Diggit Magazine

Self-fashioning, life writing, biography

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.

Meghan Markle
© TOBY MELVILLE / GETTY IMAGES FILE/TNS

The shift in the celebrity image of Meghan Markle

Paper
Tessa Willemsen
15/12/2021
15 minutes to read

An analysis of Meghan Markle and the shift in her image from being part of the royal family to deciding to take a step back. 

© Jay Brooks

A Gentleman Jack of All Trades

Paper
Rebecca de Jongh
12/07/2021
15 minutes to read

The case of Anne Lister will show us how difficult it can be for a public figure to control their image. To establish how identity is fashioned, concepts of life writing and self-fashioning have been used to analyse Anne Lister's diaries.

© Casey Meshbesher

#womeninstreet as a vital extension of the female street photographer

Paper
Chiara Palsgraaf
06/09/2019
25 minutes to read

#womeninstreet celebrates female street photography. With women still being commodified and objectified in public spaces in society, the camera helps to turn the gaze around. Therefore, the female street photographer is seen as the flâneuse.  

Ramptoeristen! Waarom schrijvers ons over hun scheiding vertellen

Article
Sander Bax
13/03/2018
11 minutes to read

Schrijvers als Suzanne Rethans, Henk van Straten en Elke Geurts schrijven erg openhartig over het stuklopen van hun relatie. Sander Bax laat zien dat hier een fundamenteel mechanisme van de hedendaagse literaire mediacultuur aan ten grondslag ligt.