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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.

Fact and Fiction, Trust and Distrust: 2nd TSHD Digital Humanities Symposium

Call

Inge van de Ven

28/02/2022

2 minutes to read

Call for papers: TSHD Digital Humanities Symposium, Fact and Fiction, Trust and Distrust. June 29 & 30

Two women read a digital story on their phone.

Digital Storytelling

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With daily activities and life moving online, digital stories that are specifically created for online publication are appearing. Digital stories make use of the the media's interactive, mulitplatform and multimodal affordances.

Waking Life and Aesthetics of Liminality

Paper

Gürhan Camgöz

24/12/2021

13 minutes to read

The cinematic viewing experience and the dream states have a comparable quality. Waking Life is an interesting and perplexing film about dreams and the nature of reality, that dares us to question whether we are dreaming or awake.

Conspiracy theories, Capitol riot, fiction,

The Capitol Riots: Democracy, Post-truth and Fiction

Column

Odile Heynders

13/01/2021

7 minutes to read

In light of the Capitol riots, Odile Heynders claims that we have to reflect on fiction and its development in time, in order to understand how the concept is used and functions in today’s society.

How Fleabag uses the fourth wall to create intimacy

Paper

Idhuna Pastoor

07/10/2020

21 minutes to read

This article explores how the series Fleabag destroys the fourth wall and what this means for the relationship between the viewer and Fleabag.

The Crown: historically accurate or pure fiction?

Article

Tara van Dijk

23/06/2020

15 minutes to read

The Crown has become one of the most popular shows on Netflix and it has been praised for its accuracy. The show balances between historical accuracy and fictional elements. This article analyzes the balance the show strikes as a docudrama.

Julian Barnes’ The Man in the Red Coat: Celebrity Culture in the Belle Epoque (Julian Barnes)

Review

Odile Heynders

09/04/2020

8 minutes to read

In his latest novel, Julian Barnes combines biography, art history and cultural analysis in a hybrid form of fact and fiction. The Man in the Red Coat shows that there is much real life in literature and much fiction in reality.