With insights from last week’s readings and examples from current popular media, Unnur and Grace discuss and reflect on their experience with cultural identity in digital media.
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The rise of tone indicators
History Tone indicators go way back, all the way to the late 16th century when a man named Henry Denham tried to introduce the percontation point....
Continue reading...How the Collapse of the Soviet Union Taught Me English
I remember a few years back asking my dad a question that had just come to me in that moment. “When did you know that I...
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Lorre French
By: Marcel Beentjes My first podcast is about Lorre French, a new computer program which will be used in the French department at Leiden University. But...
Continue reading...Digital Discussions Episode 5
Episode 5: The Language of the Internet This the fith episode of our podcast titled ‘Digital Discussions’, in which we discuss topics about the digital, humanities,...
Continue reading...Digital Discussions Episode 4
Episode 4: Translation and Technology This the fourth episode of our podcast titled ‘Digital Discussions’, in which we discuss topics about the digital, humanities, and digital...
Continue reading...Plurilingual parliament, how does it work?
By Marcel Beentjes, student French language and culture Good morning everyone! Today I am going to talk about the European Parliament. I will first give you...
Continue reading...‘im here to learn so :))))))’ – The exploitation of an AI *Trigger warning for the content of some images*
Some people may have heard of the short-lived existence of Microsoft’s AI chatbot called ‘Tay,’ others may have completely missed the event. The latter would come...
Continue reading...E – poetry and its cyber branches
“I’m just a squirrel looking for a nut You are a wizard harry I’m a what Glad to believe in #Jesus, He’s the best… From Fresno...
Continue reading...extracting the quintessence.
And here we are: the last blogpost of my little journey into the field of language published in this semester. You are finally released! Almost!I would...
Continue reading...Do not disturb. Studying for English exam.
The last weeks in class, we’ve been talking about games and the gamer scene in general. That made me think about if there are any connections...
Continue reading...We are all cyborgs (video + blogpost)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9nRolGa42w The video titled ‘We Are All Cyborgs’ is a short introduction and artistic interpretation of Donna Haraway’s ‘Cyborg Manifesto’ (1985). What is a cyborg you...
Continue reading...Who rules the world? English! Vol.3
Hello there! Nice that you are joining me for part three – the final part – of my little series about English in digital environments. First,...
Continue reading...“OK boomer” Vol. 1: Pride Comes Before the Fall
The other day I went shopping in a garden centre. You know, one of those very large ones that require a map to navigate. Why I...
Continue reading...Am I an Otaku? UwU
Growing up I watched a lot of animated series, and I still do because they are amazing. My animation journey thus started early on with baby-books,...
Continue reading...Who rules the world? English! Vol. 2
Welcome back to part 2 of my deep dive into the question if and why English is pushed as universal language in digital media. Last week,...
Continue reading...Who rules the world? English! Vol.1
Today, I am going to start of my post a bit different. I have a little task for you: think about the last memes your friends...
Continue reading...Language Games
The inspiration for writing this blog post came to me while trying to have a conversation with my mother. Keyword: trying. It has become increasingly difficult...
Continue reading...The Magic of Subtitles
When I first came to the Netherlands, I was afraid that I won’t be able to communicate with the locals as I only speak very few...
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