Tilburg Dissertations in Culture Studies

106  Antonio Sforna ‒ Diffracting the digital border: Migration, aesthetics and techno-resistance. Supervisors: Odile Heynders and Piia Varis, 13 December 2022.

105  Mona Farrag Mahmoud Attwa ‒ Arabic and globalization: Understanding the Arab voice. Supervisors: Ad Backus and Jan Jaap de Ruiter, 12 December 2022.

104  Malgorzata Szabla ‒ Superdiversity, diaspora and chronotopic analysis in the online-offline nexus. A case study on the Polish diaspora in the Low Countries. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert †, Herman Beck, Odile Heynders and Sjaak Kroon, 4 March 2022.

103  Maxy Bak-Piard ‒ Nederlands in de Lerarenopleiding op Curaçao en Bonaire. Een on­derzoek naar het ontwerp en de uitvoering van een programma Taalvaardigheid Neder­lands. Su­pervisors: Sjaak Kroon, Jos Swanenberg and Jan Blommaert †, 21 De­cember 2021.

102  Deborah de Koning ‒ The many faces of Ravana. Ravanisation: The revitalisation of Ravana among Sinhalese Buddhists in post-war Sri Lanka. Supervisors: Herman Beck and Tineke Nugteren, 15 December 2021.

101  Rawan Ghazzawi ‒ Individual and contextual determinants of job crafting in healthcare pro­fes­sions. Supervisors: Kutlay Yagmur, Michael Bender and Lina Daouk-Oÿry, 13 Decem­ber 2021.

100  Selam Kidane ‒ Trauma, collective trauma and refugee trajectories in the digital era. Super­vi­sors: Mirjam van Reisen, Sjaak Kroon and Mia Stokmans, 5 November 2021.

99  Janieke Bruin-Mollenhorst ‒ Time to say Goodbye? A study on music, ritual and death in the Neth­erlands. Supervisors: Paul Post and Martin Hoondert, 20 October 2021.

98  Ayse Safak ‒ Acculturation of Syrian refugees in Turkey and the Netherlands. Supervi­sors: Kutlay Yagmur, Feliz Künüroglu and Michael Bender, 1 September 2021.

97  Martin Kurani ‒ Is the voice of a woman shameful? A linguistic anthropological study of the multinormativity of Jordan’s society. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert †, Herman Beck and Jan Jaap de Ruiter, 9 March 2021.

96  Péter Szabó ‒ Babel Debates: An ethnographic language policy study of EU multilingualism in the European Parliament. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert †, Sjaak Kroon and Massimiliano Spotti, 26 February 2021.

95  Nanke Dokter ‒ Stimuleren van schoolse taalvaardigheid bij rekenen. Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon, Rian Aarts, Jeanne Kurvers and Anje Ros, 27 January 2021.

94  Jolanda Asmoredjo ‒ Change through exchange. Exploring the role of international exchange in organisational development of care organisations. Supervisors: Mirjam van Reisen and Sjaak Kroon, 22 December 2020.

93  Ondřej Procházka ‒ Negotiating ludic normativity in Facebook meme pages. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert, Ad Backus and Piia Varis, 7 December 2020.

92  Joris Brouwers ‒ De hoofddoek in de krant; Een inhoudsanalytisch onderzoek naar de berichtgeving over de islamitische hoofddoek in vijf Nederlandse dagbladen (2000-2014). Supervisors: Herman Beck and Jan Blommaert, 1 December 2020.

91  Abelia Wardani ‒ “It was kind of safe”. The role of the market in the everyday peacebuild­ing processes during the Ambon conflicts. Supervisors: Herman Beck and Hans Siebers, 24 November 2020.

90  Budi Rahman Hakim ‒ Actualization of neo-sufism: A case study of the Tariqa Qadiriyya Naqshabandiyya Pondok Pesantren Suryalaya. Supervisors: Herman Beck and Jan Blommaert. 8 September 2020.

89  Lu Ying ‒ Biaoqing on Chinese social media. Practices, products, communities and mar­kets in a knowledge economy. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert, Sjaak Kroon and Piia Varis, 19 August 2020.

88  Betty Tjipta Sari ‒ Contextualization of the role of bilingualism and cultural maintenance behavior for well-being, sociocultural adjustment, and ethnic identity among diverse ethnic groups in Indonesia. Supervisors: Fons van de Vijver † and Kutlay Yagmur, 16 June 2020.

