Dit onderzoek geeft inzicht in de toepassingspraktijk van de voorlopige hechtenis bij jeugdige verdachten. Voor het eerst is door middel van een dossierstudie in kaart gebracht wat de kenmerken... Show moreDit onderzoek geeft inzicht in de toepassingspraktijk van de voorlopige hechtenis bij jeugdige verdachten. Voor het eerst is door middel van een dossierstudie in kaart gebracht wat de kenmerken zijn van deze populatie jeugdigen en hoe deze kenmerken zich verhouden tot de rechterlijke besluitvorming over de voorlopige hechtenis. Hiermee geeft dit onderzoek nieuwe inzichten in de kenmerken die verband houden met de beslissingen van de rechter-commissaris en raadkamer over de schorsing van de voorlopige hechtenis. Is het bijvoorbeeld zo dat bepaalde jeugdigen minder kans hebben op een schorsing dan andere jeugdigen? Ook laat het onderzoek zien hoe beslissingen over de voorlopige hechtenis van jeugdige verdachten zich verhouden tot de uiteindelijke afdoening van jeugdstrafzaken en in hoeverre van de voorlopige hechtenis een ‘prejudiciërende werking’ uitgaat. De bevindingen van dit onderzoek kunnen worden gebruikt om beter invulling te geven aan de verplichtingen die voortvloeien uit het Nederlandse en internationale recht ten aanzien van jeugdigen in voorlopige hechtenis. Ook wordt een belangrijke basis gelegd voor specifieke beleidskeuzes die zijn gericht op de ontwikkeling van passende alternatieven voor de voorlopige hechtenis van jeugdige verdachten in justitiële jeugdinrichtingen. Show less
In the Dutch Republic, in its Baroque forms of art, two aesthetic formal modes, theatre and drama, were dynamically related to two political concepts, event and moment. The Dutch version of the... Show moreIn the Dutch Republic, in its Baroque forms of art, two aesthetic formal modes, theatre and drama, were dynamically related to two political concepts, event and moment. The Dutch version of the Baroque is characterised by a fascination with this world regarded as one possibility out of a plurality of potential worlds. It is this fascination that explains the coincidence in the Dutch Republic, strange at first sight, of Baroque exuberance, irregularity, paradox, and vertigo with scientific rigor, regularity, mathematical logic, and rational distance. In giving a new historical perspective on the Baroque as a specifically Dutch republican one, this study also offers a new and systematic approach towards the interactions among the notions of theatricality, dramatisation, moment, and event: concepts that are currently at the centre of philosophical and political debates but the modern articulation of which can best be considered in the explorations of history and world in the Dutch Republic. Show less
Custers, B.H.M.; Dechesne, F.; Georgieva, I.N.; Hof, S. van der 2017
New Public Management en vooral besparingen bij politie en justitie leidden tot het meten van allerhande grootheden die een rol spelen bij prestatieafspraken ten aanzien van politiewerk. Ook de... Show moreNew Public Management en vooral besparingen bij politie en justitie leidden tot het meten van allerhande grootheden die een rol spelen bij prestatieafspraken ten aanzien van politiewerk. Ook de geregistreerde criminaliteit wordt jaarlijks gepresenteerd in politiestatistieken, waarbij het aantal feiten vastgesteld in proces-verbalen wordt geteld. In dit Cahier wordt de vraag gesteld naar de bruikbaarheid van deze cijfers. Wat zeggen de cijfers en wat blijft verborgen? Er wordt immers vaak geregistreerd om aan prestatieconvenanten tegemoet te komen en er worden, bijvoorbeeld, proces-verbalen uitgeschreven om bepaalde quota te halen. Wat leert dat nog over de werkelijk gepleegde criminaliteit? Kan de Politiemonitor en de Integrale Veiligheidsmonitor in Nederland en de Veiligheidsmonitor in België een degelijke aanvulling verschaffen? En wat zijn huidige registratiepraktijken en valkuilen daarbij? Heeft meten nog een toekomst als het gaat om accountability van politiewerk? Op deze en andere vragen gaat dit Cahier in. In een eerste deel van dit Cahier Politiestudies wordt ingezoomd op het vraagstuk van de betrouwbaarheid van criminaliteitscijfers. Wat zeggen deze cijfers wel, en wat niet? Show less
World History — a Genealogy charts the history of the discipline through twenty-five in-depth conversations with historians whose work has shaped the field of world history in fundamental ways.... Show moreWorld History — a Genealogy charts the history of the discipline through twenty-five in-depth conversations with historians whose work has shaped the field of world history in fundamental ways. These conversations, which took place over a period of twenty years for the world history journal Itinerario, cover these historians’ lives, work, and views of the academy in general and the field of world history in particular. An extensive introduction distills the most important developments in the field from these conversations, and sheds light on what these historians have in common, as well as — perhaps more importantly — what separates them. Show less
In 1884 an obscure British soldier, having finished his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip home in order to spend three months crossing Persia unaccompanied except for the... Show moreIn 1884 an obscure British soldier, having finished his tour of duty in India, decided to make a detour on his trip home in order to spend three months crossing Persia unaccompanied except for the local muleteers. Among his accoutrements he packed a small leather-bound sketchbook in which he not only wrote a journal but in which he also added accomplished and charming water-colour illustrations. The authors’ introduction contextualises this trip made in 1884 against the background of Persianate influence in British culture, and the general cultural background of late Victorian Britain is presented as the subliminal driver behind a young man’s desire to explore, and illustrate, an already discovered country – Persia. Show less
