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Why Voices from Chernobyl is a must-read you will never forget (Svetlana Alexievich)

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Nataliia Vdovychenko

28/04/2020

14 minutes to read

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster is one of the most tragic events in European history. Nobel prize laureate Svetlana Alexievich covers the event in her book Voices from Chernobyl giving voice to multiple victims' perspectives through interviews.

Why you should read "Darkness at noon" (Arthur Koestler)

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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.

Het empathisch teveel van Ignaas Devisch

Over Het Empathisch Teveel (Ignaas Devisch)

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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 )

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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).

Dit is Londen (Ben Judah)

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Jan Blommaert

13/11/2017

5 minutes to read

In "Dit is London" schetst Ben Judah de Unheimlichkeit van superdiversiteit.

Catfish: The TV Show (MTV)

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Irene de Groot

01/11/2017

3 minutes to read

In Catfish: the TV show hosts Nev and Max help people who are head over heels about someone they met online. A review.

The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster (E.M. Forster)

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Vanda Vozarikova

23/10/2017

4 minutes to read

Could a story from over 100 years ago have predicted today's reality? Read this to discover more about the visionary E.M. Forster truly was. A contemporary reading of E.M. Forster's The Machine Stops.

Nosedive, a vicious take on social media (Joe Wright)

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Heleen Dijkhuizen

29/09/2017

3 minutes to read

Black Mirror's Nosedive shows us a vicious take on social media.

Vrede kun je leren (David Van Reybrouck, Thomas D'Ansembourg)

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Jan Blommaert

12/07/2017

4 minutes to read

"Vrede kun je leren" is niet meteen een denderend boekje, maar is wel nodig.

Don't know what acceleration means? Then ''Overheating' is mandatory reading (Overheating - Thomas Hylland Eriksen)

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Jan Blommaert

01/06/2017

6 minutes to read

In his new book 'Overheating', Thomas Hylland Eriksen offers a mountain of information and even more food for thought, and it does so in a text that can be read at lightning pace.

Wat is Populisme? (Jan-Werner Müller)

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Jan Blommaert

15/05/2017

14 minutes to read

Wat is populisme? is een boek dat zich vlot laat lezen, maar dat analytisch niet zwaar weegt.

Gender, power and political speech. Women and language in the 2015 UK General Election (Deborah Cameron & Sylvia Shaw)

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Piia Varis

08/03/2017

4 minutes to read

Gender, Power and Political Speech is not only important but enjoyable reading, says Piia Varis.

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy (Cathy O'Neil)

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Piia Varis

09/01/2017

4 minutes to read

Weapons of Math Destruction (2016) by Cathy O'Neil makes a very compelling case for people to start asking more questions and demand more transparency regarding algorithmic models that are being used to regulate so many aspects of their lives.