Denison’s purpose is to inspire and educate its students to become autonomous thinkers discerning moral agents and active citizens of a democratic society We are thrilled that you are considering Denison during your college search and we look forward to getting to know more about you and experiences to campus; see how Denison helps them make this college their own and upcoming events from all around the hill and beyond three longtime and beloved Denison faculty members retired after a combined 90-plus years of teaching at the college They have spent that time working with students and encouraging them to think critically about the world around them in each of their disciplines—anthropology and history—but they’ve also encouraged those students to leave the Hill and become lifelong learners As they themselves leave campus (at least in a professional sense; we kind of hope they hang around or visit often) we asked them what lessons they will take with them into retirement Tony Schwartz and Christine Porath explore the reasons why so many people hate work they conclude that employees are most happy in the workplace when they have the ability to recharge; when they feel valued; when they are able to focus; and when they feel as if they are spiritually fulfilled through a connection to a higher purpose What I learned at Denison is that I loved my work would envy faculty members’ occasional sabbaticals and slightly more leisurely summers and winter breaks to recharge physically Conversations with students and graduates (and parents) have reinforced my own feelings of being “valued and appreciated for (my) contributions” to their lives Teaching and focused reading and writing in my discipline have been tremendously absorbing and enriching But I think that what I have most learned about myself at Denison—and for which I am most grateful—is that my spiritual need to feel “connected to a higher purpose at work” has been met here on the Hill It has been a wonderful privilege to be a part of a rite of passage through which young people pass from high school graduation to full participation in the adult world many of them with a far greater and more profound sense of their own humanity And in a world where college indebtedness commands the attention of the president of the United States and where higher education in general is contributing not so much to upward mobility as to growing inequality I am profoundly grateful to have been able to teach at a place like Denison which has made such a significant investment in an education that does provide access to a higher quality of life for our graduates There are still colleges in the United States that challenge the growing inequality in our society and offer a bridge to a more just society and I have loved being a part of that mission at Denison Stay up to date with the latest campus news and upcoming events Stay up to date with Just Security curated newsletters: Just Security provides expert analysis and informational resources on the issues that matter most—without paywalls Just Security is an editorially independent daily digital law and policy journal housed in the Reiss Center on Law and Security at the New York University School of Law Support Just Security in shaping a more informed and secure world by making a tax-deductible donation of any size through the NYU giving page Donate Now This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The dates displayed for an article provide information on when various publication milestones were reached at the journal that has published the article activities on preceding journals at which the article was previously under consideration are not shown (for instance submission All content on this site: Copyright © 2025 Elsevier B.V. The Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford University has today announced its new director Dr Laura Van Broekhoven will take up the directorship on 1 March 2016 following the retirement of Professor Mike O’Hanlon in September Dr Van Broekhoven is currently Head of the Curatorial Department and Curator of Middle and South America at the Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen (encompassing the Tropenmuseum Volkenkunde and Afrika Museum) in the Netherlands and Assistant Professor of Archaeology at Leiden University She said: 'It is both an honour and a delight to be joining the Pitt Rivers Museum The Museum enjoys the highest reputation internationally for the quality of its curatorial expertise its extraordinary collections and galleries and as a centre of scholarship 'This is thanks in particular to the outstanding leadership of Professor O’Hanlon I am greatly looking forward to working with colleagues in the museum and also with academic colleagues across the University.' Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the Academic Services and University Collections at Oxford University said: ‘I am delighted that Dr Van Broekhoven will be joining us at what is a pivotal moment both for the Pitt Rivers for the University's other museums and collections 'All of these outstanding collections are now working – individually and collectively – to extend their contribution to the delivery of the University’s strategic aims and I greatly look forward to Dr Broekhoven joining us in this shared endeavour.' The Pitt Rivers Museum holds one of the world’s finest collections of anthropology and archaeology from around the world and throughout human history It welcomes thousands of children from schools in Oxfordshire every year and carries out world-leading conservation and research in the museum Contact: Sarah Whitebloom, [email protected] We all use a rhumb line in our lives — well let’s hope we all use one — whether we’re familiar with the term or not It’s an imaginary line that plots a ship’s course on a chart each of us can use the term for plotting our own life’s course “Finding your way” is how artist Jeff Broekhoven defined the term at the opening of an exhibit of his paintings at Drury University's Pool Art Center Gallery last Friday night “This show is a mini-retrospective,” he said.“It goes back to a summer graduate school program here with Tom Parker,” and paintings featured in this exhibit date back to 2010 Broekhoven’s entry into the arts goes back a lot further he graduated from Drury and “ran away to Chicago,” as he put it However—and there’s often that ‘however,’—“I was always secretly an artist,” he added “My parents encouraged me to pursue architecture,” and he laughed when he spoke about how being an art school graduate might not be the idea of every parent’s ticket to success for his or her child in a “really meandering way,” Broekhoven said he ended up in graduate school at the University of Wisconsin Returning to school with a little more age and experience under his belt meant “I went at a time I could appreciate it,” he said his wife and their children have returned to Springfield where Broekhoven owns a small business but continues to paint He has taught for both Drury and Missouri State and has had his work exhibited in shows such as MOAK the four-state exhibit previously mounted at the Springfield Art Museum as Broekhoven says in an online artist’s statement That statement is peppered with architectural words such as “retaining,” “making room” and “building,” and viewers can doubtless see the eye of an architect in their careful construction his paintings may seem somewhat random—lots of color splashes But look more closely; there’s a carefully constructed framework beneath That’s Broekhoven’s architectural eye translated from three dimensions into two That’s also his rhumb line as he plots his course through his work and his life Camille Dautrich writes about visual arts in Springfield and the Ozarks What: Rhumb Line: Works by Jeff Broekhoven Thursday.Call ahead to make sure the gallery is open during spring break Information: 873-7263 or go to www.drury.edu SUBSCRIBE View Issue SUBSCRIBE Visual artist Jeff Broekhoven recently received his Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Wisconsin—Madison and he sells his work around 417-land and all across the country Broekhoven currently teaches classes at Missouri State University and Drury University We invited ourselves to his downtown Springfield studio to see where the creative magic happens Paints for Many ProcessesBroekhoven doesn’t only have paints in nearly every color imaginable—he also has paints in many varieties oil enamel and spray paint,” he says of one of his latest works “I often start in acrylic and finish in oil.”  Broekhoven is currently represented as a gallery artist with Obelisk Home or check it out online at jeffbroekhoven.com Meet the ambitious women behind sixteen of the businesses in Springfield Charity Fent owns Charity Fent Cake Design in Springfield Bonnie Nolen owns Bon Bon’s Candy House in Springfield Lindsay Seifried owns Blackwell's in Springfield Missouri's Brentwood Center with her husband Jeff Laura van Broekhoven always knew she wanted to study archaeology Now this Leiden alumna is director of the Pitt Rivers Museum one of the four museums of the University of Oxford Laura van Broekhoven was an international student when she came to study in Leiden: she originally comes from Belgium When her nine-year-old self declared that she wanted to be an archaeologist she couldn’t have imagined that she would end up living in Leiden for longer than she had done in her country of birth Van Broekhoven’s parents gave her a lot of freedom She travelled around Europe alone from a young age and spent some time in Mexico before she went to university; her mother had lived there too She considered various archaeology programmes but chose the one in Leiden in the end: ‘In Belgium you have to start with History of Art and in Oxford with Classics but in Leiden you could do fieldwork in the first year already That appealed to me.’ Van Broekhoven was an excellent student and graduated with distinction What also appealed to Van Broekhoven about Leiden was the old It was a bit of knock when she was given a room outside the city centre, in a building that students rented from the owners of the Rob Gorris car dealership on Hoge Rijndijk But this proved to be an advantage because there were a lot of empty rooms in the building as one archaeology student after the other moved in, an archaeology community began to take form away from the Faculty It was there that she learnt how to celebrate Sinterklaas Dutch style and how to cook andijviestamppot They also got to have barbecues on the flat roof of the car dealership. ‘And on a Thursday we all went dancing in de Grote Beer.’ But they took their studies seriously too and used exam questions to make their own versions of games like Trivial Pursuit Van Broekhoven was having a whale of a time also because the other students were as driven as she was And she remembers with great fondness and respect lecturers such as Maarten Jansen and Aurora Pérez Jiménez ‘They were unparalleled in their ability to get across not only what our discipline had to offer academically but also where its weaknesses lay We learnt to identify the colonial system that formed the basis of our discipline and to question it and be part of a necessary process of change.’ More about this later Van Broekhoven did her PhD at the Centre for Non-Western Studies (CNWS) This involved spending time in Nicaragua where she researched indigenous forms of resistance to the Spanish rule and worked in a local museum in Juigalpa Then in 2001 the opportunity arose – and she hadn’t yet turned 30 – to become curator of Middle and South America at Museum Volkenkunde the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden the role gradually expanded until the reverse was true and she was working four days at the Museum and one at the Faculty Van Broekhoven: ‘In museums you can tell stories through objects you can hear the voices of the makers of these objects and you can share these stories with a much wider audience than through an academic book or article.’ ‘I’m still in touch with many of the other students from my degree programme,’ says Van Broekhoven and it has become an important international network They’ve spread out all over the world.’ The same was not immediately true for Van Broekhoven herself She stayed at the University after she graduated and that’s where she also met her future husband. ‘We were on the editorial board of Wampum That’s where I met him.’ They’re still together. ‘As PhD candidates we worked at CNWS in Nonnensteeg with colleagues who were doing research all over the world In our discipline Leiden was more or less the academic centre in Europe That was hugely inspiring. CNWS isn’t a name that we would use nowadays.’ Van Broekhoven became a lecturer at the Faculty in 2008 and Head of Research at Museum Volkenkunde in 2009 Then came the request from Oxford in 2015 for her to apply for the job of director of Pitt Rivers Museum As the Museum is part of the University of Oxford this is by no means a purely managerial role: Van Broekhoven initiates and conducts research as well as giving lectures Thanks to researchers such as Jansen and Pérez Jiménez they try to involve the people that the exhibitions are about ‘It’s clear that parts of collections come from moments that are historically problematic and must also change our policy on returning artifacts,’ she says ‘Collaboration does not necessarily have to lead to the return of artifacts My experience is that it differs each time we looked at 188 objects in our collection there have been six pieces about which they have said that people wouldn’t just have relinquished them; they are an integral part of the family.’  It was a tough decision to take the job at Oxford Van Broekhoven’s husband worked (and still works) at the Faculty of Archaeology The oldest had to move straight to secondary school in England because children there spend a shorter amount of time at primary school which will make travelling between Great Britain and the Netherlands that bit more complicated it’s a nice place to live and Van Broekhoven is enjoying herself the reserved communication style of our neighbours across the Channel can take some getting used to. ‘Belgians have it too I often ended up wondering what people really meant The flip side is that people in England aren’t as forthright with each other.’ I ask Van Broekhoven if there’s anything she wants to add She says: ‘My story may seem like one long success story ‘When I was doing my PhD research in Mexico I had really bad RSI for a year and a half And there are two careers in our family But I think you learn most from the downs and you find out what’s important: your family and your friends who support you It also makes you more understanding as a manager: sometimes life happens No account yet? Create one now By signing up, you agree to GTR Privacy Policy and Terms of Use Trade finance blockchain platform komgo has appointed Kris Van Broekhoven as its new chief financial officer (CFO) Having served on the company’s board since September 2018 he starts in the newly created full-time position at komgo as of today Van Broekhoven will continue to be based in London and leaves his post at Citi where he had served as global head of treasury and trade solutions (TTS) commodity trade finance since 2012 Prior to this he served in a couple of different roles during a decade-long stint at Deutsche Bank he worked as Emea head of structured commodity trade finance Van Broekhoven previously held various roles in commercial banking and trade finance at KBC Bank Van Broekhoven says: “I’m a strong believer in the opportunity for the industry to go digital.” He adds: “Covid-19 has exposed weaknesses in the way the world handles trade The renewed focus on business continuity planning has catapulted digitalisation to the top of many to-do lists while recent fraud cases have highlighted the need to restore trust.” A spokesperson for komgo tells GTR that Van Broekhoven will focus on finance network and strategy and will work closely with CEO Souleima Baddi and the senior leadership team komgo was founded as an independent venture in August 2018 and is aiming to digitise and streamline commodity trade finance processes The platform has 15 shareholders made up of a mix of corporate and financial players which includes Van Broekhoven’s former employer SGS and Société Générale are the other backers komgo initially released a letter of credit (LC) product and a KYC module when it launched the platform commercially in late 2018 In June 2019, komgo released two more products to facilitate standby letters of credit (SBLCs) and receivables discounting, and to date more than 20,000 LCs and SBLCs have been issued on the platform. 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In a recent report we explored three key elements of the problem and whether the most effective method of achieving change in the FATF’s approach is to continue on the current gradual “evolutionary” path or take a more “revolutionary” tack The 9/11 attacks changed the international security landscape by defining terrorism and making countering it a security mainstay Building on regulations that predated 9/11 countering terrorism included investigating the money flows that prop up terrorists and their networks the body of now 39 members (including the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council)# was transformed from a standard setter on anti-money laundering to being newly tasked with also setting and seeing to the implementation of standards that all countries are effectively required to follow to counter terrorism financing Yoking those two very different kinds of financial-integrity risks was problematic from the start in which money that is generated illegally is sought to be integrated into the legal financial system it is the source of money that needs investigating the source of the money could be legal or illegal and it is the purpose to which that money is put (terrorist activity) that is illegal Also problematic was that the FATF was not — and is still not — a treaty body; it seats only the large economies at the policymaking table even though all countries worldwide are forced to comply because failure to do so has tangible impact on trade Based on patchy empirical evidence, the FATF singled out nonprofits as a sector from the beginning of the newly enlarged mission in 2001 The FATF saw them as “particularly vulnerable” to terrorism financing Nonprofits were the only legal entities to merit their own “Recommendation,” the term the FATF uses for its normative standards (which  Now known as “Recommendation 8” in the current version of the Recommendations it was one of nine new ones related to terrorism financing that were appended to the existing 40 anti-money laundering provisions or otherwise break ties with clients perceived as high risk for money laundering or terrorism financing abuse regardless of whether they have done – or are likely to do — anything wrong nonprofit organizations have been consistently vulnerable to abuse and mischaracterization in various contexts often restrict nonprofit activity (whether humanitarian Access to financial resources or foreign funding for nonprofits may be limited And governments sometimes mount smear campaigns with the objective of delegitimizing groups they see as opposed to their narrow interests by loosely characterizing them as “terrorists.” More often than not, this pattern has been found to be related to the implementation of the FATF’s Recommendation 8. Countries often explicitly cite “compliance” with the provisions as the impetus for the change (the many examples include Turkey and Zimbabwe) The problem facing nonprofit organizations caught in this web is threefold The first is the framework of the FATF itself and the nonprofit standard within it (Recommendation 8) The second is the implementation of the standard at the national level Finally there is the “market,” which reads the signals generated at the normative and national levels and applies these rules and regulations for the nonprofit sector into regulating financial access and transfers – the very lifeblood of nonprofit operations Applying the  “evolutionary” and “revolutionary” approach to each of these three types of issues can help analyze potential solutions for each that might better serve civil society going forward In terms of the norms set by the FATF framework the radical call is to get rid of Recommendation 8 entirely with the argument that not every risk of terrorism financing needs its own Recommendation The sector would then be assessed for risk under Recommendation 1 (which focuses on the entirety of financial integrity risk posed to society) and any residual risk pertaining to the sector that is uncovered would then be dealt with under Recommendations 24 and 25 with beneficial ownership-style regulations this will not solve the problem of the intentional misuse of the standard The Coalition has called for fundamental changes to the FATF assessment methodology so that disproportionate regulation of the sector can be called out FATF assessors need to be trained appropriately so that they are sensitized to these consequences They also  need to be made aware of other equally legitimate policy priorities that governments have such as  upholding international humanitarian and human rights law (IHL/IHRL) and the obligations of countries related to the freedoms of expression