Academic publishing

Nowadays, academic publishing has become a multi-billion industry. Not knowledge as such, but profits are key in this industry. This commodification of knowledge production can be seen as a treath to academic culture. 

Podcast: Code Red: 2045

Video
Prajakta Athlekar
31/05/2024

In 2045, a fictional world sees AI health coaches dictating citizens' futures. This speculative tale explores the chilling consequences of technology, privacy erosion, and societal inequality. Welcome to a future where fiction meets foresight.

The Silicon and the Scalpel: Wearable Wellness

Video
Maartje Verschuuren
26/04/2024

Welcome to the podcast The Silicon and the Scalpel. This episode dives into Wearable Wellness with special guest Vanessa van der Vlugt. We talk about changes within the use of smartwatches for health implementations and what has changed.

Sophie Scholl from the history books to Instagram

@IamSophieScholl: Instagram meets 1942

Article
Nathalie Schabio
11/09/2023
12 minutes to read

@IamSophieScholl is a multimedia project that brings Sophie Scholl from the history books into the present through the affordances of social media. This article unravels the tension between fact and fiction inherent in the project. 

Bearing witness online: How hashtags enabled an uprising in Iran

Paper
Prajakta Athlekar
05/06/2023
15 minutes to read

This paper explores how the fearless citizens of Iran are bearing witness every single day and strengthening the revolution through witness footage, hashtag framing, and authenticity.