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.

Bülent Arpaci Celebration Carnival Venray Dutch Tradition

Participating in Dutch carnival: Bülent the Turkish kebab man

Article

Claudia Gerards

25/09/2019

14 minutes to read

Carnival in the Netherlands is a weird tradition for many, but not for kebab man Bülent Arpaci. How did a small town in Northern-Limburg react to his Turkish carnival song, written in the local dialect?

The whitewashing of the 'art hoe' movement

Article

Marieke Weeda

24/09/2019

11 minutes to read

This article explores how the art hoe movement, meant as a space of creative expression for PoC (People of Colour) artists, got whitewashed into a mere aesthetic disconnected from its origins.

Globalization, commodification, social media, internet, cheap flights, global and local

Music festivals: Interconnectedness all over the world

Article

Vita van Hellenberg Hubar

24/09/2019

11 minutes to read

Cultural globalization produces global festivals with local music festival characteristics that include an increased focus on environmental issues. Communities on- and offline are thus connected with the help of social media and cheap flights.

Salmon sushi is not a Japanese invention?!

Article

Wesly Ye

22/09/2019

12 minutes to read

Salmon sushi was not a Japanese, but a Norwegian invention. Before calling it one of their favorite sushi toppings, the Japanese had to have salmon sushi introduced to them by Norwegian businessmen motivated by hard globalization imperatives.

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The controversial dilemma's of slum tourism

Article

Noor W.

18/09/2019

12 minutes to read

Increasingly, the slum tourism trend is raising controversial dilemma's. Can it be seen as a form of exploitation of locals living in undeveloped areas?

Yellow Vests from France to Taiwan: A globalized icon of resistance

Article

Lisa van Turnhout

18/09/2019

11 minutes to read

The article discusses how the yellow Hi-Viz vests used by French activists became a global icon of resistance for different, local causes around the world, and how the internet has been the force that propelled this idea forward.

Jane the Virgin header image, advertisement poster

Jane The Virgin: a westernized telenovela

Article

Emma Wieringa

18/09/2019

12 minutes to read

Telenovelas have been on Latin American television for a long time, but they are now starting to gain global attention. How does Jane the Virgin represent telenovelas in the western world?

Gender-neutral language use: hype or trend?

Article

Lisa Reijmers

02/06/2023

14 minutes to read

Gender-neutral language use is an increasingly accepted topic. This article dives into the origin of people’s desire to use of a more gender-neutral language.