Historic networks and commemoration:Connections created through museum exhibitions

This research examines how contextualization of artists within historical cohort networks affects art historical commemoration. Examining a population of 236 artists who first exhibited between 1946 and 1955 in three of the Netherland's largest museums (Boijmans, Stedelijk, and Van Abbemuseum), we examine the cohort connections curators create for these artists through exhibition and analyse how such connections affect historical commemoration. We argue a “historic network” is created through museum exhibitions, where exhibitions position artists within history. Employing network analysis, we examine exhibition connections established for artists with prior (1930–1945), concurrent (1946–1955), and subsequent artist cohorts (1956–1989)—altogether examining connections across 317 exhibitions and analysing a network of 4 428 individual artists. Using sequence analysis, we show when historic cohort networks are employed within exhibition and how these networks evolve over time. Next, we examine which type of networks receive the greatest art historical commemoration. Our findings indicate those artists with the most consistent and coherent networks are far more likely to be recognized and remembered. We argue because history is presented relationally, those artists with overarching historic cohort connections fit more easily into a histori

Cultural distance, mindfulness and passive xenophobia: Using Integrated Threat Theory to explore home higher education students' perspectives on 'internationalisation at home'

This paper addresses the question of interaction between home and international students using qualitative data from 100 home students at two 'teaching intensive' universities in the southwest of England. Stephan and Stephan's Integrated Threat Theory is used to analyse the data, finding evidence for all four types of threat that they predict when outgroups interact. It is found that home students perceive threats to their academic success and group identity from the presence of international students on the campus and in the classroom. These are linked to anxieties around 'mindful' forms of interaction and a taboo around the discussion of difference, leading to a 'passive xenophobia' for the majority. The paper concludes that Integrated Threat Theory is a useful tool in critiquing the 'internationalisation at home' agenda, making suggestions for policies and practices that may alleviate perceived threats, thereby improving the quality and outcomes of intercultural interaction. © 2010 British Educational Research Association

Sustainable Collaboration in Care:Joint Production Motivation and Interprofessional Learning in an Interorganizational Network

In a complex and interconnected world, more and more organizations are collaborating with each other to deal with a variety of societal problems. Such collaborations are called interorganizational networks, and they are increasingly common in many domains of society. However, collaboration across organizational boundaries is not always easy, and a major question is how interorganizational networks can be sustainable over time. This dissertation explores the sustainability of interorganizational networks by studying NetwerkZON, an interorganizational network operating in the health care sector in the North of the Netherlands. The health care sector, under pressure of aging populations, decreasing labor forces, and increasingly complex care situations, is in dire need of skilled workers. NetwerkZON is a network of educational institutions and health care organizations, who jointly develop and coordinate internship programs to offer a broad variety of high-quality internships in the region. In four studies, this dissertation sheds light on several aspects of the collaboration in this interorganizational network. How have the employees of the different organizations managed to work together for over two decades? How do students learn from professionals from different disciplines in their internships? What happened to the interns during the covid-19 pandemic, and what consequences did the pandemic have for the resilience of internship organizations? This dissertation highlights how the sustainability of interorganizational networks depends on the motivation of different participants to create joint value. By creating the correct conditions for such joint production motivation and by nurturing interprofessional learning, interorganizational collaboration can be sustainable over time