so that intentional misuse and routine derogation of these rights can be called out in the assessment help plug this gap and meaningfully support human rights and other international law compliance It is in the national context that all of these problems come home to roost which entails a country (and the relevant institutions within it) understanding the money-laundering and terrorism-financing risk to which they are exposed in order that they can then put in place the appropriate mitigation measures calibrated to that risk While this risk-based approach is necessarily contextual this is where an essential implementation dichotomy emerges a set of universal benchmarks that must be adhered to in vastly different settings yet the measure of effectiveness within the framework remains predicated on box-ticking technical compliance with universal standards and not on the reality of financial-integrity risk in a specific country And this over-correction mode is where much of the damage is done to the nonprofit operational environment as countries scramble to impose restrictive laws and regulations that they hope will return them to FATF compliance a rethinking of the foundational concept of risk as it is imagined within the FATF context which currently considers only the risk of terrorism and does not take into account that nonprofits mitigate such risks through their daily development The current understanding of risk also does not account for the risk that an overly-securitized approach such as what FATF promotes including the misuse and abuse of the financial-integrity standards by governments poses to legitimate charitable activity and thereby on communities the “risk-based approach,” it is important to ask  “what risk” and “whose risk?” Questions of Accountability and Transparency of the FATF There are larger questions, too, about the accountability and transparency of the FATF as a body. As a task force and not a treaty body, the organization is too ambiguous to be held meaningfully or legally accountable. Some have explored the idea of transforming the legal status of the FATF into an international organization which could provide a way for those affected to take legal action against it Our interviewees expressed concern that this might impact the organization’s agility and that formalization is not the answer at this stage preclude the necessity of instituting accountability and redress mechanisms due to the simple fact that a non-institution creating soft-law standards should not have as much power as the FATF has without the appropriate checks and balances with some countries using their overseas development assistance budgets to support it citing the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goal 16 on tackling illicit financial flows given the FATF framework itself is being deliberately misused in many countries to undercut those and many other development goals We live in complex times and in an increasingly multipolar world but the disproportionate focus on nonprofits and terrorism financing in the last two decades has been to the detriment of  nonprofit/philanthropic/human rights imperatives as well as the financial integrity agenda and it should advance coherent policy across the goals of financial integrity and efficient and effective delivery by nonprofit organizations of humanitarian assistance Lia van Broekhoven is co-founder and Executive Director of Human Security Collective (@hscollective). With other NGOs, she established the Global Nonprofit Coalition on the Financial Action Task Force, which HSC co-chairs. HSC also holds a seat on the FATF Private Sector Consultative Forum (@fatfplatform) Sangeeta Goswami is Policy Advocacy Adviser at Human Security Collective (@hscollective) and part of the Global Nonprofit Coalition on the Financial Action Task Force Floor Knoote (@FloorKnoote) is a human rights researcher focused on corporate accountability for human rights violations She is academically trained as a criminologist in the analysis of international crimes and in 2021 joined the legal team of human rights law firm Global Justice Association Thalia Malmberg is a Program Manager at Human Security Collective (@HSCollective) working on issues related to de-risking and the effects of countering terrorism financing measures on civil society and human rights The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford has refuted claims in the press this week that it removed a Nigerian Igbo mask from display due to a cultural taboo on showing it to women The Telegraph reported that the University of Oxford museum had removed the mask from public display and put a note on its website saying that although photographs of the object are available the museum is “unable to show the media publicly” The newspaper said the ceremonial mask was traditionally used in secret male-only ceremonies and not intended to be seen by women The museum was criticised in the article by art critic Ruth Miller sight of something because that is a taboo in one particular culture seems an extreme stance” The Pitt Rivers Museum says that the Telegraph article which was subsequently covered by a number of other outlets The museum said the mask in question is in storage and there is no record of it ever having been put on public display; that no digital assets are withheld from view by women; and that no one had ever been denied access to it The museum also hit back at claims that it is working with groups to ensure that objects are “selectively displayed” saying: “We are working with groups to allow them to decide how their own cultures are represented.” Pitt Rivers director Laura van Broekhoven said: “This is a non-story The Igbo mask has not been removed from display as it was never on display and no one has ever been denied access to it “The museum’s online collections now carry a cultural context message especially those from different cultures around the world to actively choose which items they wish to see “Only around 3,000 of our object records carry such a warning so less than 1% of the overall collection. No digital assets are withheld from view from women.” The controversy emerged following the introduction of optional “cultural warnings” on the museum’s website These were brought in after the museum updated its policy and procedures on culturally sensitive explicit or harmful content in its databases and online collections Anyone browsing the museum’s online database can now choose to receive cultural advice notices before viewing materials that “may be considered culturally sensitive” Users can opt out of receiving the warnings A spokesperson for the museum told Museums Journal: “The Pitt Rivers Museum's online collections now offer users the option to see cultural warnings about material in the collections “These preferences are stored using cookies for the whole browser session. This approach has been used for some years in Australia and is considered best practice when dealing with sensitive ethnographic collections “The approach does not impede the online access for anyone who does not wish to see warnings but does offer a more culturally safe environment for our many Indigenous community partners who do not wish to stumble on upsetting or culturally restricted items without first being told what to expect “We consider this approach to be a more respectful and inclusive approach to collections access online whilst maintaining our reputation for unrivalled deep research access to our entire collection and its historical documentation.” Most Museums Journal content is only available to members Join the MA to get full access to the latest thinking and trends from across the sector Tsantsa at Oxford University's Pitt Rivers Museum The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is opening today, after 6 months of closure over lockdown, and it is missing its most famous exhibit: an array of shrunken heads (tsantsa) — mostly human, some monkey — displayed in a cabinet labelled ‘Treatment of Dead Enemies’. The tsantsa were acquired between 1884 and 1936 by Western anthropologists who had purchased them from members of the Shuar an indigenous group who live in a region of tropical rainforest that extends across Ecuador and Peru The Pitt Rivers is unusual among anthropology museums in that it displays artefacts although the chaotic arrangements and handwritten labels give a superficial impression of Victorian fustiness the attentive visitor comes away with a far more open-minded understanding of the diversity of human societies gives an impression more of sameness than of difference because it’s obvious to look at these objects that their creators despite being distant from one another in terms of time and place all came up with very similar solutions to the same human problems The inclusion of modern Western objects in these displays reinforces that impression of sameness, and sometimes highlights oddities in our own societies that we might not always notice. My favourite cabinet, for instance, contains beauty implements, including neck rings used to elongate the necks of Kayan women placed alongside a 21st century silicone breast implant This placement means that anyone tempted to think the neck rings “savage” or “gruesome” is sharply reminded of our own culture’s stranger beauty practices Rather than attempting to de-colonise the Pitt Rivers by removing the tsantsa from display I have an alternative suggestion for Dr Van Broekhoven: add some Western objects to the ‘Treatment of Dead Enemies’ cabinet By condemning the display of decapitated heads Dr Van Broekhoven is inadvertently displaying her own ethno- and present-centrism A far better option — in keeping with the museum’s other displays — would be to invite visitors to view the tsantsa alongside similar examples from closer to home This would remind us that humans the world over are capable of exactly the same kinds of brutality Louise Perry is a freelance writer and campaigner against sexual violence Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" Please click here to view our media pack for more information on advertising and partnership opportunities with UnHerd Colossal Bouncing rhythmically to a deep beat, Studio van Broekhoven’s 3D printer produces ceramic vessels scored by sound The objects spin as clay is applied in response to the amplified noise forging visual markings into the clay by way of audio wavelengths The project, “Solid Vibration” was produced by spatial sound designer Ricky van Broekhoven and designer Olivier van Herpt who have been co-producing objects that appear almost like woven baskets The project developed out of the collaborators’ combined wish to host Broekhoven’s “noisescapes” as solidified objects that could physically represent his abstract tones a specially constructed speaker rig is mounted below the printing platform to emit a low sound that will influence the printing they can now become objects that encapsulate the moment forever,” explains van Herpt’s website You can hear more of van Broekhoven’s work here, while taking a glance at more of van Herpt’s ceramics here.  