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Superdiversity

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Superdiversity (also written as super-diversity) refers to two major changes occurring across the world after the end of the Cold War: (a) new patterns of migration causing demographc changes, and (b) the emerging internet and its generalized spread, influencing all aspects of social, cultural and economic life.

Backpackers and identity in the digital world

Paper

Linmin Zheng

10/01/2020

20 minutes to read

This paper analyzes backpackers as a micro-population. It demonstrates how I produce part of my identity on and offline as a member of this transnational micro-population in the digital world.

K-pop, Korean pop, pop music, digital culture

K-pop and digital culture

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K-Pop has become a global phenomenon. How come Korean bands conquer the world? What make these pop-idols so popular and what role do their fans play? This and much more, can be found out in this new Diggit file. The focus of this file is on the rise of K-Pop in the context of digitalization and digital culture.

The development of Black Friday as a global sales phenomenon

Paper

Iris Dumoulin

25/11/2019

9 minutes to read

How the global sales phenomenon known as Black Friday is spreading faster on a global scale, and what these developments say about our current shopping behavior.

Deep fakes - an emerging risk to societies

Paper

Tunde Farago

18/11/2019

22 minutes to read

Deep fakes are a rapidly evolving technology that can easily fool not just our human senses, but also the software created to counter them. This paper explores their potential social, cultural and political implications.

female armpit hair, normativity, foucault, body politics, discrimination,

Gabriela de la Vega on Female Armpit Hair - Babylon is Burning

Video

The Editors

17/11/2019

Visible Female armpit hair stirs emotions and feeds online hypes and debates. Gabriela de la Vega started her research into female armpit hair by questioning the normality of 'shaving body hair' as a woman.

Fake News

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Fake news seems to rule the world. Since the 2016 election campaign of Donald Trump, the debate on fake news hasn't stopped. Even more, the term fake news has become an empty signifier acquiring new meaning depending on who uses the concept.

Chile violates Human Rights (and everyone can see it on Twitter)

Column

Juan Eduardo Bonnin

12/11/2019

5 minutes to read

Violations of human rights in Chile are evident in pictures, videos and testimonies. To Latin Americans, they resemble reports of human rights violations by military dictatorships, like the Never Again in Argentina. Is Twitter the new Never Again?

Bolsonara, Brazil, populism, amazon fires

The Amazon fires as talking to Bolsonaro

Article

Daniel Silva

10/10/2019

16 minutes to read

According to Daniel Silva, the Amazon Fires can best be considered as political talk: as digitally formatted practices trying to communicate with Bolsonaro.