Politieke correctheid blijft een canard (Gerben Bakker, Gert Jan Geling)
Review
Jan Blommaert
04/04/2019
17 minutes to read
De auteurs van "Over Politieke Correctheid" beweren een analytische en genuanceerde duiding van PC te geven. Maar ze schreven een studie zonder object, zonder actoren en zonder processen.
The age of surveillance capitalism ( Shoshana Zuboff)
Review
Ico Maly
13/02/2019
12 minutes to read
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff deserves a productive public and academic debate. It should not only be read and discussed by a broad audience. Scholars across disciplines must engage with it.
Het gevaar van angst. Hypochonderen in Fukushima (Tinkebell)
Review
Inge van de Ven
11/12/2018
8 minutes to read
In 'Het gevaar van Angst. Hypochonderen' in Fukushima gebruikt kunstenares Tinkebell het in 2011 door de kernramp getroffen Japanse gebied als haar persoonlijke speeltuin
Femke Kaulingfreks legt in Straatpolitiek een hele wereld bloot waarin aan politiek wordt gedaan buiten de formele instellingen om. ze roept op om die vormen van informele politiek ernstig te nemen als onderdeel van een verbeterde democratie.
The Help (Movie director: Tate Taylor. Book author: Kathryn Stockett)
Review
Julia van der Staak
23/05/2018
7 minutes to read
The movie 'The Help', first released in 2011, is based on the well known and like-named novel, by Kathryn Stockett. The story is a good portrayal of multiculturalism and inequality within the American society of the 1960s.
Welcome to the Clone Club of Orphan Black (Graeme Manson and John Fawcett )
Review
Amber van As
22/05/2018
5 minutes to read
The science fiction series Orphan Black is all about human cloning and its consequences, which is still a controversial topic in science. This article provides a review of the impressive and informative series.
'Westworld' - The Contemporary Jurassic Park You Cannot Miss Watching (Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy)
Review
Kristiana Naydenova
14/05/2018
5 minutes to read
The new HBO series 'Westworld' is intelligent and full of mysteries for the patient viewer to uncover. Everyone interested in exploring the humand mind and behavior will love it.
Why you should read "Darkness at noon" (Arthur Koestler)
Review
Nataliia Vdovychenko
12/02/2018
7 minutes to read
Certain kinds of literature cannot be forgotten. Darkness at noon is a must read for everyone who values high quality novels and wants to learn more about the Soviet Union, revolution and history in general.
Over Het Empathisch Teveel (Ignaas Devisch)
Review
Jan Blommaert
05/02/2018
9 minutes to read
Het Empathisch Teveel is een in your face argument tegen zij die denken dat de wereld zal gered worden door warme gevoelens van naastenliefde alleen.
The long season: I am alive because I'm not dead (Leonard Retel Helmrich )
Review
Odile Heynders
15/01/2018
4 minutes to read
The narrative of The Long Season is impressive and affective as a story of poverty, lack of prospect, and irrational hope. The documentary is magnificent in its focus on the details of social life, says Odile Heynders (Tilburg University).
