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Lessons in Reading

Article

Odile Heynders

07/07/2023

12 minutes to read

According to Odile Heynders, students often lack the skill of engaging in a hermeneutic dialogue, which is defined as the capability of bringing up various questions in response to a text and the author's position and, subsequently, the ability to formulate various answers. In this article, Heynders engages with Philippe Lançon's Le lambeau in order to address this issue.

Being one of them: Participating in an online community while researching cultural heritage

Article

Jos Swanenberg

02/08/2022

9 minutes to read

How can researchers use social media to empower speakers of local dialects? In this article, Jos Swanenberg explains how Facebook and Instagram helped him to collect data on language variation, while simultaneously connecting with members of the community and handing back the accumulated knowledge.

Misogyny: A Gaming Company against the Community

Article

Clara Daniels

Femke Pulles

Danny le Comte

11/01/2022

17 minutes to read

The gamer stereotype is slowly changing which is shown through the community's response to the misogynic activities that the gaming company Blizzard-Activision engaged in.

Behind the Curtain: “1984”’s Aesthetics of Immediacy

Article

Inge van de Ven

25/01/2024

12 minutes to read

The TV ad “1984” introducing Apple's Macintosh PC has many intertexts—from the aesthetics of fascism to Plato to The Truman Show. This article discusses the video’s ‘aesthetics of immediacy.’

Anti-Chinese tech discourse

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Code red: Rupi Kaur’s menstrual activism that invited online trolls

Article

Jessaline Tanjung

17/02/2023

12 minutes to read

This article breaks down Rupi Kaur's online menstrual activism. We see how menstrual activism evolved into online activism and discuss whether the negative comments and trolling Kaur experienced are inevitable consequences of activism.

To Keep You Looking Good: What Kellogg's Diet Advertisements Tell Us About Diet Culture

Article

Martijn Logtenberg

07/06/2023

12 minutes to read

Since the start of the 19th century, Kellogg’s advertisements have been telling us that women can only be feminine, pretty, happy, confident or active once they are thin. In this article, I argue that sending this message is far from harmless.

A look into the reason behind K-pop's never ending popularity

Paper

Mehreen Sarfaraz

10/05/2023

8 minutes to read

While K-pop groups have gained popularity around the world, we can wonder: is K-pop really still Korean? This paper looks into the impact of globalization on the rise of K-pop on a global scale.

The Ongehoord Nederland community on Twitter: thick or light?

Article

Ruben den Boer

21/04/2023

19 minutes to read

Following the controversial broadcasts of Ongehoord Nederland, temporary Twitter communities quickly arise. Can we consider these communities as 'thick'? Or are they more 'light' in nature? This article uses ethnomining to find out.

The MCU is the Marvel Cinematic Universe: a franchise and shared-universe in which 23 movies produced by Marvel Studios take place.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe: a realistic fictional world

Paper

Renske Jacobs

01/08/2022

11 minutes to read

In this paper, we explore how Marvel Studios creates a fictional universe that remains realistic in its own right. The main focus is on the reality effect, the paradox of fiction and consistency in the movies' characters.

Ghislaine Handiri: Authentic Self-Presentation on Social Media

Paper

Noa Reijnen

27/01/2023

9 minutes to read

This paper describes how one specific influencer, Ghislaine Handiri, presents herself as authentic on Instagram and how Instagram as a mediator influences and shapes her authenticity.

APESHIT: The Carters versus Globalization and Art

Paper

Jaimy Pijpers

10/02/2023

10 minutes to read

An analysis of the music video of APESHIT by the Carters. The music video criticizes the Western monopolization of Art. This paper analyses the music video through the perspective of McDonaldization, Colonialism, Art history, and World Art.

RuPaul Selling Out: Undermining the Diversity of Drag Culture

Article

Michelle Saris

Janne Dolk

Noortje Bisschop

03/05/2023

12 minutes to read

RuPaul's Drag Race brought lots of attention to drag outside of the drag community. This paper looks at how RuPaul's Drag Race takes its place in mainstream media.

A Contemporary Analysis on late 18th and early 19 th Century Japanese ‘Uyiko-e’ Woodblock Prints – Modern Appeal through Beauty Aesthetics and The Sublime

‘Ukiyo-e’ Woodblock Prints – Modern Appeal through Beauty Aesthetics and The Sublime

Paper

Boaz N.

16/02/2024

26 minutes to read

A look at Japanese 'Ukiyo-e' woodblock prints, highlighting its modern appeal through beauty aesthetics and the sublime. This paper dives into the genres, culture and practices that shaped the art wave, alongside its influence in the digital era.

‘The Bellinga's Kids Don’t Know Any Better’: On the Privacy and Surveillance of Family Vloggers' Children

Paper

Linsey van Kuijk

17/01/2024

11 minutes to read

The Bellinga's are one of the most successful and famous Dutch family vlogging channels on YouTube, they star in their own movies, they sell merch and produce daily vlogs. But does this lifestyle invade the children's privacy?

Derry Girls: Fictional Perspective on Real History

Article

Anna Skorodihina

25/10/2023

12 minutes to read

This article looks at how the Northern Irish TV show Derry Girls portrays truthful and fictional narratives to create a realistic piece of media, represent the time frame of The Troubles and gain the attention of viewers.

methodology, digital discourse analysis, ethnography

From methodology to method and back. Some notes on digital discourse analysis

Working paper

Ico Maly

07/12/2022

Methodology may not be the most juicy stuff in academia, but it is crucial if we want to produce more than just opinions. In this article, Ico Maly stresses the importance of an empirical-interpretative methodology for social scientists.