activism

Challenging sexual objectification through 100 vulvas

Paper

Mijke Akkermans

15/01/2020

13 minutes to read

This paper addresses the phenomenon of women's sexual objectification in contemporary society, explored through Dodsworth's feminist artistic project and documentary 100 Vaginas (2019) and informed by Nussbaum's sexual objectification theory.

Chile violates Human Rights (and everyone can see it on Twitter)

Column

Juan Eduardo Bonnin

12/11/2019

5 minutes to read

Violations of human rights in Chile are evident in pictures, videos and testimonies. To Latin Americans, they resemble reports of human rights violations by military dictatorships, like the Never Again in Argentina. Is Twitter the new Never Again?

Bloody amazing, this menstrual activism

Column

Mijke Akkermans

17/09/2019

4 minutes to read

The necessity of the powerful practice of menstrual activism is deliniated in this column, which discusses its development and achievements, a personal opinion on its influence and its presence in the contemporary artistic sphere.

The truth behind Anonymous for the Voiceless

Article

Seline Westerhof

13/09/2019

12 minutes to read

Anonymous for the Voiceless seems to know how to rapidly spread their message around the world, and get many people to listen to their activism. But how do they do that?

The AfD white men Advent calendar

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

20/12/2018

5 minutes to read

AfD (Alternative für Deutschland), the German far-right party, issued a white men Advent campaign. The political movement uses this Advent calendar to promote their new right ideology and Euroscepticism.

January 26: Australia Day or Invasion Day?

Article

Georgia McAlpine

28/01/2019

15 minutes to read

In recent years, January 26th has been the date to celebrate Australia as a nation. But looking back on history, and its meaning for Indigenous Australians as the date of colonial invasion, there is a growing movement to abolish or move the day.

This is ... a modern protest song vs a nationalist agenda

Article

Jan Dijsselbloem

17/05/2019

15 minutes to read

Childish Gambino's protest song "This is America" fueled a whole range of international artists to make their voices heard. In this article, the contemporary protest song gives nationalist propaganda a much needed rationality check.

Protestscapes and the art of protesting in Romania

Article

Ioana Pisaltu

30/08/2019

15 minutes to read

In this article I introduce the concept of "protestscape" as a language of mobility that employs rich semiotic resources within the context of protest. In doing so I focus on the anti-corruption demonstrations in Romania (January - February 2017).