An excursion through the Dutch Midlands
To many foreigners, The Netherlands is Amsterdam, Rotterdam, tulips and cheese. Admittedly, The Netherlands is all those things. It also is a lot more. In fact, the Netherlands is a […]
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Social science fiction als onderzoeksmiddel – De kracht van de camera
In de afgelopen twee jaar heb ik in vlagen flink geschreven aan mijn afstudeerscriptie / magnum opus. Begin juli werd deze geaccepteerd, en sindsdien moeten jullie mij allemaal Master of […]
Postmodern art in a public space: public interactions with ‘da Bean’
Daniël Hoenderdos & Koen Brundel “To a large extent, all work is incomplete. It’s completed by the person who is looking at it.” Anish Kapoor (Gilfoyle 2006:143) Public spaces are […]
Chicago and the banality of capital accumulation
After a visit to Chicago, I have become convinced that a capitalism that has no, or very little institutions governing its own degree (lets call it neoliberalism) – is an […]
A city of villages – the role of propinquity and local foci for communities
A buddy of mine once described living in Amsterdam as “living in multiple villages in one city”. At the neighborhood café below his house, he met his neighbors and local […]
Strategieën voor stedelijke herontwikkeling: de casus Hoogvliet
De Rotterdamse wijk Hoogvliet is een schoolvoorbeeld van een woongebied waar werkloosheid, armoede, criminaliteit en een problematische buurtcohesie in de jaren ’80 hebben geleid tot een gemeentelijke strategie om deze […]
A Lefebvrian counter-space in gentrified Berlin 1
This photograph is taken in Prenzlauer Berg, a 19th century neighborhood dominated by tenement buildings in former East-Berlin. This short essay argues that it is a good example of a […]
From the rise to demise
Lessons Detroit Michigan didn’t learn from the downfall of Enkhuizen, The Netherlands By Daniël Hoenderdos (3699390), Utrecht University, 2014 “It is an honorable thought, And makes one lift one’s hat, […]
Moscow: emergent world city
By Daniel Hoenderdos (3699390) and Edo van Baars (3745147) Assignment 1 for course: World Cities and Urban Systems Utrecht University, 20-5-2014 The novel view the way scholars perceive, rank and […]
