globalization

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The controversial dilemma's of slum tourism

Article
Noor W.
18/09/2019
12 minutes to read

Increasingly, the slum tourism trend is raising controversial dilemma's. Can it be seen as a form of exploitation of locals living in undeveloped areas?

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Yellow Vests from France to Taiwan: A globalized icon of resistance

Article
Lisa van Turnhout
18/09/2019
11 minutes to read

The article discusses how the yellow Hi-Viz vests used by French activists became a global icon of resistance for different, local causes around the world, and how the internet has been the force that propelled this idea forward.

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Jane The Virgin: a westernized telenovela

Article
Emma Wieringa
18/09/2019
12 minutes to read

Telenovelas have been on Latin American television for a long time, but they are now starting to gain global attention. How does Jane the Virgin represent telenovelas in the western world?

The Digital Little Red Book

Column
Mingyi Hou
13/09/2019
9 minutes to read

This article explains the functionalities of the Digital little red book or Xuexi Qiangguo with the concept of gamification and its sociopolitical implications on governmentality.

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Everything you need to know about otaku

Article
Federica Morgandi
01/03/2019
17 minutes to read

Otaku is a subculture that originated in Japan. It later spread internationally because of globalization. As a consequence, internet communities of otaku grew. There are sometimes converging, other times diverging features.

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Globalization and the emergence of Chinglish and Greeklish

Paper
Xiao Lu
15/02/2019
10 minutes to read

Chinglish and Greeklish are taken over. This paper argues that in times cultural globalization, English becomes localized and gradually integrated into local communities due to the development of information technology.

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What Sense8 teaches us about the network society

Article
Nadine Visser
01/02/2019
8 minutes to read

The series Sense8 is interesting in the context of globalization because it presents a lot of the aspects of a network society. This article analyses the link between the series and a network society.

How eSports became mainstream

Paper
Lucas Westphall
21/12/2018
18 minutes to read

This paper tries to uncover the reason behind the impact globalization has on eSports, the impact eSport have on globalization and how Twitch.TV helps enhance this.