Do stories and artists like this matter to you? 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See our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy the University of Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum withdrew some of its best-known objects from display The items in question were shrunken heads – tsanta – which originated from the Indigenous Shuar people in Ecuador They were removed from public view on the grounds that their display encouraged “stereotypical and racist” thinking The tsanta’s former cabinet now includes information on the museum’s human remain collections and its work towards restitution This change is part of a wider programme of work addressing the anthropological museum’s colonial legacy Pitt Rivers director Laura van Broekhoven says that the museum is putting an increasing strategic emphasis on “cultural care” This means trying to honour intended cultural context and societal function of objects even though this might sometimes conflict with traditional museum aims of preservation might need to be smudged with sage or other herbs or food might need to be consumed from them or around them,” Van Broekhoven says “Considering issues such as these is part of becoming an institution that is listening more and thinking about not only equity of access but also equity of authority – who decides what happens with objects.” The museum has been working with the Shuar since 2017 But its relationships with some Indigenous communities This involves projects to increase the Haida’s access to their heritage and the museum’s understanding of it two Haida carvers developed their practice by visiting the museum to carve a replica of a box in the Pitt Rivers collection The museum currently works with about 15 Indigenous communities Sometimes this leads to the repatriation of objects or ancestral remains or involved ceremonies held at the museum to help towards reconciliation who worked in the Netherlands before joining the Pitt Rivers in 2016 says Indigenous people can react in different ways to discovering that museums hold parts of their heritage Communities from Brazil and Suriname were pleased that their heritage was represented among peoples of the world “Other communities are not pleased at all,” Van Broekhoven says “They feel that there’s a huge sense of loss and that there is a sort of disrespect in the fact that we haven’t reached out before.” When representatives of Indigenous communities come to discuss objects with Pitt Rivers staff “sometimes there’s crying and almost wailing because it’s so emotionally charged,” Van Broekhoven says “Such reactions underline the difference in attitudes to artefacts that for us in our collections are labelled objects – but actually This contrast is explored in an exhibition (until 13 November) at Birmingham’s Ikon gallery that includes objects from Japan’s Ainu people held by the Pitt Rivers Paisley Museum has reassessed its Pacific islands collection after working with the Indigenous activist group Interisland Collective 15 collective members visited to see Paisley’s collection They advised on interpretation and display and are now making a film that will contribute to this A briefing from the collective shifted staff perspectives says Paisley’s content delivery manager Aileen Strachan and the museum now uses the Maori word taonga to refer to the items that carry ancestral history and knowledge,” says Strachan “Staff are encouraged to speak with the taonga and we have asked Interisland Collective for suggestions of particular language to be used.” University museums have often been at the forefront of work with Indigenous communities director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (MAA) in Cambridge says his institution has worked extensively with Indigenous and local communities since the 1990s There has been a particular focus on the Pacific region reflecting the make-up of the museum’s collection The MAA has also worked with First Nations groups curators and artists from both North and South America and many African and Asian nations Some ongoing work relates to an expedition to the Torres Strait (between Australia and New Guinea) in 1898 Through this the museum acquired thousands of objects – including photographs artworks and documentary records – that are now of exceptional importance to Torres Strait Islanders’ research into genealogy and history returned the photographic archive digitally and published manuscripts (such as a recent edition of Haddon’s journals) Manchester Museum appointed a curator of Indigenous perspectives to take forward work to indigenise the institution including speaker events and school workshops after much provenance research work with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (Aiatsis) and communities the museum repatriated 43 ceremonial and sacred objects to Indigenous peoples; it continues to work closely with Indigenous people in this part of the world But significant barriers to developing such work remain Van Broekhoven says it can be difficult to determine how far someone in discussions with her museum really represents a wider community’s views And if communities do want objects returned since in many cases they lack political power and often still live under oppression and that’s why it always needs a case-by-case approach,” she says Van Broekhoven believes that the UK has some catching up to do compared with other European countries such as France which have made significant investments in work to support restitution Last year the Dutch government promised to create an independent assessment committee to consider restitution claims the Australian government has also created and funded organisational structures Van Broekhoven laments the lack of state coordination in the UK saying that Australia has to go “cap in hand almost to every [UK] institution And I think that is quite problematic and really colonial that we continue to do that.” Van Broekhoven wants to see a much more joined up approach to facilitating restitution claims Restitution discussions tend to move slowly in the UK museum sector Arts Council England published long-awaited guidance on restitution and repatriation saying these processes “often present rich opportunities for enhancing understanding for all involved” And new legislation is due to pass in England and Wales this autumn that would give national museums leeway to return objects on moral grounds Major recent UK restitution announcements include the planned return of 72 objects from Benin (including 12 bronzes) to Nigeria from London’s DCMS-funded Horniman Museum and Gardens And the universities of Oxford and Cambridge have similarly agreed to return more than 200 objects held by their museums To support meaningful conversations about Indigenous heritage research involving the communities it belongs to is vital The historic emphasis of UK museums on western European cultures means resources for this are limited but some initiatives are starting to redress the balance work coordinated by the British Museum has identified about 40,000 Indigenous Australian objects held by UK and Irish museums And this year the Wellcome Collection in London and three US partners launched a pilot programme using digital tools to incorporate Indigenous knowledge into curatorial practice Van Broekhoven acknowledges a shift in attitudes in the UK sector but wants to see more financial support for such work work includes ongoing discussions with the Shuar academics and government organisations in Ecuador to better understand the tsanta to contribute to research involving DNA analysis and CT scanning This is to help determine which of the tsanta held by the museum were actually used ceremonially by the Shuar: it is suspected that some had a commercial origin made by dealers to cater for collectors’ demand It would not make sense to return the latter to the Shuar and they have not yet made any specific restitution requests “But one of the things that they are very specific about,” says Van Broekhoven “is that if we’re going to be curating displays about the Shuar – with or without tsanta – they want to be involved.” Over 11,000 museum professionals have already become members free entry to museums and access to our members events the ICCT attended a conference on "Civil Society’s Role in Implementing the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy" in New York civil society organisations working on all continents active in areas of human rights gathered in New York to discuss the role of civil society organisations in the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism strategy The intention was to start to build a dialogue with the UN and Member States to ensure that this strategy is effective and comprehensive while respecting human rights and the political space of civil society organisations The initiative to organise this event was taken by Cordaid and GPPAC the Centre on Global Counter-terrorism Cooperation the Netherlands Institute for International Relations ‘Clingendael’ and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) - The Hague It took place in Roosevelt House at Hunter College in New York Research Fellow at Clingendael Institute and ICCT and especially the challenges and opportunities as well as the limitations to impact the agenda were discussed William Tsuma of GPPAC shared a summary of the debate on human security within GPPAC and reflected on the importance of this concept for this initiative David Cortright of the Kroc Institute presented the Friend not Foe: opening spaces for civil society engagement to prevent violent extremism Report that highlights the way in which civil society organisations have suffered from unbalanced counter-terrorism measures implemented throughout the world During the break-out sessions in the afternoon participants reflected on the findings of the Friend not Foe report and shared their own experiences of the proliferation of new CTMs and the shrinking space for civil society They discussed for example how this restricted their ability to deal with conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism most participants explained that they not use the label of counter-terrorism their experience was that governments tend to label more and more security issues as terrorism issues in order to adopt