87  Tapuwa Raymond Mubaya ‒ [-In]tangible heritage, humans and the environment: An ethnographic account of the conservation of Chingoma Falls in south-eastern Zimba­bwe. Supervisors: Mirjam van Reisen, Odile Heynders and M. Mawere, 6 March 2020.

86  Veronique Verhagen ‒ Illuminating variation: Individual differences in entrenchment of multi-word units. Supervisors: Ad Backus, Maria Mos and Joost Schilperoord. 10 January 2020.

85  Kitty Regina Leuverink  ‒  Teachers research in secondary education: An empirical study into teacher research as a means for professional development and school development. Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon and Rian Aarts, 26 November 2019.

84   İrem Bezcioglu-Göktolga  ‒  Family language policy among second-generation Turkish families in the Netherlands. Supervisors: Kutlay Yagmur and Ad Backus, 3 September 2019.

83  Gerrie Strik  ‒  Een plantaardig ademen. Nieuw materialisme in het vroege werk van Hella S. Haasse. Supervisors: Odile Heynders and Sander Bax, 26 June 2019.

82  Leon Jackson  ‒  Diversity management in the new South Africa: An acculturation approach. Supervisors: Fons van de Vijver and Kutlay Yagmur, 19 June 2019.

81  Gözde Demirel  ‒ The relationship between acculturation and language development of Turkish immigrant children. Supervisors: Kutlay Yagmur and Fons van de Vijver, 3 May 2019.

80  Jan Verhagen  ‒ Psychiatry and religion: Controversies and consensus. Supervisors: Rien van Uden and G. Glas, 17 April 2019.

79  Esin Aksay Aksezer  ‒ Turkish outbound exchange students’ intercultural competencies at different stages of the international sojourn. Supervisors: Fons van de Vijver and Kutlay Yagmur, 27 February 2019.

78  Anthony Ong’ayo  ‒ Diaspora organisations, transnational practices and development: Ghanaians in the Netherlands: Ghanaian diasporas in The Netherlands. Supervisors: Mirjam van Reisen and M. Mawere, 6 February 2019.

77  Claudia Carvalho ‒ Women who run with the wolves: Online stories and roles of Spanish-speaking jihadist women. Supervisors: Herman Beck and Wouter van Beek, 19 June 2018.

76  Suzanne van der Beek ‒ New pilgrim stories: Narratives, identities, authenticity. Supervisors: Paul Post and Jan Blommaert, 18 June 2018.

75  Hua Nie ‒ Memes, communities, and continuous change: Chinese internet vernacular explained. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert, Ad Backus and Piia Varis, 18 June 2018.

74  Mingy Hou ‒ Social media celebrity: An investigation into the latest metamorphosis of fame. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert, Sjaak Kroon and Piia Varis, 23 May 2018.

73  Youssef Azghari ‒ Participation of young Moroccan-Dutch and the role of social workers. Supervisors: Fons van de Vijver and Erna Hooghiemstra, 11 April 2018.

72  Kunming Li ‒ Capitalization of feminine beauty on Chinese social media. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert, Sjaak Kroon and Massimiliano Spotti, 7 March 2018.

71  Merijn Oudenampsen ‒ The conservative embrace of progressive values: On the intellectual origins of the swing to the right in Dutch politics. Supervisors: Odile Heynders and Piia Varis, 12 January 2018.

70  Xuan Wang ‒ Online and offline margins in China: Globalization, language and identity. Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon and Ad Backus, 22 December 2017.

69  Derya Demirçay ‒ Connected languages: Effects of intensifying contact between Turkish and Dutch. Supervisors: Ad Backus and Jan Blommaert, 21 December 2017.

68  Maksimus Regus ‒ Understanding human rights culture in Indonesia: A case study of the Ahmadiyya Minority Group. Supervisors: Herman Beck and Mirjam van Reisen, 18 December 2017.

67  Tekalign Nega Angore ‒ Reconstructing Ethiopia’s collective memory by rewriting its history: The politics of Islam. Supervisors: Herman Beck and Jenny-Louise Van der Aa, 4 December 2017.

66  Sandra Wagemakers ‒ Brabant is here: Making sense of regional identification. Supervisors: Jos Swanenberg and Arnoud-Jan van Bijsterveld, 9 June 2017.

