Uncover:
Uncover is het tijdschrift van de Academy for Leisure van de Breda University of Applied Sciences. Dit magazine verschijnt jaarlijks. Alle artikelen worden online op het kennisplatform van NRIT beschikbaar gesteld. In Uncover:
25/02/24 ·
The joint industry associations in the cultural and creative sector presented the Diversity & Inclusion Code (CODEDI) on 1 November 2019, a broadened version of the Diversity Code developed in 2011. The content of the CODEDI is in line with the Culture Governance Code and the Fair Practice Code, the two other codes of conduct as instruments for self-regulation within the cultural and creative sector. These three codes of conduct reinforce each other.
25/02/24 ·
“I thought we would get an inclusive society!” That was the cry from the heart of a participant at a conference on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2018. The Netherlands ratified the Convention in 2016. Since then, in the perception of many people, little has been achieved to make the country more accessible and inclusive.
25/02/24 ·
In the context of our work in the fields of inclusive education, research and design, we sat down for a chat with Koen Deweer, founder and director of Konekt (www.konekt.be). Konekt radically champions a world in which persons with and without disabilities live, learn and work together. The goal is clear: to allow people with disabilities to live fully in an inclusive society. In doing so, Koen and Konekt focus both on developing individuals’ full potential and on making the environment more inclusive. The origins of his drive lie in his own school experiences, as well as those of his son. Both times he observed how everyone is pushed through a system which is the same for everyone and therefore not set up to utilise personal talents. When someone is not good at something, it may lead to biased advice from teachers: “Something with psychology and pedagogy is probably beyond your depth. Maybe becoming a forester is more suitable.” When Koen noticed the same thing happening to his son, he felt: now we really have to change things.
25/02/24 ·
Complex issues in society require a different logic than the logic and methods used so far. Is it really the experts, policy-makers and trusted institutions from whom we can expect this different logic? At least in project ‘De Ader’, (The Vain) those involved did not wait for this answer. They wanted it to be different and they did do things differently.
25/02/24 ·
The expert perspectives from Madelon Gilaude, Rutger de Wit and Simone Kramer on the future of leisure.
25/02/24 ·
Everything is space! But how everyone arranges that space for themselves and for others is becoming increasingly complex. The world is experiencing a rapid transformation in urban development, which has led to the emergence of new design approaches such as placemaking and experience design. These processes have become crucial components in creating spaces that are not only functional but also socially and culturally significant.
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25/02/24 ·
Leisure has an important relationship to time, space, and place. In leisure studies we are used to thinking about time as the basic resource for leisure. We need leisure time in order to be able to enjoy leisure, and so the struggle for leisure time has been an important focus of leisure research.
25/02/24 ·
What happens if 120 second-year students go on a placemaking mission in the city of Amsterdam? A story about happy communities, making international headlines and contributing to the agenda of the Night Mayor.
25/02/24 ·
Rural communities face a range of negative developments that continue causing the disappearance of remote village communities and the weakening of rural social structures on a global scale. The negative trends of ongoing depopulation and increased urbanisation, fuelled by the rapid and fundamental climate, social and cultural changes therefore threaten to destruct cultural traditions that have been transferred from generation to generation. But it took us a pandemic and global climate crisis to raise attention back to the roots of nature, reflected in the global pursuit of sustainability to ask ourselves whether rural is the new urban also when it comes to placemaking?
25/02/24 ·
It is a term you see pop up in strategic plans, policy documents and in education more and more: placemaking. Will it be the new ‘buzzword’ of the 2020s, or is there more beyond this flashy concept? At the Future of Leisure conference last March, it was one of the central themes, and it already has a prominent place within education. How does the Academy for Leisure & Events make sure that placemaking has a meaningful and practical application within our programmes? This article shows how and why we give placemaking a ‘place’ in our leisure curricula.
25/02/24 ·
Experience has long been at the centre of cultural and leisure offerings. In the 1990s, it was firmly put on the agenda by Pine and Gilmore. Recently, there has been increasing talk of the transition from the “Experience Economy” to a “Transformation Economy”. That’s quite significant, from experience to impact, because as we will argue later, transformation is seen in the literature as the strongest form of impact. The concept of impact is high on the research agenda in the cultural sector. In this article, we describe some theoretical principles and explain how to measure experience and impact. We do this on the basis of a study we are currently conducting for the Netherlands Open Air Museum in Arnhem.
25/02/24 ·
Several Leisure & Events students give their views on the future of leisure. T They tell why they chose this study, which trends inspire them, the biggest challenges for leisure and their role in it.
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25/02/24 ·
The joint industry associations in the cultural and creative sector presented the Diversity & Inclusion Code (CODEDI) on 1 November 2019, a broadened version of the Diversity Code developed in 2011. The content of the CODEDI is in line with the Culture Governance Code and the Fair Practice Code, the two other codes of conduct as instruments for self-regulation within the cultural and creative sector. These three codes of conduct reinforce each other.
25/02/24 ·
In the context of our work in the fields of inclusive education, research and design, we sat down for a chat with Koen Deweer, founder and director of Konekt (www.konekt.be). Konekt radically champions a world in which persons with and without disabilities live, learn and work together. The goal is clear: to allow people with disabilities to live fully in an inclusive society. In doing so, Koen and Konekt focus both on developing individuals’ full potential and on making the environment more inclusive. The origins of his drive lie in his own school experiences, as well as those of his son. Both times he observed how everyone is pushed through a system which is the same for everyone and therefore not set up to utilise personal talents. When someone is not good at something, it may lead to biased advice from teachers: “Something with psychology and pedagogy is probably beyond your depth. Maybe becoming a forester is more suitable.” When Koen noticed the same thing happening to his son, he felt: now we really have to change things.
