Diggit Magazine

Macron on post-modernism

His very own Grand Narrative

Column
Jan Blommaert
14/10/2017
4 minutes to read

Macron's distaste of post-modernism is actually a distaste for critical journalism attacking his very own Grand Narrative.

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Jan Blommaert's struggle

Column
Jenny-Louise Van Der Aa
10/01/2021
2 minutes to read

Jan Blommaert has recently passed away. Jenny Van der Aa reflects on his political and democratic engagement as one of his former close collaborators at Tilburg and Ghent University.

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Literary Activism: Behrouz Boochani’s No Friend but the Mountains

Column
Odile Heynders
17/11/2020
6 minutes to read

Kurdish journalist / philosopher Behrouz Boochani spent nearly 5 years in a detainee camp on Manus island texting messages from a hidden mobile phone. The messages were composed to a literary novel, winning a prestigeous prize in 2018.

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How an 'essay writing robot' is echoing the voice of its creators

Column
Inge Beekmans
11/09/2020
9 minutes to read

The essay that was written by language generator GPT-3 and edited by The Guardian might teach us more about our own fears and hopes for the future of technology than about the objectives and intentions of Artificial Intelligence. 

Elena Ferrante’s Disappearing Act

Column
Inge van de Ven
01/09/2020
7 minutes to read

Good news for Elena Ferrante’s fans. The mysterious Italian bestseller author’s last and eighth novel, The Lying Life of Adults, is now available in book stores all over the world.

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The new Jeremiahs: #NeverTrump and the rise of the Lincoln Project

Column
Robert Moore
22/06/2020
5 minutes to read

Over the past several weeks a new force has emerged in the 2020 US presidential election, one that has already reshaped the ecology of political communication in America—even as it has received relatively scant coverage in the US media, and almost none in Europe. 

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The George Floyd Uprising and Anti-Racist Culture Change

Column
Rosalyn Negrón
17/06/2020
9 minutes to read

As of today, protests condemning George Floyd's murder by police officer Derek Chauvin have taken place in all 50 U.S. states (more than 750 U.S. cities), and in more than 60 countries. The anger and despair that was channeled through massive uprisings, now mingle with hope and possibility. A return to status quo appears to no longer be politically viable.

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Black Lives Matter and the right to protest?

Column
Christian Chun
08/06/2020
6 minutes to read

The reactions to the Black Lives Matter protests are an indications of the structural racism in the US, says Christian Chun.

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The SpaceX mission and why it worries me

Column
Jan Blommaert
01/06/2020
4 minutes to read

Elon Musk's SpaceX operates in a field of power previously reserved for state institutions under public control. Is this a good or a bad thing? 

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The Age of Zoom Meetings for a person who stutters

Column
Jacob Berexa
21/05/2020
6 minutes to read

The Age of Zoom Meetings is especially difficult for people who stutter (PWS for short). Jacob Berexa explains why zoom is emotionally draining for people with PWS.