65  Leonie van der Valk ‒ Steun zoeken bij Allah. Religiositeit, bidden en religieuze coping van Nederlandse, hoogopgeleide moslima's van Marokkaanse afkomst. Supervisors: Rien van Uden and Jos Pieper, 21 December 2016.

64  Tom van Nuenen ‒ Scripted journeys: A study on interfaced travel writing. Supervisors: Odile Heynders and Ruud Welten, 21 December 2016.

63  Yevgen Matusevych ‒ Learning constructions from bilingual exposure: Computational studies of argument structure acquisition. Supervisors: Ad Backus and Afra Alishahi, 19 December 2016.

62  Maria van der Aalsvoort ‒ Vensters op vakontwikkeling: De betwiste invoering van taalkunde in het examenprogramma Nederlands havo/vwo (1988-2088). Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon and Piet van de Ven, 14 December 2016.

61  Martijn de Ruijter ‒ Confining Frailty: Making place for ritual in rest and nursing homes. Supervisors: Paul Post and Wouter van Beek, 16 November 2016.

60  Caixia Du ‒ The birth of social class online: The Chinese precariat on the internet. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert and Sjaak Kroon, 12 September 2016.

59  Lieke Wijnia ‒ Making sense through Music: Perceptions of the sacred at Festival Musica Sacra Maastricht. Supervisors: Paul Post and Martin Hoondert, 12 September 2016.

58  Jinling Li ‒ Chineseness as a moving target: Changing infrastructures of the Chinese Diaspora in the Netherlands. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert and Sjaak Kroon, 12 September 2016.

57  Primrose Nakazibwe ‒ 'A home without millet is not a home': Women's agency in the maize and millet commodity chains in Mbarara District, Uganda. Supervisors: Mirjam van Reisen and Francien van Driel, 18 April 2016.

56  Pia Zeinoun ‒ Personality and culture in the Arab-levant. Supervisors: Fons van de Vijver and Lina Daouk-Oyry, 19 February 2016.

55  Pius Maija Mosima ‒ Philosophic sagacity and intercultural philosophy: Beyond Henry Odera Oruka. Supervisors: Wim van Binsbergen and Wouter van Beek, 16 February 2016.

54  Edegar da Conceição Savio ‒ Studi sosiolinguistik bahasa Fataluki di Lautém. Supervisors: Kees van Dijk, Sjaak Kroon and Aone van Engelenhoven, 28 January 2016.

53  Inez Schippers ‒ Sacred places in the suburbs: Casual sacrality in the Dutch Vinex-district Leidsche Rijn. Supervisoers: Paul Post and Maaike de Haardt, 14 December 2015.

52  Filiz Kunuroglu ‒ Turkish return migration from Western Europe: Going home from home. Supervisors: Kutlay Yagmur, Fons van de Vijver and Sjaak Kroon, 10 December 2015.

51  Bryan Monte ‒ Tiny Zion: Harvest Hills, an intentional Zionic communtiy. Supervisors: Wouter van Beek and Paul Post, 2 December 2015.

50  Sunarwoto ‒ Contesting religious authority: A study on Dakwah radio in Surakarta, Indonesia. Supervisors: Hermand Beck and Jan Blommaert, 10 November 2015.

49  Clementia Murembe Neema ‒ Women's empowerment and decision-making at the household level. Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon, Veerle Draulans and Jef Van der Aa, 6 October 2015.

48  Amit B. Bhansali ‒ Samkit: Faith ‒ Practice ‒ Liberation. Supervisors: John Rijsman and Tineke Nugteren, 1 September 2015.

47  Geertjan de Vugt ‒ The Polit-Dandy. On the emergence of a political paradigm. Supervisors: Odile Heijnders and Sander Bax, 23 June 2015.

46  Paul Mutsaers ‒ A public anthropology of policing. Law enforcement and migrants in the Netherlands. Supervisors: Arie de Ruijter and Jan Blommaert, 12 June 2015.

45  Pelin Onar Valk ‒ Transformation in Dutch Turkish subordination? Converging evidence of change regarding finiteness and word order in complex clauses. Supervisors: Ad Backus, Kutlay Yağmur and Massimiliano Spotti, 27 May 2015.

44  Harrie Leijten ‒ From idol to art. African objects-with-power: A challenge for missionaries, anthropologists and museum curators. Supervisors: Wouter van Beek and Paul Post, 15 April 2015.

