Democracy

Keynote Lecture: 'The Question of Technology in the Common(s)' by Tiziana Terranova

Video

The Editors

21/06/2024

In the early 2000sm the notion of the digital commons, the creative commons, and commons-based peer production were posed. In this keynote talk, Tiziana Terranova relates the commons to technology to demonstrate how the meaning of these words has changed.

Lies, Laws, and Literature: What Franz Kafka Teaches Us about Power and Politics Today

Article

Katherine Huber

Odile Heynders

17/06/2024

11 minutes to read

What can we learn about contemporary by reading the work of Franz Kafka? In this article, Kate Huber and Odile Heynders address The Trial, pro-palestine protests, The Metamorphosis and the toeslagenaffaire.

How Marianne Williamson rises without mass media attention

Article

Thu Pham

19/02/2024

16 minutes to read

Marianne Williamson is running for the 2024 U.S. presidential elections against all odds. In this article, we look at how she uses social media to gain attention and get her message across to voters in a hybrid media system.

Illustration by @_rosedosed on Instagram

We moeten het hebben over respect

Academic paper

Tjeerd van de Laar

07/09/2023

14 minutes to read

Kritische analyse van het woord respect in de recent (2021) gewijzigde wetgeving over burgerschap in het funderend onderwijs. Tevens bied ik een alternatief voor de huidige formulering van de wet aan de hand van het begrip tolerantie.

The unintended consequences of taking misinformative electoral content off the air

Article

Helena Secaf dos Santos

02/10/2023

11 minutes to read

The regulatory strategy of taking online content off the air to counter electoral misinformation might backfire and create more distrust in democratic institutions.

EU and Digital Literacy Skills in Europe's Digital Decade

Article

Femke Pulles

Lieke Jacobs

29/03/2024

11 minutes to read

With the emergence of digitalisation, people need to navigate through the online world. Europe recognised this and aims to get 80% of the EU population digitally literate by 2030. This article analyses the goal's feasibility.

The Risks of Civil Disobedience Influenced by Online Culture

Academic paper

Bas Keemink

14/12/2022

17 minutes to read

On the basis of Ernesto Laclau's theory of political movements and current societal changes, this paper demonstrates that actions of civil disobedience in modern society that adhere to Arendt's criteria still have unfavorable effects.

Literaire fictie in de democratische publieke ruimte

Article

Odile Heynders

17/06/2022

19 minutes to read

De democratie is in verval. Kunnen we literaire fictie gebruiken om het tij te keren? Odile Heynders bespreekt 'Hoe ik talent voor het leven kreeg' van Rodaan Al Galidi en 'Het uur van de olifant' van Otto de Kat om antwoord te geven.