The ceremonial society

This course is part 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 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.

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Christina Aguilera, Hurt (2006)

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Tara van Dijk
13/08/2019

Christina Aguilera's song 'Hurt' is an example of the period that Ariès would describe as 'Your death'. 

Livestreaming a funeral

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Melissa Weij
06/06/2019

Livestreaming funerals and the concept of "spectacular death"

Julie van Espen

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Mariosé Bergsteijn
30/05/2019

Using the concept of 'spectacular death' to understand the tragic murder of Julie van Espen