more hard core security measures The focus of Day II was to start building a dialogue with the UN and member states on the implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy officials of relevant UN entities on counter-terrorism as well as member states who support this civil society initiative were invited Amany Lubis started the day with a presentation on the work of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) which is the largest and one of the oldest Muslim organizations in Indonesia NU has over 40 million members that traditionally organize and provide basic services for disadvantaged groups Nowadays NU is also involved in preventing young people from turning to violent radicalism and stimulating them to choose moderation in their social The large women’s branch is pivotal in this work in the way they seek dialogue and build bridges The work of the organisation complements the work of the government of Indonesia in its efforts to deal with radicalisation Mr Hery Saripudin of the Permanent Mission to the UN responded to the presentation of Prof and highlighted some points that are important in the counter-terrorism policy of Indonesia Key to the strategy is that it should belong to anyone and everyone Cooperation on different levels and with different stakeholders including civil society is therefore crucial The strategy should moreover also be focused on root causes and be implemented in accordance with human rights This important example of the successful strategy of Indonesia was followed by a panel of high-ranking UN officials Daanish Masood of the UN Alliance of Civilization and Mr Richard Barrett of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team representing different UN organs that work on issues of counter-terrorism They participated in a dialogue with the participants from civil society organisations Issues that were raised included: the terminology used scope of concepts and the (lack of) definitions of terrorism; the opportunities for cross-linking CT efforts with other agendas such as the work on the 1325 resolution; the challenges with regard to way the UN can work with civil society in for example the working group on the use of the internet and more intense cooperation with organisations that represent victims and survivors of terrorism; issues of empowerment dialogue and the use of the media were also brought forward; and the way in which the effectiveness of CT measures can be measured was discussed The need for the UN to work more closely with civil society was emphasised to stimulate governments to respect human rights and the right to assembly and association of civil society which is vital in preventing violent extremism Based on the issues raised during this dialogue themes for break-out session were selected that allowed civil society to further explore the issues in dialogue with the UN officials who stayed during the afternoon The themes selected were: how human security and human rights are linked; the opportunities and approaches for civil society influence on CTM issues; the role of victims of terrorism in the efforts to build a dialogue; the way in which civil society can get more engaged with the UN on the implementation of the UN Strategy; and monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of CT measures and policies the breakout groups suggested a range of practical strategic opportunities to pursue in order to improve the cooperation of the UN with civil society on the selected topics Day III was used for strategic planning by civil society participants Four issues were selected that were further discussed in small groups The issues concerned the questions: 1) Who are we And who should we become in order to effectively influence CT policies and measures?; 2) Strategies for External Communication; 3) Planning civil society input for the review of the UN Global CT Strategy; and 4) Logistical questions on exchange of information setting up a framework for evaluations of CTM keeping a calendar of CT related events and events on cross-cutting issues All participants indicated to the facilitators group how they can contribute to the different activities that were identified The working conference ended on a positive and energetic note Lia van Broekhoven committed on behalf of the organizing group to produce a conference summary report the draft of which will be shared with the participants for their feedback She also committed to coordinate the follow up steps towards the UN review next year based on the outcome of the strategic planning session The Museum enjoys the highest reputation internationally University of Oxford/Photograph: Hugh Warwick The shrunken heads at Oxford’s Pitt Rivers Museum have just been removed from display, after 80 years. In a case prominently entitled “Treatment of Dead Enemies”, they have long been the greatest attraction for many visitors, but will be hidden away in store when the museum reopens on 22 September after the coronavirus closure. Known as tsantsas, the shrunken heads were made by the Shuar and Achuar people who live in the rain forests of Ecuador and Peru. Until the late 19th century the heads of dead male enemies were taken and preserved to acquire the powers that had been located in the bodies of their foe. Tsantsas were made by peeling back the skin and hair of a severed head. The bones, brain and other matter were discarded, with the skin being soaked briefly in hot water to shrink it. The eye sockets and mouth were sewn shut to prevent the escape of what was regarded as a dead man’s soul, with the resulting heads ending up the size of a large orange. The Pitt Rivers Museum has 12 tsantsas, acquired between 1884 and 1936. Of these, seven are human heads (the others are sloth and monkey). Laura Van Broekhoven, the museum director, has been overseeing an ethical examination of the museum’s entire display, which contains over 50,000 objects. This has resulted in a total 120 objects made with human remains from all cultures being removed to the stores in the past few weeks, including the tsantsas. Although there has been much discussion in recent years about change at ethnographical museums across the world, this has been intensified by repatriation claims and the Black Lives Matter protests. The museum’s audience research has shown that visitors often see the displays of human remains as a testament to other cultures being “savage”, “primitive” or “gruesome”. Van Broekhoven says that “rather than enabling our visitors to reach a deeper understanding of each other’s ways of being, the displays reinforced racist and stereotypical thinking that goes against the Museum’s core values”. She believes that action is now needed, not just talk: “Instead of waiting, we decided on a proactive approach—to take human remains off display, to go to the communities from where the objects came, and to work with them to find new ways of caring for these objects.” With regard to the tsantsas, this involves consulting with Shuar and Achuar representatives. Miguel Puwáinchir and Felipe Tsenkush, Shuar leaders, have said: “We don’t want to be thought of as dead people to be exhibited in a museum, described in a book, or recorded on film… Our ancestors handed over these sacred objects without fully realising the implications.” Although face-to-face discussions have been put on hold because of coronavirus, this will hopefully continue next year. Van Broekhoven has an open attitude as to whether it will mean the tsantsas “remain in store, are put back on show in a new display co-curated with the communities or repatriated to Ecuador and Peru”. insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause harassment alarm or distress” during incident in January preview24 September 2018Looted ‘cannibal’ bowl served up in Royal Academy of Art’s Oceania showArtefact is one of around 200 on show in largest exhibition on the region in almost 40 years Some are necessary and we can’t switch them off Others help us to provide you with the best possible service We use cookies to personalise content and ads to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic We also share anonymous information about your use of our site with our social media By accepting cookies you will be helping us to continue to provide you with the best possible service The European market is looking brighter than it has recently the Swiss-based company that manufactures roadbuilding equipment executive vice president of sales and marketing warned that the recovery might not be coming quite as fast as some were predicting.“For 2016 we are forecasting a single-digit increase in revenues “Growth will come from our increased globalisation drive – we are entering more countries and expanding our facilities around the world.“We see growth in demand from the Americas and South-East Asia while the Russian and Brazilian markets are difficult been hit by the oil price crash.”He said that in Europe which represents 50% of the company’s turnover he saw the market was “up a little”.And Mr van Broekhoven identified the rental market as an important growth sector for the manufacturer which he said had plenty of work to do to increase its presence in this industry.“On a global scale we are not active enough in the rental market,” he said this industry is very strong and we have a good presence with all the major rental companies but it is clearly a growing global industry and we want to keep pace with this We are keen to tap into this growing interest in rental and are looking for partners around the world – it’s a very important part of our business.”Bauma boostMeanwhile van Broekhoven said that the recent Bauma show in Munich He said he had engaged in more quality discussions with qualified buyers than before.“I do sense there is an uptick in the market I believe people have held off on capital investments for quite a long period of time – a couple of years – and they see the uptick coming as well They’re getting ready to buy some equipment not just Ammann.”He said he saw confidence coming back into the European market and I think it affects the rest of Europe in a positive way.”With the countries bordering the Mediterranean he said he thought the sentiment was extremely good but the signs are all upwards.”As to whether the potential growth was across Ammann’s entire portfolio of products He admitted that 2015 had been difficult for the French market although he was not worried.“With our range of products you touch so many customer segments You go from the very small equipment which is for small operators and rental houses to large plants which are in a completely different customer segment So within a country there is different customer segmentation.” He said he did not think it would ever go well for every single product in every single country with the range Ammann had But France and Germany are strong currently – very stable – unlike the last couple of years and the UK is getting there.