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Ceremonial Society

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.

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New Orleans Jazz funeral
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New Orleans jazz funeral: Tamed death

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Philip van Vuuren
11/09/2019

This video is about a funeral in New Orleans, it's a traditional funeral with a lot of music and rituals.

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Beyonce, I was Here (2011)

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Sanne Graumans
30/05/2019

Beyoncé's "I was Here" (2011) through the lens of Aries' "my death" death mentality 

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Green Day, "Wake Me Up When September Ends" (2004)

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Ruzhica Kiprijanovska
30/05/2019

This timeline item is a 21st-century portrayal of 'Your Death', a death mentality presented by Philippe Aries, communicated with the lyrics of a rock singer and writer.  

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Avicii

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Nhu Truong
31/05/2019

The "spectacular death" attitude towards the famous DJ Avicii. 

Filipino children walk between the tombs of the Navotas municipal cemetery, north of Manila, where they live.
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The modern cemetery in the city

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Blean Tsige
13/08/2019

Have you ever thought about the cost of the dying? You should, because it is rising. Our rich traditional burial practices existent in 'your death' phase, such as cemeteries, tombs, and graves, are filling up. We have no more space in our cities all over the world. Question is, whether it is time for a new globalized death phase, with new rituals and ceremonies.