Professor of Philosophy and Principal Investigator for Ethics and Responsible Innovation at the BISS Institute. His main teaching and research interests are …
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Episode 4: Computational Social Sciences
28-03-2023
In our new Episode of the DSMINDSETS podcast, we invited
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The hybrid researcher
28-03-2023
… care – was allowed to stay on. He now works three days a week for CARIM and two days for Philips Research in Eindhoven. He also holds a zero-hour appointment at the DKE, where he tries to be physically present one day every two weeks. Because as experience has taught him, getting together with people in person is one of the keys to successful interdisciplinary collaboration. Mathematical twist What is special about his PhD project is that the DKE and CARIM teamed up to build an ECGI system …