“In the Mediterranean area – Spain Portugal – I think the sentiment is a little bit stronger than the reality is “I think it will not come as quickly as people think,” he warned “Towards the end of the year it will start getting a little more traction all the excess capacity in terms of inventory has been flushed out of the market so there is very little inventory.” CapacityHe said Ammann did not have an inventory issue in those countries had seen excess capacity.“That’s been more or less flushed out if you look at the inventory numbers I believe another three to six months and people will have to start purchasing,” said van Broekhoven he said.“We have a very healthy order book more or less across the board in terms of product segments.” The Ammann range stretches from the lightest compaction equipment to the heaviest plants.“We have the full range from an 800kg small plate all the way up to a 25 tonne soil compactor on the compaction line we are one of the few players – not the only one – that has a truly complete line from hand held to the heaviest and then on the plant side we do both asphalt and concrete because we completed the acquisition of Elba-Werk a couple of years ago we have the most extensive range of plants in the industry from low cost plants to serve the low segments in markets around the world all the way up to the most sophisticated 100% recycling plants – mostly for western Europe but some other countries as well.”While those top end plants are becoming increasingly sophisticated he felt there was still further to go down that path.“We are working on some things,” he said “The question for me is where do you draw the line – when does sophistication become nice to have but not really necessary.”On the subject of whether the new technology might not suit older operators On the one hand you have what you and I would call the older people in the work force that understand the product that a plant is supposed to produce the processes it takes – the guys that have the street smarts and the hands-on experience They could have difficulties with all the automation and software telematics and all of this.” He said that on the other side of the scale there was a younger generation for whom software was not an issue but he felt that they did not have the hands-on experience or what he referred to as “the real life experience with asphalt” He admitted that it was a difficult balance AutonomyOne of the latest projects for Ammann has been its first autonomous vibratory plate The APH 1000 TC features electro-hydraulic controls based on an existing remote-controlled vibrating plate the operator uses the remote control to navigate the plate along the borders of the area to be compacted This is essentially setting the boundaries for the plate compactor The number of vertices is not limited and the machine automatically detects the closed border a working strategy is calculated and the field is compacted strip by strip A GPS system is supported by an electronic compass and collision detection Deviations of the GPS system are compensated by an overlap of the passes to ensure all areas are compacted sufficiently “and we have a lot more testing to do in the field but this kind of innovation drives positivity throughout our business – we need to think outside the box and ask ourselves what the future looks like for our industry “We’re also looking at some other products too – there is work in progress here.”He said that as all manufacturers had been spending huge amounts of money in recent years on meeting emissions regulations this kind of forward thinking was very welcome “it will take a while for this sort of technology to gain traction in the market The number of global customers that are currently investing in high tech equipment is actually quite limited High technology is gaining ground in very developed markets but that’s not where the volume is.”“It’s great technology and there is definitely a place for it in the market but not necessarily globally.” Whether it is taken as a serious addition to the compaction world depends on the public he said the autonomous model was well received with many enquires as to when Ammann would be coming to the market with it “What we have here is still under development – it’s still a prototype,” he said but he felt that the launch would probably be early next year.When asked whether this could be the start of a range of autonomous machines I think the market will dictate how much of that type of technology it will accept “I do believe – and I don’t think it will change anytime soon – that there are geographical areas where this will go well but you still end up having to regionalise some of the products to fit some of the regions better.”Within Ammann he said that if he had to pick the one product segment which needed the most work “We have a very good solid line up to what we would call the medium sized pavers but we need to fill the gaps in terms of large pavers,” said van Broekhoven.This is a feature from the June 2016 issue of IRN subscribe to the magazine: http://www.khl.com/subscriptions/magazines/international-rental-news/ Carlson has the potential to impact UIC in the 200 free where last season’s top times were held by graduate students Spain repeated as the Men’s Water Polo World Cup champions and secured a spot to compete in Singapore a SwimSwam partner Commit Swimming has Team Management Software Improved Meet Entry Flow in Commit What… July 25th, 2023 Britain, International, News, Previews & Recaps The 2023 British Summer Championships rolled on from Ponds Forge, with day three action bringing Olympian Kathleen Dawson into the water 26-year-old Dawson of the University of Stirling topped the women’s 19+ 100m backstroke clocking a time of 1:00.26 to get the job done Dawson opened in 29.75 and closed in 30.51 to clear the field by over a second. Pia Murray snagged silver in 1:01.42 while Niamh Ward was a touch behind in 1:01.45 At this year’s British Swimming Championships/World Trials Dawson posted a time of 1:00.50 to place 3rd behind winner Medi Harris (59.82) and runner-up Lauren Cox (1:00.01) Dawson has been working her way after a back injury that rendered the ace out of last year’s championships season it was Samuel Greenbank of Sheffield who got to the wall first in the 19+ age category That narrowly defeated 19-year-old Pietro Ubertalli of Chelsea and West who clocked 55.53 while Jamie Ferguson rounded out the top 3 in 55.67 Plymouth Leander’s Finn Broekhoven and Millfield’s Conor Cherrington were both under the 56-second threshold in the boys’ 17-year-old age category Broekhoven notched 55.86 while Cherrington hit 55.98 Broekhoven’s outing was just off his lifetime best of 55.77 produced for 9th place at this year’s European Junior Championships Appearing to be very slow progress for Dawson Not a million miles off her two GB team mates in Japan however would love to see her back at her 2021 best in 2024 Former Masters swimmer and coach Loretta (Retta) thrives on a non-stop but productive schedule that includes having earned her MBA while working full-time in IT while owning French 75 Boutique while also providing swimming insight for BBC More from Retta RaceSee All Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our latest updates London-based fintech PrimaDollar has hired former Komgo chief executive Kris Van Broekhoven as CEO and is splitting its trade finance platform and due diligence scoring products into two separate brands Van Broekhoven’s appointment is part of a reshuffle of the company’s senior management team with founder and previous chief executive Tim Nicolle taking up a new role as chief product officer The former Komgo chief spent more than three years at the blockchain-based commodity finance platform trade and supply chain finance roles at Citi Nicolle says he sought the appointment to “drive the business forward” while enabling him to spend more time with the company’s technology and product development teams Van Broekhoven will help oversee a major transformation of PrimaDollar’s business, which has already moved away from export finance in order to focus on working capital facilities for cross-border supply chains will continue those operations and will house the company’s trade finance platform finance providers and logistics firms to cooperate on digitising documentation and subsequently use the data generated to improve working capital flows will run the company’s social scoring system which provides due diligence on human rights issues within supply chains The company says the ES3G offering functions as a way of letting a business’ employees review the fairness of its operations immediate and authentic way to measure how workplaces are treating their workers” Having already sold its export finance book to Berlin-based fintech Modifi the PrimaDollar brand and website will go into “temporary retirement” with the company leaving open the possibility of returning to export trade finance as a principal at a later date Van Broekhoven adds he believes PrimaTrade and ES3G’s technology “will have a significant impact in the two markets that we are targeting: import trade finance and ESG” Health - This week a story about a new drug for Parkinson's was the best read article It's currently in the testing phase in mice How is the treatment of the disease actually being innovated “The real innovation, of course, is in preventing or curbing the disease,” says Ronald van Broekhoven, physiotherapist and founder of Parkinson’s Expertise Center West-Brabant in The Netherlands. More and more is known, such as the research from the University of Utrecht “But most innovations are focused on dealing with the symptoms of the disease,” he says but also by getting people to consciously move it is sometimes a real problem to start moving “That doesn’t automatically happen anymore,” he says “If you make people with Parkinson’s very aware of it they can manage,” Van Broekhoven explains We call that a cue; a trick to fool the brain.” He and his fellow physical therapists primarily treat people with Parkinson’s in his practice “It’s a complex disease and no two patients are the same Each patient has their own set of symptoms that they suffer from the most Some deteriorate faster and develop a kind of dementia while others don’t do that at all.” Which is why Van Broekhoeven works with a Parkinson’s disease-specialized nurse, neurologist, occupational therapist, dietician, speech therapist, psychologist and rehabilitation