Information provided by web resources has become indispensable to immigration officers assessing asylum claims. How does the internet affect the lives of those who seek asylum by making their identity proofs unconvincing?
This paper seeks to understand why there is a lack of theorization of decolonization on basic education of South Africa. Decolonization of education has largely been debated in abstract terms of higher education and other material spaces.
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.
Why is character amnesia in China considered problematic?
Paper
Lisanne Nugteren
16/01/2017
23 minutes to read
In the People's Republic of China, due to rapid technological developments more and more people rely on voice messaging and pinyin input for producing texts, rather than writing them by hand.
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Hilarisch, die helderheidspolitie van Boudry en Bregman
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Daan Rutten
29/05/2017
3 minutes to read
'De helderheidspolitie Boudry & Bregman blijft bezig om de postmoderne filosofie tout court een slechte naam te bezorgen, en dat terwijl het toch al nauwelijks meer een plaats heeft in het Nederlandse intellectuele debat.' zegt Daan Rutten
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.
Seen, but not too much: the black hole, secrets and stigma
Paper
Thao Nguyen
24/07/2017
18 minutes to read
This paper discusses the concept of visibility and its effects in the digital society. Based on the case of an online community art project in Vietnam, the paper will question how digital forms of life narrative can bring out issues of visibility.
The credit company that went too far. Would you let them invade your privacy?
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p.hu@tilburguniversity.edu Hu
12/06/2017
5 minutes to read
This article illustrates the impact of the Chinese credit company Sesame Credit and expresses deep concern about its future development and the equality and privacy issues it will bring to Chinese society.
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.
Emmanuel Macron is even radicaal nieuw als de nieuwste versie van de iPhone. Een klein beetje nieuw dus.
'I want to know everything about them' PsyCops, no-go zones and the militarization of public space
Column
Paul Mutsaers
20/06/2017
9 minutes to read
PSYCOPS is a police-military partnership that was forged to improve policing in migrant communities in Amsterdam. It it a wordplay on PSYOPS, which is a military strategy that weaponizes information and influences target groups.
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.
Representation of the Zef Culture by Die Antwoord
Paper
Lisa Wijvekate
13/07/2017
16 minutes to read
Die Antwoord is a South African hip hop group that represents the South African Zef culture. This paper analyses the way the song 'Fatty Boom Boom' uses symbols and icons to represent Zef culture.
Anil Ramdas en Menno ter Braak
Article
Lotte van den Broek
16/02/2017
7 minutes to read
Anil Ramdas refereert in zijn roman ‘Badal’ regelmatig naar de modernistische schrijver Menno ter Braak. Ook in interviews stelde Ramdas dat Ter Braak een groot voorbeeld voor hem was. Dit artikel zet de overeenkomsten op een rij.
The YouTube censorship controversy: How YouTube's ad-pocalypse is silencing creators
Column
Zoë Gielen
10/07/2017
4 minutes to read
YouTube's ad-system is being boycotted by major brands; as a result YouTube started silencing their 'controversial' creators. Is this right?
