Diggit Magazine

Language, Culture and Globalization

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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Zero Waste: Living without Waste

Article
Savina Karneva
25/11/2019
8 minutes to read

Over the past 10 years the Zero Waste movement has grown significantly around the world. Has Zero Waste really brought positive change to  society and the environment or has it had negative effects?

Photography meets the digital age: VSCO girls and tourist hotspots

Article
Pip Minkels
22/11/2019
12 minutes to read

Digital media have changed the way we use photography. Pictures are not just about capturing of moments we want to remember anymore, but they are more oriented towards being shared. This article deals with the changes photography is seeing today.

2020: A Greek script Odyssey

Article
Francesca Iaboni
21/11/2019
14 minutes to read

A kind of lookalike English came about as a necessity for Greeks to adapt to the changes brought on by a digitalized world. To this day, "Greeklish" stirs public debate about the necessity to preserve and conserve cultural heritage.

"Window of culture" at the Junho Medical Center
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Asian Culture and Commodity in the City Centre of Tilburg

Article
Marit van Dijck
20/11/2019
13 minutes to read

This paper is focussed on Asian culture and commodity in the city centre of Tilburg in the form of linguistic and semiotic signs. Therefore we found three shops that represent important aspects of life: health, beauty and nutrition. 

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Globalization within the current Pentecostal church

Article
Merveille N'gbale
19/11/2019
12 minutes to read

Pentecostalism is among the fastest growing religious streams in the world. This paper will explore the dimensions of globalization in present-day Pentecostalism.

Political polarization Ghent linguistic landscape protest from the left
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Political polarization in Ghent: a "radical" linguistic landscape

Article
Claudia Gerards
13/11/2019
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?

Picture of rapper Lizzo
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Lizzo, body positivity and being '100% THAT bitch'

Article
Simone Sprangers
07/11/2019
18 minutes to read

The infamous line '100% that bitch' from hit song 'Truth Hurts', made rapper Lizzo one of the biggest names in music today. Her success story is closely connected to the current phase of globalization.