43  Dorina Veldhuis ‒ Effects of literacy, typology and frequency on children's language segmentation and processing units. Supervisors: Ad Backus, Jeanne Kurvers and Anne Vermeer, 1 April 2015.

42  Jia He ‒ The general response style from a cross-cultural perspective. Supervisors: Fons van de Vijver and Alejandra del Carmen Dominguez Espinosa, 4 February 2015.

41  Snezana Stupar ‒ Immigrants regulate emotions in the same way as majority members in the Netherlands. Supervisors: Fons van de Vijver and Johnny Fontaine, 30 January 2015.

40  Laurie Faro ‒ Postponed monuments in the Netherlands: Manifestation, context, and meaning. Supervisors: Paul Post and Rien van Uden, 28 January 2015.

39  Liesbeth Hoeven ‒ Een boek om in te wonen. De verhaalcultuur na Auschwitz. Supervisors: Erik Borgman and Maaike de Haardt, 21 January 2015.

38  Danielle Boon ‒ Adult literacy education in a multilingual context: Teaching, learning and using written language in Timor-Leste. Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon and Jeanne Kurvers, 17 December 2014.

37  Nico de Vos ‒ Lichamelijke verbondenheid in beweging. Een filosofisch onderzoek naar intercorporaliteit in de hedendaagse danskunst. Supervisors: Odile Heynders and Frans van Peperstraten, 16 December 2014.

36  Fie Velghe ‒ 'This is almost like writing’: Mobile phones, learning and literacy in a South African township. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert, Sjaak Kroon and Piia Varis, 3 December 2014.

35  Bert Danckaert ‒ De extra's (part I). Simple Present (part II). Supervisors: Jan Blommaert and Odile Heynders, 29 October 2014.

34  Jaswina Elahi ‒ Etnische websites, behoeften en netwerken. Over het gebruik van internet door jongeren. Supervisors: Ruben Gowricharn and Sjaak Kroon, 10 September 2014.

33  Alice Leri ‒ Who is Turkish American? Investigating contemporary discourses on Turkish Americanness. Supervisors: Odile Heynders and Piia Varis, 9 September 2014.

32  Elina Westinen ‒ The discursive construction of authenticity: Resources, scales and polycentricity in Finnish hip hop culture. Supervisors: Sirpa Leppänen and Jan Blommaert, 15 June 2014.

31  Behrooz Moradi Kakesh ‒ Het islamitisch fundamentalisme als tegenbeweging. Iran als case study. Supervisors: Herman Beck and Wouter van Beek, 6 June 2014.

30  Pascal Touoyem ‒ Dynamiques de l’ethnicité en Afrique. Éléments pour une théorie de l’État multinational. Supervisors: Wouter van Beek and Wim van Binsbergen, 18 February 2014.

29  Sarali Gintsburg ‒ Formulaicity in Jbala poetry. Supervisors: Ad Backus, Sjaak Kroon and Jan Jaap de Ruiter, 11 February 2014.

28  Miranda Vroon-van Vugt ‒ Dead man walking in Endor. Narrative mental spaces and conceptual blending in 1 Samuel 28. Supervisor: Ellen van Wolde, 19 December 2013.

27  Stasja Koot ‒ Dwelling in tourism. Power and myth amongst bushmen in Southern Africa. Supervisor: Wouter van Beek, 23 October 2013.

26  Mary Scott ‒ A chronicle of learning: Voicing the text. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert, Sjaak Kroon and Jef Van der Aa, 27 May 2013.

25  Daniela Stoica ‒ Dutch and Romanian Muslim women converts: Inward and outward transformations, new knowledge perspectives and community rooted narratives. Supervisors: Enikö Vincze and Jan Jaap de Ruiter, 30 October 2012.

24  Ico Maly ‒ N-VA. Analyse van een politieke ideologie. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert and Sjaak Kroon, 23 October 2012.

23  Arnold Pannenborg ‒ Big men playing football. Money, politics and foul play in the African game. Supervisor: Wouter van Beek, 12 October 2012.

22  Özel Bağcı ‒ Acculturation orientations of Turkish immigrants in Germany. Supervisors: Guus Extra and Kutlay Yağmur, 3 October 2012.

21  Jef Van der Aa ‒ Ethnographic monitoring. Language, narrative and voice in a Carribbean Classroom. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert and Sjaak Kroon, 8 June 2012.

