Most European Roma and Sinti achieve such low levels of education that they have basically no chance of moving up the social ladder. This study compares the educational positions of Roma and Sinti... Show moreMost European Roma and Sinti achieve such low levels of education that they have basically no chance of moving up the social ladder. This study compares the educational positions of Roma and Sinti in the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, based on more than fifty biographical interviews with Roma and Sinti.Compared to the Netherlands, the poverty and social segregation among Czech Roma is more severe. Discrimination and racism against Czech Roma are virulent and ubiquitous. Yet, Roma and Sinti in the Netherlands have developed a similar suspicion of people outside their own circle and a similar negative attitude towards education, in response to their common history of deprivation, expulsion and even twice a genocide, in the eighteenth century and in the Second World War.Those Roma and Sinti who did receive an education were no longer seen as Roma or Sinti. This is why the highly educated did not function as role models until recently. Yet, this study shows there is a cautious turnaround. In both countries, the Roma and Sinti parents of the young generation of highly educated people, often low-educated themselves, had come to regard better education as the only way towards a better life. Show less
The objective of this socio-historical study is to contribute to a better and fuller insight in the development of Curaçao society in the twentieth century. The question that lies at the heart of... Show moreThe objective of this socio-historical study is to contribute to a better and fuller insight in the development of Curaçao society in the twentieth century. The question that lies at the heart of this study was: What was the influence of the Catholic Church in the development of Curaçao society in the period in which this society was strongly in the process of industrialization and modernization and that subsequently made the transition to democracy, self-government and therewith to citizenship? A considerable part of this study is based on literature and archival research, conducted in both Curaçao and the Netherlands, supplemented with the analysis of existing oral history material and the execution of targeted additional interviews. These additional interviews were conducted for greater knowledge and to illustrate, substantiate or clarify a specific situation. The study focuses on the development of society and therein specifically on the position of the Catholic, predominantly Afro-Curaçaoan, population. Show less
De afbeeldingen op het omslag: een heilige, een kerk en een priester, staan symbool voor de drie centrale thema__s van deze studie. De heilige verwijst naar de virtuele eigenaar van de kerk. De... Show moreDe afbeeldingen op het omslag: een heilige, een kerk en een priester, staan symbool voor de drie centrale thema__s van deze studie. De heilige verwijst naar de virtuele eigenaar van de kerk. De kerkafbeelding staat voor het onderzoek naar de relatie tussen parochiekerken en kloosters. Het derde thema is dat van de priester in Friesland en zijn (formele) positie. In vijf hoofdstukken komt in Heiligen en Heren aan de orde hoe de wijdingsprocedure in Utrecht in de praktijk liep, hoe de zogenoemde institutie of opdracht tot zielzorg door de aartsdiaken of een ander werd verleend, hoe de landsheer zich met het recht op benoeming of presentatie bemoeide, en in welke mate de centrale overheid het gedrag van priesters echt controleerde. Verder is onderzocht uit welke geledingen van de maatschappij de priesters afkomstig waren en hoeveel van hen een academische opleiding hadden gevolgd. Met dit alles levert dit boek basismateriaal aan voor het bepalen van het sterk lokale karakter van de middeleeuwse kerk in het Noorden van Nederland. Show less
Lines of thought describes the role of visual representations of invisible structures (definition, elements, cognition processes) in medieval texts in the Artes Faculty. By exploring three case... Show moreLines of thought describes the role of visual representations of invisible structures (definition, elements, cognition processes) in medieval texts in the Artes Faculty. By exploring three case studies in the field of logic, natural philosophy and medicine/psychology, the author investigated how medieval diagrams in learned texts were used and valued. She concentrated on scholarly activity in Paris, Oxford and Prague, 1200-1500. Show less
