Files

Body politics

Obsession with one’s body is often part of growing up. The unspoken question is here: which standard are we trying to apply to ourselves?

Tourism in the digital age

Apps like AirBnB, Google maps or even Tinder have become an important part of contemporary travelling and tourism. The internet has become an important infrastructure for travelling and digitalization has shaped tourism in the 21st century.  This file addresses the impact of digitalization on tourism and travel.

Breivik, his sources and his legacy

A file on the Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik and his view of the world.

Digital culture in 2019

Digital technologies are so omnipresent around the world that the study of digital culture potentially encompasses all aspects of everyday life, and is not limited to the internet or modern communication technologies.

Global Compact For Migration

The controversy around the Global Compact for Migration is still very much alive. New right parties all over the world  find each other in their fight against it. But what is this Compact really about? Is it really a treath to the nations worlwide? And what about human rights? 

Digital media and society

Digitalisation has a pervasive influence on societies around the world. Digitalisation alters the relation between citizen and society. 

Beauty and digital culture

Social media such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and many others have become essential features of our everyday life. Beauty standards are now being constructed and enforced by influencers on a global scale.

Big data & surveillance

We live in a world of big data. We enjoy it everyday, when we Google for something, when we use social media or when we navigate using the app on our smartphone. But big data also come with disciplining practices, control and surveillance.

Asylum Seekers Online

Humanities

Maandelijks vertelt een 'zachte wetenschapper' over zijn methode en waarom die wetenschappelijk is