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Reimagining cinema: Exploring AI's Role in Disrupting Cinematic Conventions and Shaping Non-Cinema Narratives
(2025)This thesis investigates how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can be used to disrupt cinematic conventions and contribute to the creation of non-cinema; a term defined by William Brown to describe audiovisual works ... -
Exploring Virtual Fungi - Frances van den Luitgaarden
(2025)An exploration of fungi in videogames and the interconnections between the domains of nature, culture, and technology. Through a textual analysis of two indie games, this thesis explores the representation and simulation ... -
Talent Agent Scams: The Cost of Buying Your Big Break
(2025)This thesis investigates how aspiring actors and online actor communities interpret and discuss exploitative practices by talent agents, with a focus on the cultural processes that normalize these practices within the ... -
Plastic bodies on the world stage: international fans’ negotiations of Korean pop idols’ bodies through mediated discourses on military service
(2025)Perfectly constructed and positioned for a social media age, South Korea’s K-pop idols have become key figures in transnational economies of desire. However, they also stand at the epicentre of a series of conflicting power ... -
Exploring How Body Ownership of Abstract Humanoid Bodies in VR Correlates with Participation in Modern Role-Play
(2025)Maximizing a person's body ownership in virtual reality (VR) is an important part making a VR experience comfortable and believable. However, not much is known about how this ownership differs from person to person. This ... -
Een feministisch virus: Het deconstrueren van Confuciaanse genderrollen in visuele kunst in Zuid-Korea na 2016.
(2025)Deze scriptie onderzoekt hoe visuele kunstenaars Confuciaanse genderrollen deconstrueren ten tijde van de ‘Feminist Reboot’ in Zuid-Korea, na 2016. Het biedt een analyse van de manieren waarop kunst en visuele representaties ... -
A mug of hot cocoa or a cup of tea? Refugee’s representation in A Bear called Paddington and its 2014 film adaptation_Wałdoń 8895481
(2025)Given the growing rate of worldwide migration, its representation in children’s media has become particularly important. This research examined a case of Paddington bear, comparing his representation as a refugee in Bond’s ... -
The effects of nitrogen deposition on plant-soil interactions in European raised bogs – a review
(2025)Nitrogen deposition as a result of agriculture and fossil fuel burning is globally affecting a wide range of ecosystems. Including vulnerable and valuable raised bogs. These peatlands provide important ecosystem services, ... -
Drawing New Realities: How Flugt (2021) reframes the Refugee and Queer Experience
(2025)Animated documentaries offer a form of representation that live-action cannot always provide. The dominant focus within literature about animated documentary overlooks this aspect. Previous research mostly examined either ... -
Through Her Eyes: The Older Woman Disrupting the Male Gaze in Babygirl. A Textual Analysis of Power, Desire, Sexuality, and the Body
(2025)This thesis explores how Babygirl (2024), written and directed by Halina Reijn, challenges the traditional alignment of the gaze with masculinity by centering an older woman’s perspective. This study draws on feminist film ... -
A new 3D in-vitro vascular model for studying ultrasound-microbubble-mediated endothelial permeabilization
(2025)Cancer therapy efficacy is often limited by the blood vessel endothelium, which hinders drug delivery. Ultrasound (US) and microbubbles (MBs) can enhance drug delivery by increasing endothelial permeability through MB ... -
Roll for Narrative: A Cinematic Reimagining of Interactivity and Emergent Storytelling in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
(2025)This paper investigates how Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) adapts the collaborative narrative structure and core gameplay mechanics of the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop role-playing game into a linear cinematic ... -
Windy conditions in the Ross Sea polynyas
(2025)The polar climate is rapidly changing due to rising global temperatures, significantly impacting Antarctic sea ice cover, particularly since 2016. Polynyas, areas of low sea ice concentration surrounded by pack ice, play ... -
Psilocybin’s effect on depression by binding to serotonergic receptors in the basolateral amygdala
(2025)This review investigates the interaction between psilocybin and the serotonin 2A receptor (5HT2AR) in the basolateral amygdala. With psilocybin being one of the psychedelics currently being studied for their positive ... -
When Loss Lingers: Severity and Correlates of Prolonged Grief in Parents and their Children
(2025)Grief is a natural experience after the loss of a loved one. When grief persists over time, it could develop into prolonged grief disorder (PGD). Prolonged grief disorder and its effects within families are severely ... -
The relationship between bodily intolerance of uncertainty and body-related behaviors moderated by trait anxiety
(2025)Body-related behaviors, such as body checking and body avoidance, are increasingly recognized as a major public health concern among female emerging adults. These behaviors are considered risk factors for the development ... -
Carnival Matters: A Multiscalar Approach to the Rotterdam Summer Carnival
(2025)The Rotterdam Summer Carnival (RSC) is an annual celebration in which many people participate. Students from the former Dutch Antilles started organizing the RSC in the 1980s. People with many cultural backgrounds started ...