Stories
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New centre for AnimalHuman Studies
12-04-2024In the natural sciences animals are studied as objects, and in the social sciences and the humanities, humans are central.
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Art meets science at Maastricht University
28-03-2023Imagination provides direction to both artists and scientists. Whether aesthetically, conceptually, artistically or scientifically, breaking new ground requires us to explore worlds previously unheard of.
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Looted art in a moral twilight zone
28-03-2023When it comes to the restitution of looted art, things are never black and white. The procedures are often lengthy and complex, and the dividing line between law and morals is paper-thin. Moreover, emotions and national sensitivities quickly come into play.
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Making Clinical Sense
28-03-2023"Medical educators have unbelievably creative ways of teaching their students; for example I have read about cut out oranges in socks to teach the stages of dilation during birth…" In her project “Making Clinical Sense,” anthropologist Anna Harris is researching how medical skills are tau