Art and globalization

This article is written as part of one of the courses of the BA Online Culture: Art, Media and Society or the MA Online Culture at Tilburg University. Click on the link for more info on the courses and the programme.

In this international Bachelor’s program Online Culture: Art, Media and Society (Culture Studies) the focus is on digital culture and (new) media. From disciplines such as cultural studies and media studies you study how digitalization and globalization influence our way of living. You discuss new ways of communication, art expressions as well as (social) media expressions like memes and trolls. You research how such ways of communication and expressions are established and how they manifest in, and have influence on a society that increasingly takes place online. Additionally, you actively contribute to digital culture by writing papers and opinion pieces for our own online platform Diggit Magazine.

Eurobeat and Para Para Dance: An Italian-Japanese Relationship

Paper

Nathaly Yumi da Silva

05/07/2021

10 minutes to read

This paper presents, from a cultural perspective of globalization, the case study of the relationship between Eurobeat music genre, originated from Italy, and Para Para, a dance style from Japan.

Banksy, street art and globalization

Article

Sophie Hines

15/01/2021

9 minutes to read

Banksy is one of the most famous street artists in the world. This article examines the influence of globalization on the subject matter of Banksy's works, as well as on the extent of his success.

Transnational identity construction through narrative beginnings in Marjane Satrapi's 'Persepolis'

Paper

Mijke Akkermans

15/01/2021

13 minutes to read

Romagnolo's concept of narrative beginnings through form and content can be found in several literary works, in the construction of transnational identities. This paper explores such beginnings in Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel 'Persepolis'.

This article seeks to explorer the way in which world politics appear in local music.

Pop music and Trump: World politics in local popular music

Paper

Renske Jacobs

17/08/2020

14 minutes to read

Globalization has changed the production of music. In this paper, we explore the way in which world politics appear in local music and how audiences engage with this, through two case studies of songs by De Staat and The 1975.

Chernobyl as a medium of global art

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

06/01/2020

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?

Mongolian folk metal: Between global and local

Article

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

02/01/2020

10 minutes to read

Mongolian folk metal is the unique mixture of Mongolian throat singing with metal riffs. In this paper, I analyze how Mongolian folk metal represents both the global metal community and Mongolian folklore by examing the band The Hu.

What Sense8 teaches us about the network society

Article

Nadine Visser

01/02/2019

8 minutes to read

The series Sense8 is interesting in the context of globalization because it presents a lot of the aspects of a network society. This article analyses the link between the series and a network society.

Yinka Shonibare’s art as an expression of hybrid identity

Article

Fleur Aarts

16/12/2018

10 minutes to read

Yinka Shonibare plays with his hybrid identity as a British-Nigerian artist. In this analysis of 'The Swing', his layered cultural identity shines through.