Loving the Axolotl (From Meme to Material)
In the crowded aisles of Comic Con, somewhere between the swords and the spellbooks, I began to notice them. A small, pink face peeking out from a tote bag. A plushie tucked under an arm.…
Musings (Blog)
autism
On Animals, Resonance, and a World That Speaks Back
For the Dutch website “Autisme Digitaal“, I wrote a blog about autism and rest. Below is an English translation. The image that goes with it was originally drawn for the “Aut of the Box” creative…
King Alfred of Wessex
Celtic Elements in Alfredian Fan Fiction
A short article originally written in Dutch for the Stichting van Hamel voor Keltische Studies.
Hektoen International Journal of Medical Humanities
Grunya Sukhareva and the early observation of autistic behavior
Published in Hektoen International Journal of Medical Humanities.
scientific notes
On the Comfortable Lie of Exactitude
by a humanities scholar, currently bewildered and at home, at NASA’s Astrobiology Institute…
musicology
Why We Programme Women Composers – And How
A follow-up of my blog post on why we continue to programme Russian music – and how, below are some thoughts on programming women composers. Rooted in my work as music librarian for the Domcantorij (the…
Theology
Ash, Selfies, and the Symbol of Suffering: Ritual, Martyrdom, and the Aesthetics of the Cross
In the weeks following carnival season, a striking phenomenon recurs across social media platforms: the Ash Wednesday selfie. Foreheads marked with a dark cross, photographed and shared as visible tokens of religious commitment. For practitioners,…