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The impact of recycling technology development in our society Universiteit Antwerpen
Industrial and scientific developments should always be placed in a societal context. Nowadays, our society has become very aware of climate change and how recycling of materials, specifically plastics or polymers, could assist in mitigating such environmental problems. In this chapter, a broader framework is presented in which current and future recycling developments can be optimized and appreciated. The chapter first describes the lifecycle ...
Children's literature: young readers, older authors Universiteit Antwerpen
Although literary scholars must take heed of drawing simplistic parallels between authors’ lives and their fictional works, writers rely on experiences from real life as the context and inspiration for their works. Scholars in age studies have noted that authors sometimes turn to the subject of old age when they grow old themselves, or that they approach the topic differently as they age. This chapter focuses on children’s literature to explore ...
The social dimension of nature-based solutions Universiteit Antwerpen
Nature-based solutions (NBS) have become an increasingly popular strategy to adapt to flood risks. NBS are often framed as no-regret measures with benefits to natural and social systems. However, questions on how to address social vulnerability and inequality through NBS remain underexplored. This chapter aims to illustrate this through an ex-nunc evaluation of the development of a flood retention area designed as an NBS in an exemplary case in ...
Beckett's 'adaphatroce' revisited: towards a poetics of adaptation Universiteit Antwerpen
This chapter reexamines Beckett’s 1950s coining of the terms ‘adaphatroce’, which could best be paraphrased as ‘dreadful’ or ‘atrocious adaptation’, to argue that it does not signify a wholesale rejection of creative responses to his work, but rather constitutes the starting point of a gradual embrace, at least an acceptance or recognition of the phenomenon as a powerful cultural force. By critically assessing his comments on the matter as they ...
'What's the point of grandpa?' Grandparents in children's literature Universiteit Antwerpen
This chapter discusses grandparent figures in contemporary Western children's literature by reflecting on their functions in the plot and on their construction in relationship to discourses on old age in society at large. The case studies draw from Flemish, Dutch, and British children's literature, and the analyses are framed with theories from age studies. Grandparents perform important roles in fictional children's lives: they function as ...
Dynamics of age and power in a children's literature research assemblage Universiteit Antwerpen
The link between age and power in children’s literature has been explored through various lenses in recent years, with some scholars emphasizing the adult’s power and others focusing on the child’s power. To add to the current debate, this chapter analyses empirical qualitative data from readers’ reflections on their own age and the age of characters in the Dutch children’s book Iep!, written by Joke van Leeuwen. The chapter aims to adopt a ...
Clergy, mystics, and religious leaders Universiteit Antwerpen
This chapter addresses the staging of religious authority within Catholic and Protestant contexts. It shows how different types of religious authority benefitted from the increasing media possibilities of the nineteenth century and points to the importance of emotions in this staging. Drawing on the work that has been done on the commodification of religion and exploring the ways in which religious authorities participated in the creation of ...
Smuggling as a legitimate activity? The OPEC Boys as social bandits in Northern Uganda Universiteit Antwerpen
By looking at smugglers in Northwestern Uganda, in particular a group of fuel smugglers called the OPEC boys, this chapter explains how smuggling can be perceived as a socially legitimate activity. It shows how smugglers can be regarded as social bandits (Hobsbawm 1959, 1981), through their strong links with the local population. In explaining this, the chapter shows how smuggling is understood through local social imaginaries (Taylor 2004; ...
Subnational constitutionalism: defining subnational constitutions and self-constituent capacity Universiteit Antwerpen
This chapter defines subnational/state constitutions as basic documents for given subnational entities which lay down entrenched basic rules on subnational identity, representative structures, organization of powers, fundamental rights and/or policy principles, and require the approval of the people or representatives of the subnational entity. To this end, the chapter deals with problems related to the three main components of the definition: ...