The multicultural individual

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.

The Joy Luck Club: the joy in finally being understood (Amy Tan (author); Wayne Wang (director))

Review

Jessaline Tanjung

23/12/2022

10 minutes to read

The Joy Luck Club is the pioneer of Asian American representation on the big screen. It emphasizes the expectations to be 'Chinese' from your own family and the struggle to be understood by your own family, all due to the cultural gaps.

GLOW: Critiquing the Stereotypes of American Identities on TV (Liz Flahive and Carly Mensch)

Review

Marit van Dijck

05/10/2022

8 minutes to read

Glow critiques how stereotypes in the media do not do justice to the complex lived realities of multicultural individuals in America through the juxtaposition of stereotypical performances with the lived realities of individuals.

5 Year Retrospective: ATCQ's We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service - Unity is Power

A Tribe Called Quest's We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service - Unity is Power

Article

Boaz N.

21/10/2022

11 minutes to read

A 5 year retrospective review on hip-hop's beloved A Tribe Called Quest's final album: We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service with a sociocultural analysis of some of the songs' lyrics.

Five of the main characters of Skam walking, with yellow text saying SKAM in front of them.

The lived experience of teenagers in Norway and beyond in Skam (Julie Andem)

Review

Marieke Weeda

07/09/2022

7 minutes to read

This review explains how greatly the Norwegian show SKAM deals with themes of identity in both globally universal and locally specific ways.

'Ms. Marvel' (2022) and Ethnic Minority Representation in Superhero Series and Cinema

Article

Marit van Dijck

09/01/2022

12 minutes to read

'Ms. Marvel' (2022) shows that in order to meet the demand of an audience hungry for ethnic representation, an adaptation must embrace the characteristics of a comic character’s individual identity that are tied to their group identity.

Rhythm and Rebellion - a review of Fela Kuti’s activism and music (Fela Kuti)

Review

Daniel Obubo

19/11/2021

10 minutes to read

This review looks into two songs by Nigerian musician and activist Fela Kuti, Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense and Sorrow tears and Blood.

Harry Potter's School Houses and the Analysis of Multiculturalism

Article

Luna-Anastasia Riedel

11/11/2022

11 minutes to read

This article will discuss the multiculturalism shown in the universe of Harry Potter, where group formation and school houses play a big role in self-identification and stereotyping.

California scheming: Miranda July's Kajillionaire (Miranda July)

Review

Bettie Cörvers

04/06/2021

8 minutes to read

In Miranda July's 2020 film Kajillionaire, Old Dolio's life is turned upside down when her criminal parents invite an outsider to join them in their scamming practices. She feels the need to detach from her hustling parents.