The Technical Condition is een toegankelijke, Engelstalige introductie in de techniekfilosofie. Het boek behandelt de belangrijkste auteurs, methoden, debatten en concepten die in het denken over techniek een rol spelen. Ieder hoofdstuk is geschreven rondom een zogenaamde 'technologische schok', een technologische ontwikkeling die een revolutionair effect heeft gehad op de samenleving. De bedoeling daarvan is de lezer te laten zien dat filosofische reflectie op techniek noodzakelijk is, ook v...

This is the first study to examine in detail ritual objects known as 'Lamak', a fascinating and unique form of ephemeral material culture which is a prominent feature of Balinese creativity.A lamak is a long narrow ritual hanging that is an essential requirement at almost all rituals in Bali. It is hung from altars and shrines at temple festivals and on festive holy days. Made usually of palm leaves, it is by nature ephemeral and it is made time and again. Even though permanent forms of the l...

This book explains the Business Transformation Framework, BTF Version 2016, a structural approach based on best practice. It is a practical approach that helps organizations to design, develop, plan and govern organizational change. Obviously developing a solid and widely supported Change plan is the first step towards a successful organizational change! Simply said: BTF helps to get control over organizational change!

In the BTF coherence and collaboration are essential. The BTF approach i...

Andre Schreuder, born in Delft 1960 is a Dutch artist who mainly paints in a colorful figurative way. He is also a member of the movement: Immagine & Poesia which has its roots in Turin Italy. One of his other talents is writing poetry. In this book he combines his paintings and poetry together; the poems are related to the paintings.

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This book addresses the question of how to design in a historical context. How to get a grip on a site? How can a designer incorporate actual qualities of the heritage in the design? In three chapters, it is described how the conservation of heritage has increasingly become an issue of planning and intervention, with the specific cultural heritage qualities of a site as the starting point for transformation.

There are several different approaches to embed the design in the site: focussing on ...

This book provides a selection of interesting papers presented at the Third REALaw Research Forum, which was held in Utrecht on January 30, 2015. The overarching theme of the colloquium was Judicial Coherence in the European Union.

Ever since the establishment of the EU's judicial system, coherence in the administration of justice within the EU has been an intriguing topic for debate amongst legal scholars and practitioners. Throughout the development of EU (administrative) law in recent decad...

A journey through several continents and prisons with a surprising twist.

The non-fiction story in this book is about me and some of the situations my family members and I went through. I rather not talk about others, but you need to understand what my background is and what my foundation was made of in order to understand my struggle in life. I want you to learn from my mistakes. All I can tell you in short about my story is that I was looking for love. Are you too looking for love?

It is ne...