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

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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.

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.

Dr. Paulan Korenhof

Paulan Korenhof on Article 17 GDPR and digital representations

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The Editors
25/06/2020

According to Dr. Paulan Korenhof, it is important to think about manners in which we can control our digital representations. Article 17 GDPR — which is popularly known as 'the right to be forgotten' — might play a significant role in this process. In this video, she explains why. 

Dr. Inge van de Ven

Inge van de Ven on big books in times of 'Big Data'

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The Editors
04/05/2020

In her book, Big Books in Times of Big Data, Dr. Inge van de Ven from Tilburg University explores the ways in which "the digital" has influenced, and will continue to influence, the novel as a genre.

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

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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. 

Dating apps can help people to meet other people with similar sexual preferences. But there are also some issues with these types of online platforms. In this episode of Babylon is Burning, Sander de Ridder explains why 'sexual politics' is such an important topic. 

In this video Ralf de Wolf discusses the ways in which we need privacy in order to have a well functioning democracy, and the ways in which our privacy and our society are being threatened by a misuse of new technologies.

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Online dating with Babylon is Burning and Alex Schouten

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The Editors
23/05/2019

What are the do's and don't's of online dating? Diggit Magazine invited Alex Schouten in the studio of Babylon is Burning to give you scientific insight in the world of online dating. 

In the second episode of Babylon's Burning, we talk with Chrissy Cook (Tilburg University) on her research on trolls and trolling. Chrissy has spent the last four years of her life dedicated to studying this phenomenon.