specialist. He also takes part in research projects such as Smart Glass This uses augmented reality to project an imaginary walking stick onto the ground that people have to step over “People only saw white and black blocks Other props to “fool” you are shoes A laser light projects a line on the ground that the patient then steps over such as headphones or a walker with a metronome you can also make someone aware that they need to take a step.” For a long time, Parkinson’s was thought to be a disease of the musculoskeletal system, says Monique Bosman, chair of the Patient Association of the Dutch Parkinson’s Advisory Council “Many people know the motor problems such as twitching and rigidity That’s just the tip of the iceberg.” Visible, motor symptoms are tremors, a mask-like facial expression – as in a stiffened face-, cramping and tics. But there are around 29 less visible symptoms such as difficulty concentrating A kind of Parkinson’s dementia can also develop “Often these invisible symptoms are even more disturbing to the person and those around them.” Research into Parkinson’s disease focuses primarily on motor symptoms “The non-motor symptoms are also even more difficult to measure.” Like Van Broekhuizen Bosman emphasizes that no two Parkinson’s patients are the same: Differences in symptoms and differences in the speed at which the symptoms worsen this morning I had no tremors at all and now I’m shaking like crazy And … yes it is also time for my medication again Because the progression of the disease varies so much from one individual to the next it is difficult to measure whether a drug really works You also have to measure over a certain period of time while the disease develops in the brain for years before it is diagnosed Bosman developed her first symptoms ten years before a neurologist made the diagnosis Parkinson’s was first defined about two hundred years ago “It’s only been fifty years that we’ve had the drug Levodopa,” she says although it does not cure Parkinson’s There is a lot of research into the cause of Parkinson’s disease Bosman knows from her interest and her role as chair of the advisory board The Parkinson’s Association boosts annual grants to foster research “We also keep track of what research is going on in the Netherlands and abroad There are so many researchers who continue to search tirelessly for the possible causes and solutions.” Bosman herself also takes part in some research studies. Her ultimate goal is: “To get Parkinson’s out of my life – or after my life – to get Parkinson’s out of the world,” she writes on her website. Such as in the European study FairPark II on the drug Deferipron “Perhaps earlier removal of waste products will make brain cells less likely to die off.” Or the Track PD study at Maastricht UMC in which an extra-powerful MRI scan measures what happens in the brain while doing specific tasks and at rest The underlying questions here are whether you can use an MRI scan of the brain to diagnose Parkinson’s in someone and whether different groups of patients also show different types of changes on the MRI scan In addition to research aimed at finding the cause, innovations are also being developed to improve existing treatment methods. For example, inhaling Levodopa whenever it’s needed very quickly, Bosman says. Or improving advanced methods that suppress motor impairments, such as Deep Brain Stimulation A technique in which electrodes are placed in the brain “There’s a specific part of the brain that you can turn off which stops tremors from occurring,” he goes on to say “The innovation that this technique involves is that we want to make this kind of stimulation interactive so that the electrodes only turn on when tremors are imminent Not that it keeps on continuously stimulates the spot in the brain as it does at the moment.” Because Parkinson’s is a brain disease and not a physical problem your legs do work but you can’t get them to work “That’s also why people sometimes can’t walk but they can ride a bike they can do that.” Like Van Broekhoeven Bosman cites cues as a way to help people become aware of their movement as one example of an innovative approach “People with Parkinson’s sometimes think they can be understood. While for the outside world that’s not the case.” This is where the Voice Trainer can help An app that shows what your voice is doing: When you speak loudly or softly and when it is the right sound Bosman: “That app prompts you to make your voice louder.” Bosman: “These are all examples of innovation that deal with symptoms. This does not put an end to the problem, but it does help to live a better quality of life for longer.” Play Duration: 33 minutes 31 seconds33m Brought to you by One of the biggest debates taking place in museum boardrooms around the world is about what to do with art and artefacts stolen from other countries during colonial times taken from Benin City in 1897 are amongst those artefacts facing strong calls for their return to where they came from But how did these Bronzes end up in British hands violence and retribution which Dr Laura van van Broekhoven Director of the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford University told Suzanne Hill in This Week in History on Nightlife Published: YesterdayMon 5 May 2025 at 12:00pm Download the ABC listen app to hear more of your favourite podcasts As parents start looking at different camps their teenagers can be signed up for the summer a local math camp is hoping to spark an interest for Kingston girls a camp specifically tailored to high school girls interested in math “I want (the girls) to have a lot of access to our graduate students because our graduate students that are doing this camp are from all different fields of math,” Siobhain Broekhoven I think boys are more represented than girls (in math fields) We designed (this camp) so it’s appealing to girls.” Although Broekhoven has had female students register from all over the country she wants to make sure local students are aware of this great opportunity in their own backyard “I’d like to see more local students (attend the camp) because I think sometimes people in Kingston don’t realize the resource that Queen’s University is,” Broekhoven said the camp offers a variety of hands-on activities that are led by female mathematicians Even though there is only a limited amount of space Broekhoven wants to make sure that no girl interested will be left behind “We have bursaries in place for (girls) who might not be able to afford it,” Broekhoven said as we want the girls to have access to our math graduates with a really good ratio of girls to instructors.” three-night camp run out of Queen’s University Kingston campus “Girls get to be on campus and experience residence,” Broekhoven said to be able to imagine yourself going to university.” they will get exposed to all different forms of math from instructors who have a passion for their field Math is used in everything from basic numbers and trigonometry to game theory and aerodynamics “We have biomath and we have engineering robotic math we have biology and I want the girls to have a sense of how many different areas this complements,” Broekhoven said “Math is everywhere and people forget that is one of the camps instructor and can’t wait to introduce the students to the variety of different ways to use math and science at the high school level “I was really excited (to be asked to be an instructor) and jumped right away on board,” Zolnierczyk said “I just think that it’s such an awesome idea to be able to allow females to get a chance to see what you can do with math so they don’t continue taking it in university or college I think that this camp is a great opportunity to be able to just explore all the different kinds of activities and careers and just have fun with it.” a fellow camp instructor and second-year master’s student in algebraic geometry is taking her love of games and math and combining them to set up puzzles and board games for the students to solve which is so much more encompassing,” Nesterova said Through a variety of hands-on activities and group learning the instructors are looking to engage the students “It’s not just a pencil and paper working out problems,” Zolnierczyk said Math Quest: Queen’s math camp for girls runs Aug go online to www.mast.queensu.ca/~mathquest julia.mckay@sunmedia.ca Subscribe now to read the latest news in your community. Create an account or sign in to keep reading. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. transmission or republication strictly prohibited This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. A local summer math camp for girls is extending its bursary deadline to make sure that any high school girl interested in attending will be able to afford it. Math Quest is open to girls entering Grade 9 or returning to any grade in high school. "Math Quest is a summer program, of the math department, designed to spark an interest in mathematics in girls, who are under-represented," said Siobhain Broekhoven, Math Quest camp director. "We want this to be accessible to everybody and we totally understand that camp fees aren't in everyone's budget. We don't want any girl not to come because of a fee." Broekhoven wants to make sure that any girl who is interested in coming to the camp not have a financial challenge stop them. "So far we haven't had one person apply for a bursary," said Broekhoven. "Thanks to the generous support of Queen's University Alumni, who believe that girls interested in mathematics should be able to attend Math Quest regardless of financial situation, we have bursaries in place to assist campers." New this year, the camp is also able to offer students the opportunity to stay in the residence, in Victoria Hall, overnight during the four-day camp. "In the past they've come from Ottawa and Toronto as well as Kingston," said Broekhoven. Math Quest is a math camp designed for high school girls because Broekhoven, and Maja-Lisa Thomson before her, saw a significant drop in girls wanting to attend these kinds of camps open to both boys and girls. "This camp is also sponsored by the Canadian Mathematical Society, which runs camps on other campus across Canada and in 2012 only 30 per cent of the participants were female," said Broekhoven. "Last year only 20 per cent were female and I just want to know where those girls are going? They are our untapped resource." "A lot of the activities are geared towards girls," said Carly Rozins, one of the returning instructor and assistant organizer. "We just use our own experience to figure out what has worked with girls in the past. It's also to boost their confidence. I think a lot of the problem is people don't