Culture

Members of the Boston Red Cloaks carried signs hung from clothing hangers as they marched on the State House and advocated for reproductive freedom

The Handmaid's Tale: Transmedia storytelling and Activism

Article

Iva Konstantinova

14/11/2022

10 minutes to read

The Handmaid's Tale is a dystopian text that underscores women's activism, bearing its transmedia potential. This article, therefore, examines how its thematic focus transcends other media toward political advancement for women.

DNA tests surveillance and privacy issues: AncestryDNA, 23andME, MyHeritage, or none at all?

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

01/02/2022

12 minutes to read

Despite its wide promotion and millions of customers around the world, the DNA test services raise questions on how the businesses are set up and what the regulations behind it are.

Understanding "I'm Still Here". This can't be real, right?

Paper

Hanne Hermens

16/09/2020

15 minutes to read

This essay explores the confusion that was ignited by the film I'm Still Here (2010) by analysing its form, purpose and content and comparing it to other forms of film.

A history of transculturation in South Africa

Paper

Nastassja Wessels

05/08/2020

31 minutes to read

This paper challenges essentialist notions of culture using the Cape Coloured paradigm.

'Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom' and the representation of political discourse through truth and fiction

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

01/06/2020

18 minutes to read

The Oscar-nominated documentary 'Winter On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom' aims at showing the revolution in Kyiv by applying truthful and staged elements as a method to represent political discourse.

Ellen DeGeneres: talk show host or CIA agent?

Paper

Iris Dumoulin

16/03/2020

11 minutes to read

In 2018, people believed that Eric Trump suggested that Ellen DeGeneres is part of a hidden government within the US. This essay analyzes how this conspiracy theory has come into existence, who plays a role in it, and what this means online.

Digital vigilantism and the Boston Marathon bombing

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

07/02/2020

15 minutes to read

The 2013 Boston Marathon bombing was a major event in the US. The tragic attack then became the subject of one the biggest manhunts in online history.

How Netflix suggests what to watch

Paper

Anne Marte Gardenier

15/01/2020

9 minutes to read

This article gives an overview of the way in which Netflix makes use of computational research techniques in their recommendation system and in the production of highly personalized content.