Yes, I did it. I have created and uploaded a video in which I’m discussing four games that all revolve around communities and their social dynamics....
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A (digital) loveletter to my iPod classic
Whilst cleaning my old room at my parents, I found my red iPod Nano. My parents had gifted me this ‘dumb’ device in 2007, when I was...
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When last week we were talking about ‘The Self Online’ I started thinking about how we, as humans, are taught how to present ourselves and how...
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A millennial’s task
One of the most tedious remarks made by the older folks when it comes to millennials is that “we have everything at our fingertips, so we...
Continue reading...DestinyTalks Episode 1: Let’s talk about Tinder.
Join Iman Hasan Slaka, Caressa Betist Thenu and Joseph Thabang Palframan in this podcast exploring the realm of tinder!
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What is sex work and why should I care? When the topic of sex, sexuality and sex work enters a conversation, different reactions arise. Some argue...
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I spent a good part of my weekend procrastinating on the Internet trying to come up with something to write for this week’s blog post. I...
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Biometric Authentication
The Internet, Foucault’s Panopticon and You: A Digitized Disciplinary Society
Have you ever wondered what internet ‘cookies’ are? Or how secure your information is online? Since the digital revolution and the advent of the internet, data,...
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Explaining YouTuber earnings to my mum
The question of if online creators should get paid for what they do is a controversial one, but one thing is certain: there is an enormous...
Continue reading...Forgetting how to walk
Despite what my grandmother insists on telling strangers, she has recently turned 85 but most importantly she has an impressive memory. She doesn’t just remember facts,...
Continue reading...The Scale of the Greta-Effect
Today, on September 23rd, the United Nations Climate Action Summit is currently taking place in New York City following a weekend of global protests like never...
Continue reading...Modern mythology
Nowadays there aren’t as many battles and raids as in the age of the Vikings, so naturally the way in which the norse Gods are portrayed...
Continue reading...Ice Cream Cone Reality
I understood that there are bigger realities than others while I was shamelessly eating a second ice cream cone in the train station last night. It...
Continue reading...Online and offline life: the duality of nowadays reality
Did we unlearn to be bored?
We are not even fully awake and already grasping our phone to check social media. We are immediately turning on the radio or the television to...
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