Public Sphere

Borat: a Bi-cultural Mockumentary

Paper

Valentina Brkan

29/11/2019

12 minutes to read

As a bi-cultural mockumentary, Borat manages to parody, critique and deconstruct both American and Kazakh culture.

Racism and the politics of the beach

Column

Ana Deumert

28/11/2019

7 minutes to read

It's time to talk about racism and beach apartheid. Ana Deumert discusses ‘the beach’ as part of the settler-colonial imaginary in South Africa.

Fake News

File

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.

Turkey's Struggle for Media Freedom: Medyascope

Article

Ugur Dulger

16/09/2019

10 minutes to read

Medyascope.tv is one of the rare examples of alternative journalism which incorporates many digital platforms and operates in a discourse of freedom instead of opposition.

Jordan Peterson as a human filter bubble

Academic paper

Inge van de Ven

21/06/2019

18 minutes to read

The case of Jordan Peterson demonstrates that in today’s public spheres, the figure of the public intellectual is not necessarily free from ulterior motives in filtering information for the general public.

Antonio Gramsci and the internet, wearing Google Glasses

Why Gramsci's ideas are still relevant

Column

Jan Blommaert

28/11/2019

5 minutes to read

Gramsci has never been more relevant today today, in times of digital culture wars.

Het Trapveldje: Vacant space in the densely built environment

Article

Marjoca de Greef

06/12/2019

15 minutes to read

Het Trapveldje was a space for wild play and ‘marginal’ activities, where locals came to play, linger, talk and watch. This indistinct, scruffy field was also a stage for an unyielding battle between locals and the municipality of Amsterdam.

Politieke correctheid blijft een canard (Gerben Bakker, Gert Jan Geling)

Review

Jan Blommaert

04/04/2019

17 minutes to read

De auteurs van "Over Politieke Correctheid" beweren een analytische en genuanceerde duiding van PC te geven. Maar ze schreven een studie zonder object, zonder actoren en zonder processen.