The central aim of this book is to present a new approach to “the field of musical improvisation” (FMI), a theory which understands improvisation as a nonlinear dynamic and complex system. The... Show moreThe central aim of this book is to present a new approach to “the field of musical improvisation” (FMI), a theory which understands improvisation as a nonlinear dynamic and complex system. The study provocatively argues that during an improvisation more actants are “at work” than musicians alone: space, acoustics, instruments, audience, technicians, musical and socio-cultural backgrounds, technology, and the like all play a significant role. However, not all of these actants determine every improvisation to the same extent; some are more prominent and active than others in certain situations (periods, styles, cultures, as well as more singular circumstances). Therefore, the FMI theory will prove to be more than a theory dealing with improvisation “in general”. Rather, FMI emphasizes singularity: each improvisation thus yields a different network of actants and interactions, a unique configuration or assembly. Show less
The Large Farāmarznāme (Farāmarznāme-ye bozorg), a poem from the Persian epic cycle dated to the late eleventh century, is hereby published for the first time in an English translation, in prose.... Show moreThe Large Farāmarznāme (Farāmarznāme-ye bozorg), a poem from the Persian epic cycle dated to the late eleventh century, is hereby published for the first time in an English translation, in prose. The story tells how Farāmarz, a son of the famous Shāhnāme hero Rostam, conquers several provinces of India, before setting off on an extensive voyage over sea and land, leading his troops through a number of hazardous situations in various fictional countries. As a true epic hero, he displays his prowess in battle and in single combat against men, demons and various ferocious animals, in addition to experiencing a number of marvelous and romantic adventures. Show less
In deze research paper worden de volgende vijf opsporingsmethoden onderzocht: (1) het vergaren van publiekelijk toegankelijke gegevens, (2) online undercoveroperaties, (3) de inbeslagname en... Show moreIn deze research paper worden de volgende vijf opsporingsmethoden onderzocht: (1) het vergaren van publiekelijk toegankelijke gegevens, (2) online undercoveroperaties, (3) de inbeslagname en onderzoek van gegevens in computers, (4) het vorderen van gegevens bij online serviceproviders en (5) hacken als opsporingsmethode. In het boek wordt uitgelegd hoe deze digitale opsporingsmethoden in de praktijk worden toegepast en op welke wijze deze opsporingsmethoden zijn gereguleerd in het Wetboek van Strafvordering. Show less
ASA Online provides a quarterly overview of journal articles and edited works on Africa in the field of the social sciences and the humanities available in the ASC library. Issue 58 (2017).... Show moreASA Online provides a quarterly overview of journal articles and edited works on Africa in the field of the social sciences and the humanities available in the ASC library. Issue 58 (2017). African Studies Centre Leiden. Show less
Pieter Albert Bik (1798-1855) was a Dutch colonial official whose work took him all over the world, including travels throughout Europe, the Dutch East Indies, and Japan. This book presents for the... Show morePieter Albert Bik (1798-1855) was a Dutch colonial official whose work took him all over the world, including travels throughout Europe, the Dutch East Indies, and Japan. This book presents for the first time in English his autobiographical writings about those travels, which Bik never published in his lifetime. Presented here with annotations to set his observations in context, Bik’s accounts offer a unique glimpse of the wide horizons of the world of Dutch colonialism in the first half of the nineteenth century, while editor Mikko Toivanen also draws interesting parallels between Bik’s travels and the contemporary emergence of tourist travel in Europe. Show less
Many Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan sell small wooden votive tablets (ema) which are meant to be left on a rack at the sanctuary. The reverse of these tablets offers space to send a... Show moreMany Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan sell small wooden votive tablets (ema) which are meant to be left on a rack at the sanctuary. The reverse of these tablets offers space to send a self-written wish or personal thank you message to the enshrined deity or buddha. Their front usually has a pre-printed or hand-painted design that is indicative of the intended purpose. In this book hundreds of contemporary ema designs for health-related purposes are reproduced and placed into their religious and biomedical context. A final chapter explores why there are differences between these purposes and current epidemiological patterns. This is the first book in English on the long-standing tradition of ema. Show less
