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Virtual Worlds as a strategic international marketing tool for small and medium-sized enterprises Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Virtual worlds have recently emerged as platforms for conducting business, this paper seeks to address the opportunities offered by these metaverses for small and medium-sized enterprises as a strategic tool for internationalization. Few studies focus on the unique opportunities and management issues encountered by small businesses in the IS area and this study seeks to fill in this research gap.
Virtual strategic positioning to create social presence: reporting on the use of a telepresence robot Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This qualitative cross-disciplinary research examined to what degree social presence was achieved through the use of a telepresence robot by one of the authors, in her capacity as a keynote speaker at an international research symposium. We explored if and how social presence was a factor in her ability to strategically position herself as a notable researcher whilst in ‘telepresence mode’, with the aim of understanding whether one could ...
On the performativity of journalistic identity Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The concept of "ritual" has played an important role in research
within mass media and journalism studies in the last decades. Both
ethnographic and anthropological research in media studies has devoted
attention to an elaboration of its theoretical scope. However, as this
paper argues, reading the concept in the perspective of Butler's
theory of performativity can considerably deepen our understanding of
...
within mass media and journalism studies in the last decades. Both
ethnographic and anthropological research in media studies has devoted
attention to an elaboration of its theoretical scope. However, as this
paper argues, reading the concept in the perspective of Butler's
theory of performativity can considerably deepen our understanding of
...
The Emancipation of Animals Will Not Be Built On Racism Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The past decades Europe witnessed the politicization of ritual slaughter according to Jewish and Islamic rites. While a law banning ritual slaughter comes into effect in September 2019 in Flanders and Wallonia, the Brussels Capital Region is still enmeshed in heated discussions. The debate is generally depicted as a struggle between religious freedom and animal rights, obfuscating the possible entanglements with racialization. This chapter ...
Religion, Animals, and Racialization: Articulating Islamophobia through Animal Ethics in The Netherlands Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In 2008, the Dutch Party for the Animals submitted a proposal to ban religious slaughter without prior stunning. The proposal was widely supported in the Lower House but finally rejected in the Upper House in 2012, mainly on the grounds of religious freedom. Academia was keen to study the polemic, but no research has attempted to study the controversy through a lens of racialization. This is remarkable, given the well-documented increase in ...
Advance Care Planning in young-onset dementia Vrije Universiteit Brussel
INTRODUCTION
Advance care planning (ACP) is considered as an essential element of high quality and ethically sound long-term care after a diagnosis of dementia. ACP is a process of communication between patients, family caregivers and professional caregivers in which the patient's preferences regarding (future) care are explored, including end-of-life care. The overarching goal of ACP is to increase the chance that individuals will ...
Advance care planning (ACP) is considered as an essential element of high quality and ethically sound long-term care after a diagnosis of dementia. ACP is a process of communication between patients, family caregivers and professional caregivers in which the patient's preferences regarding (future) care are explored, including end-of-life care. The overarching goal of ACP is to increase the chance that individuals will ...
Is it hot enough? A multi-proxy approach shows variations in cremation conditions during the Metal Ages in Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Studies of funerary practices provide information about many aspects of death in past societies. However, only limited archaeological evidence documents the circumstances under which cremations occurred and the person(s) who were performing the funerary rituals. Lying at the border between Atlantic and Continental cultural traditions, the Scheldt and Meuse basins of Belgium represent a unique location to investigate variations in ancient pyre ...
CREMATION VS. INHUMATION: MODELING CULTURAL CHANGES IN FUNERARY PRACTICES FROM THE MESOLITHIC TO THE MIDDLE AGES IN BELGIUM USING KERNEL DENSITY ANALYSIS ON 14C DATA Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The adoption of a new funerary ritual with all its social and cognitive meanings is of great importance to understanding social transformations of past societies. The first known occurrence of cremation in the territory corresponding to modern Belgium dates back to the Mesolithic period. From the end of the Neolithic onward, the practice of cremation was characterized by periods in which this rite was predominant and periods of contractions, ...
Disaster exercises to prepare hospitals for mass-casualty incidents: Does it contribute to preparedness or is it ritualism? Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Introduction The central question this study sought to answer was whether the team members of Strategic Crisis Teams (SCTs) participating in mass-casualty incident (MCI) exercises in the Netherlands learn from their participation.Methods Evaluation reports of exercises that took place at two different times were collected and analyzed against a theoretical model with several dimensions, looking at both the quality of the evaluation ...