Past, Present, and Future Me
The start of my journey at Social Innovation feels like a lifetime ago. Now that I have finished my graduation project, both physically and mentally, it is time to [...]
Social Innovation: Working with Children
At the study Social Innovation, we students learn a lot about co-creating with other people. Whether you are designing an interactive experience, guiding a complicated process, or supporting the [...]
De Uitvindfabriek: A Tech-Based Experience Centre
For my graduation project, I worked together with the De Uitvindfabriek, an organisation located in Breda. De Uitvindfabriek is an experience centre aimed at the target group of children [...]
A final goodbye
This is the final blog of this graduation series and it will elaborate on my final expedition. You have read about my approach, lessons and project in the previous [...]
Chasing Dreams
I have explained my interest in sustainability and how it has led to making an impact professionally. And that was the initial focus of my graduation project. In the [...]
The Creation of Thinking
Out-of-the-box thinking is a well-known phrase in creative thinking. Already from an early age, creative thinking should be stimulated in the development and growth of children. Called the 21st-century [...]
Dancing to change the world – the role of embodiment and performing arts in societal transformation
Picture from an embodiment workshop I facilitated for a group of Performatory students together with Suzan Lindhout. In the search for my own practice as transformative social innovator, I [...]
Blog 8 | Charlotte | Let’s share
This is a blog where I want to share my insights with everything I have learned over the past few months and which has helped me expand my professional view. Hereby I share my vision and my opinion on the topic of social media, youth, and mental health. But I also want young people to start sharing. Share how they feel and what they are experiencing in terms of mental health complaints. Share the different pressures they are feeling. Share what kind of impact the pandemic is having on them. Share it all, with each other.
Blog 8 | Emma | Friendship
22 years old. Often I hear people say: ‘count your blessings’. Honestly, I think I could go on forever. Looking back at my life, I have more than a thousand things to be grateful for. Up until now, I have had the best life that I can imagine. One of these things that I am extremely grateful for are my friends. Growing up, I’ve always had two groups of friends. One group of friends I met at dance practice[...]
Blog 7 | Emma | First things first
As a student, I come across this, and have been coming across this, my entire life: postponing, leaving things up to the last minute, evasiveness. The first time it is a presentation where I am writing my cue cards five minutes before showtime, the next time it is handing in my proposal at 11:59 pm when the deadline is at midnight [...]