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Are we heading towards Idiocracy?

Column

Julie Peters

12/06/2017

5 minutes to read

Is Trump changing democracy into idiocracy? And if yes, what we can do to avoid this future.

Labouring in the digital economy

Column

Piia Varis

14/02/2017

5 minutes to read

Piia Varis discusses the kinds of digital labour influencing what is either popular or invisible online

The people of Dresden should be proud of their new controversial monument

Column

Zoë Gielen

13/03/2017

2 minutes to read

‘Monument’, the new controversial installation in the city centre of Dresden, takes the city as an example of hope, rebuilding and peace. A strong message of unison and empathy that should be cherished instead of refused.

antifeminisme, mannenrechten, feminisme, racisme

Feminisme in het vizier: over antifeminisme, racisme en mannenrechten

Column

Fatma Arikoglu

28/03/2017

4 minutes to read

Antifeminisme past in dezelfde logica als andere tegenbewegingen- en stemmen die de machtsongelijkheid in onze samenleving willen behouden en zelfs versterken, schrijft Fatma Arikoglu.

Voguing

File

De verborgen agenda van het omslagontwerp: hoe marketeers je boeken doen kopen

Paper

Maud Schoonen

23/03/2017

17 minutes to read

De eerste indruk die je krijgt van een boek is vaak gebaseerd op het omslag. Maar wat zegt een boekomslag over het boek en de intenties van de auteur?

Joost Zwagerman: de schrijversmythe.

Paper

Tessa Chaplin

10/07/2017

9 minutes to read

Deze paper onderzoekt de wijze waarop Joost Zwagerman kunst toegankelijk wist te maken aan de hand van de verschillende rollen die hij op zich heeft genomen, zoals de schrijver, de presentator, de publieke intellectueel en de kunstliefhebber.

Vakantiebestemming Griekenland?

Column

Jan Blommaert

26/06/2017

4 minutes to read

In Griekenland kan je niet om de crisis van de EU heen kijken. Maak van je vakantie daar een studiereis.

Fashion as tyranny: beauty standards and social pressure

Article

Meauraine van Gorp

23/03/2017

8 minutes to read

This article looks at the influence of fashion on women from different cultures. This article shows that women can be influenced by the ideals of a society and that fashion can be used in order to be included or excluded.

The politics of crime. Who gets to define what’s illegal?

Column

Paul Mutsaers

01/06/2017

4 minutes to read

The notion of the ethics of illegality enables us to compare policing, security and crime beyond the boundaries of the nation-state. It may help us understand how police and policed across the world deal differently or similarly with law breaking.

Mark Rutte’s normal human beings: a typically Dutch perspective

Column

Odile Heynders

03/03/2017

4 minutes to read

To gauge Mark Rutte’s ‘normal’ Odile Heynders reads a Dutch classic text demonstrating that a normal Dutch life is not without frustration. Normal is connected to everyday annoyance.

Street protests and the creative spectacle

Article

Philip Seargeant

20/03/2017

6 minutes to read

How social media’s sharing culture is influencing the way people voice their message through street protest signs

In Defense of Utopia

Article

Merijn Oudenampsen

30/01/2017

16 minutes to read

Thomas More's Utopia has acquired a bad reputation. Cold war critics have described the book as a prefiguration of modern totalitarianism, an example of the dangers of utopian thought. Merijn Oudenampsen sheds a new light on the 501 year old book.

Gender, power and political speech. Women and language in the 2015 UK General Election (Deborah Cameron & Sylvia Shaw)

Review

Piia Varis

08/03/2017

4 minutes to read

Gender, Power and Political Speech is not only important but enjoyable reading, says Piia Varis.

The individual stories of migrants touch our hearts

Column

Irene de Groot

10/04/2017

2 minutes to read

A short column in which Irene de Groot explores the notion of compassion with regards to migration in Europe. Can compassion help create understanding for migrants?

Himmlers brain is called Heydrich: historical fact, alternative play and literary imagination in one

Column

Odile Heynders

05/05/2017

4 minutes to read

Historical facts described by a literary author, and then presented in a television programme in which documentary material and the performance of an actor are intertwined: this is how history and WWII is kept alive, Odile Heynders argues.

New Right, nieuw rechts, Trump, Wilders, Le Pen, nieuwe media

Nieuw Rechts gaat viraal: over extreemrechtse clickbait, echokamers en sociale media

Column

Ico Maly

10/03/2017

4 minutes to read

De opgang van Nieuw Rechts is nauw verbonden met het winstoogmerk van onze digitale media. Nieuw Rechts speelt niet alleen in op hun commerciële doelstellingen, ze bouwt ook haar eigen media infrastructuur volgens diezelfde principes.

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Multilingualism, Language Acquisition and Language Proficiency

Are we heading towards Idiocracy?

Labouring in the digital economy

The people of Dresden should be proud of their new controversial monument

Feminisme in het vizier: over antifeminisme, racisme en mannenrechten

Voguing

De verborgen agenda van het omslagontwerp: hoe marketeers je boeken doen kopen

Joost Zwagerman: de schrijversmythe.

Vakantiebestemming Griekenland?

Fashion as tyranny: beauty standards and social pressure

The politics of crime. Who gets to define what’s illegal?

Mark Rutte’s normal human beings: a typically Dutch perspective

Street protests and the creative spectacle

In Defense of Utopia

Gender, power and political speech. Women and language in the 2015 UK General Election (Deborah Cameron & Sylvia Shaw)

The individual stories of migrants touch our hearts

Himmlers brain is called Heydrich: historical fact, alternative play and literary imagination in one

Nieuw Rechts gaat viraal: over extreemrechtse clickbait, echokamers en sociale media