Abstract: Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, has to deal with cyclones every year. The impact of a cyclone can be devastating, leaving areas with houses damaged, floods and... Show moreAbstract: Madagascar, one of the poorest countries in the world, has to deal with cyclones every year. The impact of a cyclone can be devastating, leaving areas with houses damaged, floods and damaged crops. The aftermath has an even greater impact.The floods increase the number of people affected by water-borne and related diseases. The NGO CARE, the audience for this thesis, is working with their Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) program in Madagascar to diminish these effects and to return inhabitants to their original standard of living. In this thesis we note that, within the DRR program of CARE, the landscape-based design approach,a method commonly used in the field of landscape architecture, has not yet been integrated into this program. An integral approach could, however, improve resiliency and the standard of living. The research question relating to this statement is: What measures related to the landscape-based design approach are needed to establish resiliency in a disaster-prone developing region? The measures should relate to CARE’s methods and to physical activities implementable by the inhabitants of Vatomandry, which is the case study for this thesis.To answer this question, different methods have been used and executed, partly in the Netherlands and partly in Madagascar. Landscape analysis was performed and participatory workshops were organised. By means of the landscape analysis, a full understanding of the landscape processes of the study area was generated. The participatory workshops were important as they provided this research with local knowledge; even more relevant was establishing ownership of the project on the part of the inhabitants. The participatory workshops entailed the proven Green Towns workshop of Duchhart and a photomontage workshop.The Green Towns workshop proved insufficient on its own to proceed towards taking active steps for improvement of the environment; therefore, a photomontage workshop was also organised. This then led to an Action Day, in which one of the measures was carried out. Achieving this first measure will hopefully have a positive effect in terms of carrying out the other measures and interventions suggested in this thesis. The data gathered in Madagascar were analysed and ordered in the Netherlands; they were then used as input for the design aimed at enhancing resiliency. The results from the participative workshops were translated from short-term solutions for the benefit of individuals to a long-term landscape plan for the benefit of the community. The design is not a blueprint design. The landscape plan provides recommendations for environmental improvements in Vatomandry, along with design prinxvi ciples generally applicable for similar cities along the east coast. The interventions include a drainage system against floods, shelterbelts, sand fences, and urifying wetlands and vegetation for shelter, health and income. The final result and answer to the research question can be found in several measures – methodological and physical – aimed at improving the resiliency of the landscape against tropical cyclones. The overall methodology is intended to be replicable for similar cities that also suffer from natural disasters.Résumé: Chaque année, Madagascar, un des pays les plus pauvres du monde, doit faire face à des cyclones. L’impact d’un cyclone peut être dévastateur, laissant des régions avec des maisons détruites, des inondations et les cultures endommagés.La suite a un effet encore plus important. Les inondations augmentent le nombre des personnes qui sont touchées par des maladies portées par les eaux et des maladies connexes. L’ONG CARE, assistance de cette thèse, travaille à Madagascar pour réduire ces effets avec leur programme de Réduction des Risques de Catastrophes (DRR) et à redonner aux habitants leur niveau de vie original. Dans cette thèse nous énonçons que, dans ce programme DRR de CARE, l’approche reposant sur l’aménagement paysager (landscape-based design approach), une méthode souvent utilisée dans l’architecture paysagiste, qui n’a pas encore été intégré ici. Cette approche intégrée pourrait améliorer la résilience et le niveau de vie. La question de recherche au coeur de ce rapport cest: Quelles actions liées à l’approche reposant sur l’aménagement paysager sont nécessaires pour établir de la résilience dans une région en voie de développement enclins aux catastrophes? Les actions devraient se rapporter aux méthodes de CARE et aux actions physiques exécutable par les habitants de Vatomandry, le cas d’étude de cette thèse. Pour répondre à cette question, des méthodes différentes sont employées et exécutées, en partie aux Pays-Bas et en partie au Madagascar. L’analyse de paysage a été exécutée et des ateliers participatifs ont été organisés. Au moyen de l’analyse de paysage, une compréhension complète des processus de paysage du secteur d’étude a été produite. Les ateliers participatifs étaient importants car ils ont fourni à cette étude la connaissance locale nécessaire. Et ils ont permis aux locaux de s’approprier les mesures. Les ateliers participatifs comportent l’atelier nommé Green Towns (les villes vertes) de Duchhart, et un atelier de montage de photos. L’atelier Green Towns lui-même ne suffisait pas pour procéder à l’action pour améliorer l’environnement, donc un atelier de montage de photos a été organisé. Ceci a conduit à une Journée d’Action, où une des actions a été exécutée. L’accomplissement devrait avoir un effet positif afin d’exécuter d’autres actions et les interventions suggérées dans cette thèse. Les données recueillies en Madagascar ont été analysées