Hanneke Van Asperen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4079385 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hanneke Van Asperen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hanneke |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Asperen |
| SIGNATURE | VAN ASPEREN H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9932-4758 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Appropriating disasters. A framework for cultural historical research on catastrophes in Europe, 1500–1900
This article argues that ‘appropriation’ is key to understanding how communities respond to disasters, and offers a new methodological approach. It suggests that cultural representations of disasters should be studied through the prism of appropriation. Both in the past and the present, people have crafted specific representations of disasters and used them as identity markers to create a sense of community. Appropriation involves attaching meani…
Disaster and Discord: Romeyn de Hooghe and the Dutch State of Ruination in 1675
n Contains fulltext :\n 224750pub.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
The art of good governance: How images from the past provide inspiration for modern practice
Since the early 1990s, discourse on ‘good governance’ has become more prevalent. What ‘good governance’ means and entails, however, and when we can speak of ‘good’ governance in this discourse, is not always clear. Many scholars in public administration and other social sciences writing about good governance have used visual interpretations of good governance from centuries ago to illustrate their case in point. Here, we also use pictures from th…
The Gates of Charity: Images of City and Community in the Early Modern Dutch Orphanage
In the seventeenth century, Dutch charitable institutions were the subject of international praise and the object of civic pride, and their public façades communicated a message of central importance to its citizens. In this essay, I examine the iconography of seventeenth-century “gates of charity,” focusing on the almoner’s orphanage in Gouda and the Holy Ghost orphanage in Leiden. I relate them to other orphanages in the Dutch Republic to show …
The Sheltering Cloak: Images of Charity and Mercy in Fourteenth-century Italy
The iconography of charity (caritas) underwent considerable changes in fourteenth-century Italy, signifying a break with the traditional transalpine depictions of love personified. Some iconographical aspects of the French Caritas Misericordia (or Mercy Charity) were transferred to the Madonna of Mercy, also known as the sheltering-cloak Madonna. With her cloak spread to protect the needy and her devotees, the Madonna of Mercy likewise personifie…
Disaster and Discord: Romeyn de Hooghe and the Dutch State of Ruination in 1675
n Contains fulltext :\n 224750pub.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
The art of good governance: How images from the past provide inspiration for modern practice
Since the early 1990s, discourse on ‘good governance’ has become more prevalent. What ‘good governance’ means and entails, however, and when we can speak of ‘good’ governance in this discourse, is not always clear. Many scholars in public administration and other social sciences writing about good governance have used visual interpretations of good governance from centuries ago to illustrate their case in point. Here, we also use pictures from th…
Appropriating disasters. A framework for cultural historical research on catastrophes in Europe, 1500–1900
This article argues that ‘appropriation’ is key to understanding how communities respond to disasters, and offers a new methodological approach. It suggests that cultural representations of disasters should be studied through the prism of appropriation. Both in the past and the present, people have crafted specific representations of disasters and used them as identity markers to create a sense of community. Appropriation involves attaching meani…
The Sheltering Cloak: Images of Charity and Mercy in Fourteenth-century Italy
The iconography of charity (caritas) underwent considerable changes in fourteenth-century Italy, signifying a break with the traditional transalpine depictions of love personified. Some iconographical aspects of the French Caritas Misericordia (or Mercy Charity) were transferred to the Madonna of Mercy, also known as the sheltering-cloak Madonna. With her cloak spread to protect the needy and her devotees, the Madonna of Mercy likewise personifie…
The Gates of Charity: Images of City and Community in the Early Modern Dutch Orphanage
In the seventeenth century, Dutch charitable institutions were the subject of international praise and the object of civic pride, and their public façades communicated a message of central importance to its citizens. In this essay, I examine the iconography of seventeenth-century “gates of charity,” focusing on the almoner’s orphanage in Gouda and the Holy Ghost orphanage in Leiden. I relate them to other orphanages in the Dutch Republic to show …
The art of good governance: How images from the past provide inspiration for modern practice
Since the early 1990s, discourse on ‘good governance’ has become more prevalent. What ‘good governance’ means and entails, however, and when we can speak of ‘good’ governance in this discourse, is not always clear. Many scholars in public administration and other social sciences writing about good governance have used visual interpretations of good governance from centuries ago to illustrate their case in point. Here, we also use pictures from th…
Disaster and Discord: Romeyn de Hooghe and the Dutch State of Ruination in 1675
n Contains fulltext :\n 224750pub.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)\n
Appropriating disasters. A framework for cultural historical research on catastrophes in Europe, 1500–1900
This article argues that ‘appropriation’ is key to understanding how communities respond to disasters, and offers a new methodological approach. It suggests that cultural representations of disasters should be studied through the prism of appropriation. Both in the past and the present, people have crafted specific representations of disasters and used them as identity markers to create a sense of community. Appropriation involves attaching meani…
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