Violence

Schild & Vrienden, Schild en Vrienden, nieuw rechts, Breivik, 4chan, 8chan

The model behind Schild en Vrienden

Column
Jan Blommaert
07/09/2018
5 minutes to read

The Belgian-Flemish radical organization Schild en Vrienden was recently exposed as a kind of Breivik Jugend, strongly organized online and offline and practicing for armed conflict with left-wing and immigrant enemies.  

How to study anti-police protest in a digital age

Working paper
Paul Mutsaers
10/11/2017

To understand police-public relationships, we need to study more imperceptible types of resistance and the complex, interlinked nature of plugged-in publics and their online, non-embodied, and thus less visible protests against police. 

Transgender surveillance and violence on (social) media: Dandara’s story

Article
Jenny-Louise Van Der Aa
04/04/2017
3 minutes to read

Trans* identities have gained popular attention in a time when violence against this population has escalated. This surveillance of trans* bodies is in stark contrast with a self-proclaimed trans* revolution in mainstream media. 

Discriminatory treatment of religious minorities in Indonesia

Article
Max Regus
01/11/2016
10 minutes to read

This article will discuss the status of religious minority groups in Indonesia. Its main focus is the discrimination these minorities still face on a daily basis.