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The Story of Fire Saga: Where Parody Meets the Parodied

Paper
Linsey van Kuijk
10/01/2024
9 minutes to read

The movie 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga' is a fictional story about two artists competing in the Eurovision Song Contest, situating itself at an interesting intersection between fiction and real-life. 

Banksy, street art and globalization

Article
Sophie Hines
15/01/2021
9 minutes to read

Banksy is one of the most famous street artists in the world. This article examines the influence of globalization on the subject matter of Banksy's works, as well as on the extent of his success.

This article seeks to explorer the way in which world politics appear in local music.

Pop music and Trump: World politics in local popular music

Paper
Renske Jacobs
17/08/2020
14 minutes to read

Globalization has changed the production of music. In this paper, we explore the way in which world politics appear in local music and how audiences engage with this, through two case studies of songs by De Staat and The 1975.

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Zero Waste: Living without Waste

Article
Savina Karneva
25/11/2019
8 minutes to read

Over the past 10 years the Zero Waste movement has grown significantly around the world. Has Zero Waste really brought positive change to  society and the environment or has it had negative effects?

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Globalization within the current Pentecostal church

Article
Merveille N'gbale
19/11/2019
12 minutes to read

Pentecostalism is among the fastest growing religious streams in the world. This paper will explore the dimensions of globalization in present-day Pentecostalism.

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Lizzo, body positivity and being '100% THAT bitch'

Article
Simone Sprangers
07/11/2019
18 minutes to read

The infamous line '100% that bitch' from hit song 'Truth Hurts', made rapper Lizzo one of the biggest names in music today. Her success story is closely connected to the current phase of globalization.

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Interested in globalization? Watch cricket

Column
Jan Blommaert
17/06/2019
7 minutes to read

The Cricket World Cup 2019 is a global media event of enormous size, while cricket itself is practiced only in a relatively small area in the world. How come?