25/02/24 ·
The expert perspectives from Madelon Gilaude, Rutger de Wit and Simone Kramer on the future of leisure.
25/02/24 ·
Leisure has an important relationship to time, space, and place. In leisure studies we are used to thinking about time as the basic resource for leisure. We need leisure time in order to be able to enjoy leisure, and so the struggle for leisure time has been an important focus of leisure research.
25/02/24 ·
Rural communities face a range of negative developments that continue causing the disappearance of remote village communities and the weakening of rural social structures on a global scale. The negative trends of ongoing depopulation and increased urbanisation, fuelled by the rapid and fundamental climate, social and cultural changes therefore threaten to destruct cultural traditions that have been transferred from generation to generation. But it took us a pandemic and global climate crisis to raise attention back to the roots of nature, reflected in the global pursuit of sustainability to ask ourselves whether rural is the new urban also when it comes to placemaking?
25/02/24 ·
Experience has long been at the centre of cultural and leisure offerings. In the 1990s, it was firmly put on the agenda by Pine and Gilmore. Recently, there has been increasing talk of the transition from the “Experience Economy” to a “Transformation Economy”. That’s quite significant, from experience to impact, because as we will argue later, transformation is seen in the literature as the strongest form of impact. The concept of impact is high on the research agenda in the cultural sector. In this article, we describe some theoretical principles and explain how to measure experience and impact. We do this on the basis of a study we are currently conducting for the Netherlands Open Air Museum in Arnhem.
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25/02/24 ·
“I thought we would get an inclusive society!” That was the cry from the heart of a participant at a conference on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2018. The Netherlands ratified the Convention in 2016. Since then, in the perception of many people, little has been achieved to make the country more accessible and inclusive.
25/02/24 ·
Complex issues in society require a different logic than the logic and methods used so far. Is it really the experts, policy-makers and trusted institutions from whom we can expect this different logic? At least in project ‘De Ader’, (The Vain) those involved did not wait for this answer. They wanted it to be different and they did do things differently.
25/02/24 ·
Everything is space! But how everyone arranges that space for themselves and for others is becoming increasingly complex. The world is experiencing a rapid transformation in urban development, which has led to the emergence of new design approaches such as placemaking and experience design. These processes have become crucial components in creating spaces that are not only functional but also socially and culturally significant.
25/02/24 ·
What happens if 120 second-year students go on a placemaking mission in the city of Amsterdam? A story about happy communities, making international headlines and contributing to the agenda of the Night Mayor.
25/02/24 ·
It is a term you see pop up in strategic plans, policy documents and in education more and more: placemaking. Will it be the new ‘buzzword’ of the 2020s, or is there more beyond this flashy concept? At the Future of Leisure conference last March, it was one of the central themes, and it already has a prominent place within education. How does the Academy for Leisure & Events make sure that placemaking has a meaningful and practical application within our programmes? This article shows how and why we give placemaking a ‘place’ in our leisure curricula.
25/02/24 ·
Several Leisure & Events students give their views on the future of leisure. T They tell why they chose this study, which trends inspire them, the biggest challenges for leisure and their role in it.
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17/11/25
Er komt daarom een wettelijke acceptatieplicht voor contant geld. Dit betekent dat contant geld verp...
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17/11/25
Staatsbosbeheer heeft twee nieuwe directeuren benoemd. Per 1 januari 2026 treden Karen te Boome en Erik de Heus aan als Operationeel Directeur en Financieel Directeur.
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17/11/25
Dawn Technology breidt haar portfolio uit met een nieuw event: de Dutch AI Conference, op 11 en 12 maart 2026.
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17/11/25
Revolut heeft vandaag een internationaal betalingspartnerschap aangekondigd met Booking.com. Hiermee breidt Revolut zijn reisaanbod voor klanten uit, miljoenen klanten van Booking.com kunnen nu betalen via Revolut Pay, Revolut's 'one-click checkout'-oplossing, en profiteren van diverse valuta.
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14/11/25
Terwijl wereldleiders op de COP30 in Brazilië praten over klimaatambities, doneert reisorganisatie Better Places € 10.000,- aan AeroDelft, een studenteninitiatief van de TU Delft dat werkt aan een vliegtuig dat geen schadelijke stoffen uitstoot.
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14/11/25
Op 13 november is de eerste Transavia-vlucht van Amsterdam naar Rabat vertrokken. Met aan boord ook de 200 gasten voor het ANVR jaarcongres 2025 met het thema Connecting.
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14/11/25
Op 13 november presenteerde Noordwijk Marketing het nieuwe magazine MOMENT – Herbronnen in Noordwijk: een inspirerend tijdschrift voor mensen die hier wonen en komen over gezond genieten, rust, natuur, cultuur en actief buiten zijn aan de kust. Het is meteen ook de start van de campagne van deze destinatie.
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14/11/25
De ledenraad van Nederlandse Kampeerauto Club (NKC) heeft Ingeborg Meulman op voordracht van de raad van toezicht benoemd tot directeur-bestuurder van NKC.
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