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Arts is originally related to art and as such refers to a skill and to creativity.

How ballroom culture is shaped by oppression

Paper

Tunde Farago

Jie Lin

Magdalena Rolle

14/06/2019

10 minutes to read

In this paper, the two-dimensional forms of differentiation as documented in Paris is Burning will be discussed, with the aim to analyse how this shapes the ballroom culture.

Death Mentalities in the 21st Century

Timeline

Martin Hoondert

30/05/2019

1 minute to read

Death is part of the human condition. Through time, people have tried to cope with death through rituals and arts and each age seems to have a dominant attitude towards death - the so-called death mentalities.

"Breakdance": Breaking global cultural boundaries through dance

Paper

Christopher Sling

29/04/2019

12 minutes to read

Few people are aware of the ongoing global presence of Breakdance. Read this article to know why and how the underground art form spread worldwide.

The (in)visible Poetry Museum in Amsterdam

Paper

Chiara Palsgraaf

26/04/2019

17 minutes to read

The Poetry Museum raises consciousness on the role of AR, art and the museum in the public sphere. It shows that online media has the ability to influence the public sphere but is inevitably linked to the offline culture to establish changes.

Reusing Churches in the Netherlands

Article

Nataliia Vdovychenko

28/06/2019

13 minutes to read

Churches close down because of the small number of parishioners and this tendency is an important marker for the position of religion in Western Europe. What happens when churches do not attract the same numbers of believers anymore?

Welkom in mijn baarmoeder, mijn lief kunstmatig kind

Column

Seline Westerhof

29/03/2019

3 minutes to read

Ivf bood mijn moeder de mogelijkheid tot moederschap. Maar was zij een sterke vrouw met een eigen keuze of een willoos slachtoffer van de technologie?

Ai Weiwei and the Art of Activism

Article

Ghyli Kirshner

14/05/2019

12 minutes to read

Whether pictures of his middle finger in front of national buildings or a recreation of a drowned refugee, Ai Weiwei is not afraid to shock and confront people with his art works.

Tumblr's ban of pornographic content

Article

Federica Morgandi

08/04/2019

11 minutes to read

Why does Tumblr have a new policy to ban all adult content? The general response of users is not positive, and this article will explore the reasons behind the decision, as well as the issue of content moderation that many platforms are facing