At a three-day conference held at the TU Delft on November 6-8, 2019 researchers, scholars, activists, practitioners and artists presented individual papers that addressed the relationships between spatiality, mediation and conflict from a variety of perspectives.

In addition to academic paper contributions, the conference welcomed other proposals in different formats and media: audio-visual material (film, video, photography), digital or physical archives, experimental design proposals, inst...

Landscape design focuses on the construction and articulation of outdoor space and results in landscape architectonic compositions. In order to communicate about three-dimensional forms and functions, vocabulary, representations, and tools (in terms of spatial-visual characteristics) are of fundamental importance for landscape architects to describe, interpret, and manipulate landscape spaces. While combining design vocabulary and landscape indicators, qualitative and quantitative mapping app...

In 2020, the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands celebrated its 80th birthday. This publication describes the history of the department since its founding in early 1940, just before the start of World War II in the Netherlands, until present day. The publication will highlight how its research and education developed within the socio-economic context of the Netherlands and the developments in aerospace over the past 80 years.

Mother and Childcare, with Ayurveda is a book written for both future parents and therapists who want to guide couples in the process of preparing for a pregnancy, the pregnancy itself and the care for mother and child during and after childbirth.

In the last year of my Ayurveda study I had to write a thesis. I chose the subject "mother and child care". Through the years I became more and more aware of the fact that the way in which we in the West deal with pregnancy and children's wishes is ...

Barbara Bahtiar has travelled extensively through Europe and Indonesia. Rose Petals and Jasmine Flowers, a Journey through Authentic Indonesia, is her first book about her beloved country Indonesia, its customs, religion, culture, nature and kindhearted people.

She has visited her family in Indonesia several times, but taking part in a traditional wedding ceremony rich with religious and culture significance, inspired her to write Rose Petals and Jasmine Flowers, a Journey through Authentic ...

In The Aesthetics of Ambiguity: Understanding and Addressing Monoculture betogen Pascal Gielen en Nav Haq dat multiculturalisme paradoxaal genoeg gebaseerd is op monocultureel denken. De publicatie verkent deze paradox door monocultuur in verschillende hedendaagse contexten te onderzoeken. Het boek wil monocultuur analyseren met behulp van een veelzijdige benadering, door historische, sociale, culturele en ideologische perspectieven samen te brengen. Kunst kan daarbij zowel dienen als middel ...

The Muslim presence in Western societies is a major topic that has been drawing massive amounts of attention to the Muslim as a political focal point for two decades now. This considerable political attention has not exactly been positive; on the contrary this focus on Islam and Muslims has been experiencing too much negative social impact. This book addresses the identity question and its challenging existence of the Muslim individual in the secular liberal Western democratic life.

This book...