Publications
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Hoofdstuk 25 - Herstel- en rechtvaardigheidsinitiatieven in beweging? Een toepassing op transnationale adoptiepraktijken van China naar België en Nederland
(2023)
This chapter first discusses the figures and trends regarding transnational adoption for China as well as for Belgium and the Netherlands. Then, a contextual overview of reproductive policy in China and the malpractices ...
Hoofdstuk 14 - Spoorloos: ‘emotietelevisie’ tussen sensatie en adoptiekritiek
(2023)
This contribution focuses on the perceived tensions in the discussions surrounding the societal significance of the program Spoorloos and the (potentially) adoption-critical issues that it has raised since its inception. ...
Paul Gilson
(2023)
PAUL GILSON (1865-1942), born and raised in Brussels, grew into a valued artist during the fin de siècle. He was and is known as an erudite composer, orchestrator, theoretician, critic, musicographer and educator. A ...
Hoofdstuk 6 - Interlandelijke adoptie naar Nederland: de voortzetting van een gemankeerd beleid
(2023)
In this chapter, we address the question of whether and to what extent the currently proposed policy provides an adequate response to the abuses identified in the COIA report. We first discuss the main observations and ...
Hoofdstuk 12 - Mimic Diaspora: identiteit en het idee van de ‘Ander’ bij Zuid-Koreaanse adoptiemigranten in Vlaanderen (1968-2021)
(2023)
This contribution examines identity and the idea of the ‘Other’ among South Korean adoption migrants in Flanders (1968-2021)Despite their considerable numbers, the population of South Korean adoption migrants is generally ...
Hoofdstuk 18 - Afstand en adoptie: het perspectief van moeders in India
(2023)
In the past decades, thousands of children from India and other countries left their original families and homeland to be adopted elsewhere (Selman, 2020b). Adoption is usually a joyful and moving event for the adoptive ...
Hoofdstuk 3 - ‘Al red je er maar één’. Interlandelijke adoptie in Nederland (1880-2022)
(2023)
This chapter examines the Dutch adoption debates from 1880 (when debates in the Dutch East Indies increased) to the present. What arguments were used in the press and in the First and Second Chambers to justify or criticize ...
Le suprême hommage
(2020)
Le suprême hommage studies the handling of dying, burial and commemoration of royal and political elites in Belgium in the 19th and first half of the 20th century. This innovative historical research takes place at the ...
Hoe economie het probleem werd
(2022)
The legal systems that shape capitalist societies worldwide contribute to a number of fundamental social problems. An ever-growing public and private debt, environmental pollution, an increasing polarization between rich ...
Researching female genital mutilation/cutting
(2017)
This volume consist of papers which provide an overview of the presentations at the Second International Academic Seminar: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting at the intersection of qualitative, quantitative and mixed method ...