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Digital activism

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Digital activism is a digitally mediated form of social activism and an umbrella term that contains ‘algorithmic activism’, ‘slacktivism’ and other practices that can be seen as digital activism.

Animal Rights

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Animal rights is the idea that humans "do not have a right to use non-human animals for our own purposes, which include food, clothing, entertainment, and vivisection. This is based on a rejection of speciesism and the knowledge that animals are sentient beings." (Lin 2019)

Counter-mapping

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Counter-mapping refers to the effort of mapping against dominant power structures with the aim of creating social or political change. 

Critical cartography

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Critical cartography refers to the academic field in which products and processes of cartography are critically analysed in order to reveal hegemonic power-relations.

Hidden transcripts

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Hidden transcripts is a concept often used in discussions of power and resistance, and it refers to forms of resistance and dissent that are kept out of sight for those in power.

Algorithmic activism

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Algorithmic activism, when intentional, presupposes that the activists not only subscribe to the message they interact with, but also understand the affordances and the algorithmic construction of the medium.

Choreography of assembly

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Choreography of assembly (Gerbaudo, 2014) refers to 'the mediated 'scene-setting' and 'scripting' of people's physical assembling in public space' as a key-ingrediënt of 21st century social movements.
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Jan Blommaert's struggle

Column
Jenny-Louise Van Der Aa
10/01/2021
2 minutes to read

Jan Blommaert has recently passed away. Jenny Van der Aa reflects on his political and democratic engagement as one of his former close collaborators at Tilburg and Ghent University.

Karen and digital vigilantism

Article
Aleksandra Dimitrova
06/01/2021
10 minutes to read

‘Karen’ videos are on the rise, but who is the digital vigilantes and who is the offender? Some aspects of dangerous forms of digital vigilantism.

The Metamorphosis of Patti Smith

Article
Nina Groeskamp
06/01/2021
12 minutes to read

Is Patti Smith a celebrity or public intellectual? This article analyses her main role through the perspective of these two models. She is a different assemblage, playing different roles on each occasion. 

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The controversial 'I no longer participate' hashtag

Article
Simone Sprangers
04/01/2021
15 minutes to read

A group of Dutch celebrities started a 'I no longer participate' hashtag on Instagram. This is a protest action against the government's management of the coronacrisis. What can this tell us about digitalization influences of news media? 

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Instagram slideshows: making the political 'aesthetic'

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Jessaline Tanjung
04/12/2020
15 minutes to read

This article explores how Instagram slide shows rose to prominence during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests, and what this means for the future of online activism. 

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Eco-terrorism: going in depth on the fur industry 'blueprint'

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Nataliia Vdovychenko
16/11/2020
14 minutes to read

The eco-terrorism topic is somewhat taboo in contemporary media. Nowadays, radical environmentalist organizations operate mostly under the radar, distribute pamphlets, raise awareness, and work towards expanding their network.