20  Youssef Boutachekourt ‒ Exploring cultural diversity. Concurrentie­voordelen uit multiculturele strategieën. Supervisors: Ruben Gowricharn and Slawek Magala, 14 March 2012.

19  Femke Nijland ‒ Mirroring interaction. An exploratory study into student interaction in independent working. Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon, Sanneke Bolhuis, Piet-Hein van de Ven and Olav Severijnen, 20 December 2011.

18  Sinan Çankaya ‒ Buiten veiliger dan binnen: In- en uitsluiting van etnische minderheden binnen de politieorganisatie. Supervisors: Ruben Gowricharn and Frank Bovenkerk, 24 October 2011.

17  Mohammadi Laghzaoui ‒ Emergent academic language at home and at school. A longitudinal study of 3- to 6-year-old Moroccan Berber children in the Netherlands. Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon, Ton Vallen, Abderrahman El Aissati and Jeanne Kurvers, 9 September 2011.

16  Nadia Eversteijn-Kluijtmans ‒ “All at Once” – Language choice and code­switching by Turkish-Dutch teenagers. Supervisors: Guus Extra and Ad Backus, 14 January 2011.

15  Coosje van der Pol ‒ Prentenboeken lezen als literatuur. Een structuralis­tische benadering van het concept ‘literaire competentie’ voor kleuters. Supervisor: Helma van Lierop, 17 December 2010.

14  Marja van Knippenberg ‒ Nederlands in het Middelbaar Beroepsonderwijs. Een casestudy in de opleiding Helpende Zorg. Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon, Ton Vallen and Jeanne Kurvers, 14 December 2010.

13  Kasper Juffermans ‒ Local languaging: Literacy products and practices in Gambian society. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert and Sjaak Kroon, 13 October 2010.

12  António da Graça ‒ Etnische zelforganisaties in het integratieproces. Een case study in de Kaapverdische gemeenschap in Rotterdam. Supervisor: Ruben Gowricharn, 8 October 2010.

11  Maria Mos ‒ Complex lexical items. Supervisors: Antal van den Bosch, Ad Backus and Anne Vermeer, 12 May 2010.

10  Elma Nap-Kolhoff ‒ Second language acquisition in early childhood: A longitudinal multiple case study of Turkish-Dutch children. Supervisors: Guus Extra and Kutlay Yağmur, 12 May 2010.

9  Dong Jie ‒ The making of migrant identities in Beijing: Scale, discourse, and diversity. Supervisors: Jan Blommaert and Sjaak Kroon, 4 November 2009.

8  Yonas Mesfun Asfaha ‒ Literacy acquisition in multilingual Eritrea: A comparative study of reading across languages and scripts. Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon and Jeanne Kurvers, 4 November 2009.

7  Sharda Roelsma-Somer ‒ De kwaliteit van Hindoescholen. Supervisors: Ruben Gowricharn and Sjaak Braster, 17 September 2008.

6  Daan van Bel ‒ Het verklaren van leesgedrag met een impliciete attitude­meting. Supervisors: Hugo Verdaasdonk, Helma van Lierop and Mia Stokmans, 28 March 2008.

5  A. Seza Doğruöz ‒ Synchronic variation and diachronic change in Dutch Turkish: A corpus based analysis. Supervisors: Guus Extra and Ad Backus, 12 December 2007.

4  Massimiliano Spotti ‒ Developing identities: Identity construction in multicultural primary classrooms in The Netherlands and Flanders. Supervisors: Sjaak Kroon and Guus Extra, 23 November 2007.

3  Mustafa Güleç ‒ Differences in similarities: A comparative study on Turkish language achievement and proficiency in a Dutch migration context. Supervisors: Guus Extra and Kutlay Yağmur, 25 June 2007.

2  Tamara van Schilt-Mol ‒ Differential item functioning en itembias in de cito-eindtoets basisonderwijs. Oorzaken van onbedoelde moeilijkheden in toetsopgaven voor leerlingen van Turkse en Marokkaanse afkomst. Supervisors: Ton Vallen and Henny Uiterwijk, 20 June 2007.

1  Sander Bax ‒ De taak van de schrijver. Het poëticale debat in de Nederlandse literatuur (1968-1985). Supervisors: Jaap Goedegebuure and Odile Heynders, 23 May 2007.