know that they're good in math and that can hinder their ability to do well in math." "The activities that we do are accessible from many levels," added Broekhoven. "No matter where you are at (in your math studies) you will be able to be engaged. We're looking for girls who are curious. They don't have to be necessarily good at math." The summer math program doesn't use traditional classroom and lecture-style learning. These instructors want to share their love of math through interaction and creative ways. "We do a lot of activities that are just fun and very hands-on," explained Rozins. "It gives you an appreciation of what you can do with math, when you're feeling it like programming a robot or decorating pinecones." "That's what math is," added Broekhoven. "You take a big problem or something that looks unsolvable and you break it up into little pieces and you figure out all those little pieces and then put it back together again. It is very exploratory and is about finding out the underlying reasons why things work." The students will get a chance to learn math from the basics to higher levels through interactive activities such as computer programming, paper airplane competitions, investigating how magic tricks work and even setting up their own challenges. Suzanne Findleton, the newest instructor added this year, is looking forward to introducing and challenging the students. "I was drawn into mathematics by a math camp so I think it's a great idea," said Findleton. "It showed me a side I didn't know math had so I'm hoping to do the same for others." Math Quest has evolved over the last four years from feedback and what the instructors have learned themselves. "It used to be called Explore Mathmagics," said Broekhoven. "It's been totally remodeled." Math Quest runs daily 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. from Aug. 11 to 14 on Queen's campus. For more information about the camp or available bursaries or to register, call 613-533-2432 or visit www.mast.queensu.ca/~mathquest/home/Welcome.html From England to California, inquiries and applications have come in for a camp in Kingston. The catch? It's not a usual summer camp. Math Quest is designed only for high school girls. Surrounded by instructors, Rubik's Cubes and mathematic problems, camp director Siobhain Broekhoven said that the camp, which runs for four days and three nights at Queen's University in August, is "so important" to encourage young girls to consider math in a new light. "It's this huge jewel of an opportunity to really explore the subject, in interesting new ways," she said. This year's sessions have been designed from scratch, as to not repeat previous years. Reminiscing on the creativity of past sessions with a few of her instructors, Broekhoven assured that this year's program will be as engrossing as ever. Mike Cabral, who is working on his own PhD in applied math, recalled sessions he has led in the past on subjects from game theory to the mathematical patterns in nature. "Things like the way a pineapple is shaped. There's some really interesting math in the spacing of that spiral shape, the compact spiral, or the number of petals on a flower," he said. To Cabral, tying together nature and math "points to some of the beauty in the subject, you know? Here's something that's very abstract, but at the same time has these concrete applications." If you have the right eye, he said, you can see patterns in everything -- a side of math that is often missed in a traditional classroom setting. Masters graduate Suzanne Findleton takes a similar hands-on approach. She designed sessions on knot theory, tailored to high school girls through the familiar task of braiding. "We don't recognize that as a mathematical pattern," Broekhoven said, "but it is." Last year's cohort had even related math to the task of a salsa lesson, taught by Asia Zolnierczyk at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. The girls were taught five simple steps, then faced with a mathematical challenge. "She said, 'OK, you've got five different steps, how many dance routines can you make? What are the odds that two of you make the same routine?'" Broekhoven explained. PhD student Sarah Hasnain is the camp's newest instructor and is set to lead a session on experimental biology and mathematics. Hasnain was in a shared ride to Toronto with Findleton when the two began discussing possible hands-on experiments to hypothesize and test out with the campers. "When you're answering a question, it makes more sense to do some physical procedures or understand how probabilities work ... those are really important skills," she said. These skills are often difficult to cultivate in a high school setting, said Broekhoven. In her time as a high school math teacher, she noticed a lot of young girls developing anxiety or shyness around math, and a fear of getting the answer wrong. "If you didn't get exactly the right answer, it's not that you're not good at math. That's totally not the case. It's more about being creative in your problem solving," she insisted. "Maybe your teacher only knows one way, and you came up with a different way. That's really important, but a lot of kids don't really recognize that." The trouble often stemmed from elementary school teachers attempting to instruct their students in math without a math background themselves. "To be fair, how can they teach a subject they don't love?" Broekhoven asked. This is where, to her, Math Quest steps in. While creating a gendered divide for the camp was a bit of a "controversial" subject, Broekhoven admitted, it stemmed from statistics about other co-ed math camps around Canada. According to statistics from the Canadian Math Society, she said, a few years ago the percentage of girls participating in co-ed math camps was at only 30 per cent. More recently, the number had dropped to 17 per cent. "Something's wrong. I think a lot of the camps are designed as races, and more competitive. I think girls are a little more collaborative. They want to talk about it and reason it out," she said. That collaborative model also mimicked the workplace, she noted. Mathematicians were not often delegated to work in isolation. You have to learn to work with people, Broekhoven said. "I do think when you talk about math, you get better. You're sorting out these ideas, even just how to ask the question, and that helps you learn. It's really important to collaborate." The goal of the camp, she conceded, is to prepare students for the university experience, to spark a genuine curiosity in mathematics, and to inspire confidence to solve problems on their own. Hearing this, instructor Grushenka Ramhota smiled. "We saw a girl last year," she recalled. "She was so shy at the beginning, but at the end? She was up there solving problems on the board." This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. 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Find out more. a visit to the doctors comes with a feeling dread The anxious waiting and discomfort can be enough to stop many of us limit from visiting our GPs For Brigid Broekhoven – receiving medical attention as part of a television documentary was lifesaving On tonight’s episode of Tv3 documentary series ‘Doctor in the House’ it is shown how early detection of a mass on Brigid’s kidney allowed vital action to be taken had initially signed up to take part in the programme to deal with Brigid’s weight gain and Lizzy’s Irritable Bowel Syndrome While undergoing a routine CT scan as part of the programme – the growth on 50-year-old Brigid’s kidney was discovered This discovery allowed her to receive urgent surgery and my dad had sadly passed away at 50 from heart disease Heart disease and bowel cancer are two conditions that are prominent in my family I was very aware that my diet was poor,” said Brigid In terms of general well being I did have a drink problem and I was worried about the damage that could have done Even though I’ve been thankfully sober for 12 years at this stage For Brigid the scariest part of her condition was that it could have easily gone undetected The very scary element is that there was no symptoms to it I wouldn’t of been looking for it – without a doubt the programme definitely intervened at the right time the necessary action taken to remove her kidney has proven effective While the cancer she had developed was an unusual one it was of a lower grade and less aggressive than it could have been Brigid is now cancer-free and does not require further medical treatment In the course of the programme Brigid’s daughter Lizzy also made some shocking discoveries about her own health Doctors advised 20-year-old Lizzy to change her diet to avoid the health complications that run in her family The advice given was to deal with Lizzy’s high levels of cholesterol Once Brigid went into hospital – Lizzy was required to carry on with the health reform on her own For Brigid the eating habits in her own family are not untypical of the average Irish family issues with diet are something that need to be taken more seriously on a national level: I think we were probably quite typical of many families with our eating habits It is certainly something we have to look at as a nation – people are getting fatter – people are online more – there is a lot more sedentary activities Things are different than they might of been years ago ‘Doctor in the House’ will be on Tv3 this evening at 9pm Create an email alert based on the current article You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. Visit image gallery to purchase the image Record numbers of children from across Otago competed in the annual Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon at Memorial Park Sanitarium national vending manager Ronny Davidson said 1234 children swam biked and ran their way to the finish line breaking a record which had stood for seven years ‘‘It's the first time we have had more than 1200 triathletes in Dunedin,'' Mr Davidson said he said.‘‘Otago and Dunedin put on a magnificent day and the sun came out.'' He believed the increase in competitors was down to the efforts Sanitarium had made to market the event the children received medals from visiting sport stars New Zealand women's sevens team captain Sarah Goss Olympian and two-times world champion track cyclist Alison Shanks and All Blacks Malakai Fekitoa and Waisake Naholo said the fine weather helped make it a great day for the entire family His children were ‘‘very fanatical'' about competing in the triathlon ‘‘We normally can't get them out of bed in the morning when they need to go to school but there was no problem this morning.'' The highlight for him was the swimming leg -vaughan.elder@odt.co.nz