et organisées aux Pays-Bas et ont été utilisées comme données pour concevoir l’augmentation de la résilience. Les résultats des ateliers participatifs ont été transformés à partir de solutions à court terme pour des avantages individuels en un plan paysagiste à long terme pour des avantages pour toute la communauté. La conception des mesures mises en place n’est pas une conception de modèle universel. Le plan d’aménagement paysager fournit des recommandations pour des améliorations environnementales de Vatomandry et des principes applicables pour des villes similaires le long de la côte est. Les interventions impliquent une canalisation contre les inondations, des brise-vent, des barrières de sable, des lagunes d’épuration et l’utilisation de la végétation comme abri, la santé et des revenus. La réponse finale à la question de recherche ce sont plusieurs actions – méthodologiques et physiques – pour atteindre la résilience améliorée du paysage contre les cyclones tropicaux. La méthodologie générale devrait être reproductible pour les villes semblables qui souffrent également des catastrophes naturelles. Show less
For many Malawians the concept of home is strongly associated with the rural areas and one's (supposedly rural) place of birth. This 'grand narrative about home', though often reiterated, doesn't... Show moreFor many Malawians the concept of home is strongly associated with the rural areas and one's (supposedly rural) place of birth. This 'grand narrative about home', though often reiterated, doesn't necessarily depict lived reality. Malawi's history of movement and labor migration coupled with contemporary rapid urbanization makes that the amount of people whose lives do not fit this grand narrative, is increasing fast. In the current context of extreme poverty, destitution and devastation - the latter due to the flash floods of January 2015 - slum areas in Blantyre city are growing and so is the number of street children and youth. Some of them are taken in by organizations such as the Samaritan Trust; a street children shelter. This program aims at taking street youth home by 'reintegrating' them in their (rural) communities. When asked, the majority of (former) street youth adhere to the grand narrative and state their home to be in a rural village. Yet at the same time, this home is a place they intentionally left and do not wish to (currently) return to. Hence they are generally depicted as 'homeless'. I wondered: how do (former) street youth in Blantyre, Malawi, engage with 'the grand narrative about home' in trying to imagine their 'becoming at home' in the city? My thesis departs from the idea that (the search for) home is an integral part of the human condition. During eight months of ethnographic fieldwork in Blantyre, Malawi, I used qualitative methods - mainly interviews and participant observation - to come to an understanding of the meaning of home for (former) street youth. Some of them, the street girls, currently reside at Samaritan Trust and the former street youth are boys who formerly resided there. Their home-making practices in relation to a marginalized socio-economic position in an overall challenging economic context point towards more fluid and diverse constructions of home that exist alongside the grand narrative without rendering it obsolete. Under pressure, (former) street youth paradoxically attempt to solidify home - even though home remains fluid in practice. These attempts assist in coping with life in liquid modernity while they are at the same time fraught with contradictions, especially when these solidifications are themselves solidified in policies. These policies subsequently hamper (former) street youth's becoming at home in town by following the grand narrative and thus confining their homes to rural areas. I conclude that home can best be seen as a fluid field of tensions (re)created in the everyday, thus leaving space for both (former) street youth's roots and routes. An alternative way in which (former) street youth try to become at home in the city is by searching for a romantic partner to co-construct this (future) home. This book is based on Tanja D. Hendriks’ Master’s thesis ‘’Home is Always Home’: (Former) Street Youth in Blantyre, Malawi, and the Fluidity of Constructing Home’, winner of the African Studies Centre Leiden’s 2016 Africa Thesis Award. This annual award for Master’s students encourages student research and writing on Africa and promotes the study of African cultures and societies. Show less
In sixteenth-century Venice, paintings were often treated as living beings. As this book shows, paintings attended dinner parties, healed the sick, made money, and became involved in love affairs.... Show moreIn sixteenth-century Venice, paintings were often treated as living beings. As this book shows, paintings attended dinner parties, healed the sick, made money, and became involved in love affairs. Presenting a range of case studies, Elsje van Kessel offers a detailed examination of the agency paintings and other two dimensional images could exert. This lifelike agency is not only connected to the seemingly naturalistic style of these images – works by Titian, Giorgione and their contemporaries, illustrated here in 150 plates. It also brought in relation to their social-historical contexts, meticulously unravelled through archival research. Grounded in the theoretical literature on the agency of material things, The Lives of Paintings contributes to Venetian studies as well as engaging with wider debates on the attribution of life and presence to images and objects. Show less
