nationalism

Post-national imaginaries: engaging with cultural heritage conflicts from a digital culture perspective

Article

Inge Beekmans

22/04/2024

22 minutes to read

What do cultural heritage destruction and the internet have in common? Despite various threats, predictions and menacing words, both have not been able to drastically reduce the hegemony of nation-states. In fact, it appears that nation-states thrive in contexts of conflicts, crises and digital culture.

Activist links Black Pete to the Dutch colonial past

Black Pete: When commodifying “blackness” is tradition

Column

Tess Kanters

08/12/2020

11 minutes to read

Black Pete is a tradition for the Dutch population. Traditions are, however, ever-changing entities, especially ones rooted in colonial commodification of blackness.

How is VOX making the Spanish flag wave again?

Article

Jozefien Boone

08/07/2020

17 minutes to read

The rise of the far-right party VOX is changing the political climate of Spain. By hegemonizing the ideology of the New Right, the party re-introduces nationalism in the country's politics and public debate.

Who are the Black Pete supporters?

Article

Beau Swierstra

07/01/2020

14 minutes to read

Black Pete is part of the Dutch Sinterklaas tradition, but is seen as racist by many. Each year, Dutch nationalists are becoming more and more active aiming to keep Black Pete "as black as possible". Who are the people that defend Black Pete?

Pan-Slavism, Russian populism and the annexation of Crimea

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

Carmen Gabriela Lupu

30/11/2019

27 minutes to read

The annexation of Crimea was regarded as a huge success by Russian Pan-Slavists and as a victory against the West. This article examines how Pan-Slavism and populist discourse contributed to the annexation of the region.

Golden Dawn in Greece: a discussion with Dimitris Psarras

Interview

Sabine Pappas

04/09/2019

Discussing Greece's Golden Dawn party with Dimitris Psarras

Chinese intellectuals, digital media, weibo,

Where have the Chinese public intellectuals gone?

Column

Mingyi Hou

07/03/2019

9 minutes to read

In the democratization paradigm the focus is on the question to what extent media institutions are free from state intervention. In this column, Mingyi Hou questions the usefulness of this paradigm to explain why Chinese public intellectuals seem to be disappearing.

Benjamin De Cleen on Digital Culture in 2018 & 2019

Interview

The Editors

Benjamin De Cleen

19/12/2018

According to Benjamin De Cleen, we need to be careful with making big claims about the impact of new media technology. However, people do need to consider important changes in the discourse and in the communication strategies.