Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) • Media, kunst, design en architectuur

Personification of Continents. Stereotypes or Early Ethnography Sources in the Rijksmuseum Collection Four continents were known in early-modern Europe: America, Europe, Asia and Africa. A popular theme in European art and cultural representation was the imagination of the continents in female figures or personifications displaying or wearing specific attributes ascribed to these continents. By contrasting the continents European artists showed specific presumptions about what it meant t...

This document provides lectures notes about: 1) Lecture 1: The Greek World 2) Lecture 2: Rome and its Empire 3) Lecture 3: Early and high Middle Ages 4) Lecture 4: The high and late Middle Ages 5) Lecture 5: Renaissance 6) Lecture 6: The reformation and counter reformation 7) Lecture 7: War, State formation and Urbanization in Europe 8) Lecture 8: European ‘Discovery’ and expansion c. 9) Lecture 9: Scientific revolution 10) Lecture 10: The age of “modernization”

This document explores the concept of "contested cultural heritage," emphasizing that cultural heritage is dynamic, often disputed, and shaped by various groups to assert identity, authority, and power. It highlights how heritage is not just preserved but actively constructed, often leading to tensions between different groups over ownership and meaning. This contestation involves issues such as cultural appropriation, erasure, and neglect, with examples like Confederate monuments and African ...

This document provides the following information: 1) What is Heritage according to different sources and scholars 2) What is cultural and natural heritage 3) The definition of authenticity and integrity 4) The definition of authorised heritage discourse 5) Description of the Defence Line of Amsterdam, under which category it falls, why it has Outstanding Universal Value

This document answer the following questions: 1. Why is the Wadi Rum regarded as a World Heritage site and why has it Outstanding Universal Value. 2. What kind of circumstances made the Wadi Rum a protected area. 3. What kind of steps can be taken to protect this site against climate change and any other dangers. It further consists of: • A sharp and relevant research question • A description of the chosen World Heritage site which is the Wadi Rum • A brief hist...

This document includes: 1) A short introduction in which I present my topic and approach. 2) The body, in which I present the definition of public space (I used the mandatory literature, but I formulated a definition that helps illuminate my specific case), analysis of my own case study with solid argumentation, using my fieldwork findings, examples and sources. 3) A conclusion, in which I answer the main question and reflect on the meaning of my findings. 4) A list of sources I used (bi...

This report includes: 1. The question(s) that I attempted to answer within my fieldwork, and how they relate to my overarching research question. 2. The method(s) that I used during my fieldwork. 3. Challenges that I might have faced. 4. My preliminary findings with regards to the form, function, image, and specificities of my selected public space. 5. A pdf of the ‘raw’ data that I gathered during my fieldwork, including, photos, drawings, notes, etc.

In this presentation the public space Musuem is analysed under a common angle which is design. It includes visual materials from our fieldwork.

See François Truffaut's review of Johnny Guitar in Modules (week 2) Concrete examples from this source are used to sketch the most important characteristics of la politique des auteurs. In my interpretation, there is made use of the knowledge I acquired during the lecture and while studying the chapter ‘Authorial Function and Historical Precedents’ by Barrett Hodsdon. My answer is formulated in a short coherent essay. Words: 400 words (+/-10%), excluding footnotes and bibliography.

1) On the pages 68-71 Mall discusses in 7 points what Intercultural Philosophy is and what it is not. Choose those three characteristics mentioned by Mall that YOU think are most important for intercultural encounters today and give reasons why you think these are important. 2) Intercultural Philosophy is philosophy, with a certain orientation, writes Wimmer on page 116. Mall writes on page 68 that Intercultural philosophy is a philosophical orientation, or a proto-philosophical stance. Do ...