A few days ago I made up ten scenario's (inventive thinking), for I am at the verge now. It is time to select the case studies. In my case, selecting the cities in Europe, which are relevant, interesting and feasable for me, now, in the field of history, to do research on.
Key words for selecting, considering scenario nine are: 1. diversity, 2.close to me (physically, not mentally or emotionally).
First selection: city of Assen, city of Emmen, city of Groningen. All cities in the Netherlands, specifically: in the North of the Netherlands.
The city of Assen is:
Very ugly
Embellished recently with the most beautiful building of the Netherlands, a museum
Occupied by a majority of inhabitants,(except the moms, dads and children, who are everywhere) of the so called civil servant pensionado's
Not known for its very interesting history, before 1800
Not occupied by students or 'professori' ( I try some Italian sometimes, to make this process sound more fun). With other words, there is no university
Known for its TT, a yearly event for everybody interested in (e-) motorbikes
Politically rather liberal
A questionmark: are there any writers, poets, playwrights or rappers, political talents or highlights, famous architects, originated from or living in Assen?
Spatially rather small, though interesting, because almost all spatial ingredients a city needs are present, except the characteristic of density ( two defined characteristics of urban dimension: density and proximity, P. Clark, the European city and green space, 2006, introduction p. XI)
A city wherein the inhabitants speak and or write Drents, Dutch and/or English
Key words for selecting, considering scenario nine are: 1. diversity, 2.close to me (physically, not mentally or emotionally).
First selection: city of Assen, city of Emmen, city of Groningen. All cities in the Netherlands, specifically: in the North of the Netherlands.
The city of Assen is:
Very ugly
Embellished recently with the most beautiful building of the Netherlands, a museum
Occupied by a majority of inhabitants,(except the moms, dads and children, who are everywhere) of the so called civil servant pensionado's
Not known for its very interesting history, before 1800
Not occupied by students or 'professori' ( I try some Italian sometimes, to make this process sound more fun). With other words, there is no university
Known for its TT, a yearly event for everybody interested in (e-) motorbikes
Politically rather liberal
A questionmark: are there any writers, poets, playwrights or rappers, political talents or highlights, famous architects, originated from or living in Assen?
Spatially rather small, though interesting, because almost all spatial ingredients a city needs are present, except the characteristic of density ( two defined characteristics of urban dimension: density and proximity, P. Clark, the European city and green space, 2006, introduction p. XI)
A city wherein the inhabitants speak and or write Drents, Dutch and/or English
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