Diggit Magazine

How should the ‘Parliamentary Investigation Committee’ research discrimination in the Netherlands?

Article

Kutlay Yağmur

01/09/2021

10 minutes to read

The Dutch Senate (First Chamber of the Parliament) decided to investigate the relationship between the anti-discrimination legislation and its effect in practice. Kutlay Yagmur presented his critical remarks on the research plans of the committee.

Deep fakes - an emerging risk to societies

Paper

Tunde Farago

18/11/2019

22 minutes to read

Deep fakes are a rapidly evolving technology that can easily fool not just our human senses, but also the software created to counter them. This paper explores their potential social, cultural and political implications.

Performativity by Philosophy Tube

Article

Merel Groot

12/10/2020

19 minutes to read

Philosophy Tube is a YouTube channel about philosophy which uses a theatrical style. In some videos, the author talks about his own life. This article analyses two videos to see how he combines theater with elements of real-life experiences.

Diggit profile: Kristof Verfaillie on security and surveillance

Interview

Jan Blommaert

11/03/2020

Criminologist Kristof Verfaillie discusses the totalizing and counterproductive aspects of contemporary, technologically shaped security and surveillance regimes.

Young Adult Media and Fandom

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Political polarization in Ghent: a "radical" linguistic landscape

Article

Claudia Gerards

Lisa van Turnhout

Merveille N'gbale

08/05/2020

32 minutes to read

With a shift towards the far-right, politics in Flanders have become rather polarized. In Ghent's linguistic landscape, we see counter noise coming from the left. What does this tell us about Ghent in the context of Flemish politics?

Women and online privacy: Understanding the privacy paradox

Paper

Rebecca de Jongh

07/09/2020

9 minutes to read

Women find themselves at a crossroads where their online presence could lead to empowerment or to added scrutiny. What is the privacy paradox and what happens to women when they face it?

Conservative critiques of identity politics as divisive

Column

Rosalyn Negrón

21/01/2020

11 minutes to read

Rosalyn Negron unpacks the logics that underlie conservative critiques of left identity politics and zooms in on the specific significance of this discursive frame among conservatives.

The Coronavirus and online culture: Lessons we're learning

Column

Jan Blommaert

30/03/2020

7 minutes to read

The coronavirus crisis shows us an inescapable fact: the online and offline dimensions of social life have effectively become fused.

Chernobyl as a medium of global art

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

30/10/2020

14 minutes to read

People all around the world discover the topic of Chernobyl and rethink the tragedy of 1986 through works of art connected to nuclear energy, information, and politics. How does art creation on a global scale remind us of the tragedy?

Instagram slideshows: making the political 'aesthetic'

Article

Jessaline Tanjung

01/06/2021

14 minutes to read

This article explores how Instagram slide shows rose to prominence during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, and what this means for the future of online activism.

Capharnaüm: an engaging story about Beirut

Article

Nadine Visser

13/05/2020

15 minutes to read

Capharnaüm is a realistic docudrama about a twelve-year old boy who wants to sue his parents. This paper discusses the realism and effects on the audience.

Let’s talk about big tech (no, not you)

Column

Linnet Taylor

25/02/2020

4 minutes to read

In her first Diggit column, Linnet Taylor (Tilburg University) makes the case that big tech has a consent problem and that researchers should address the lumpy, inconvenient, political reality of big tech.

On racism and how to read Hannah Arendt

Column

Ana Deumert

27/02/2020

8 minutes to read

In this column Ana Deumert looks at the work of Hannah Arendt. She asks how scholars can engage with her work, given the persistent presence of racist tropes in her writings.

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How convergence culture makes BoJack Horseman possible

Article

Rebecca de Jongh

21/04/2020

7 minutes to read

The way we watch television has drastically changed since the nineties. We no longer simply consume, we participate. This article examines BoJack Horseman as a case study to explain how convergence culture has altered the way we consume media.

Why we let Web 2.0 become the modern-day Stasi

Article

Lisa van Turnhout

25/05/2020

13 minutes to read

This article contemplates how our "culture of connectivity" brings forth privacy issues reminding us of government surveillance in East Germany. How does this work, and how do we all contribute to this culture?

Irish or English: the case of footballer Declan Rice

Article

Ot van de Rijzen

05/03/2021

12 minutes to read

An analysis of the discourse surrounding footballer Declan Rice's switch of national allegiance from the Republic of Ireland to England in 2019.