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Maps and how their image is changing.
From the different kinds of leones belgica (Dutch lions) to mapae mundi (world maps) to atlantes (atlases); I love maps! There is just something about them...
Continue reading...A story of my life (or How Digital Media affected my daily life)
Chat Failures: A position on Digital Communication
Impatiently I looked on my phone for the tenth time that minute. I was waiting for a reply, feeling like my life depends on it. What...
Continue reading...What It Means To Be An Older Millennial
According to the “powers that be” who create generational names, I am what is considered to be an older millennial. My understanding of this term means...
Continue reading...LGBTQIA+ Media: A Short Blog
Now more than ever before, LGBTQIA+ people are represented in the media. Pictures of Drag Queens/Kings, pride flags, and coming out videos/posts have become so much...
Continue reading...Social Dilemma: Is it that surprising at all?
Living in a perfect world is not that perfect
Disinformation in times of corona
The Evolution of AI and will our barmen become machines?
This first blog post will focus on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) evolved throughout the years, I will mention and describe some of the milestones of this...
Continue reading...COVID-19 and the Emergence of the Digital Art Historian
From jealousy to waiting for another ping
GAME OVER: The Importance of Preservation In Video Games
Often, when we think of heritage, our minds direct towards displays of craftsmanship, monumentality– big stones put up by hairy men in loincloths or photo-realistic paintings...
Continue reading...My ambivalence towards Digital Culture
I feel Ambivalent towards digital media, and the cultures that grow out of them. Which is weird, considering I’m on them all the time. Videos on...
Continue reading...Plants 101 & The Internet
I like plants. I won’t bore you with reasons why I like them, but I enjoy working with them. However, when the tips of my spider...
Continue reading...Petitions and Data Protection
Petitions have an important place in human history as the tool that has often been the only voice of marginalized people. They can be found across...
Continue reading...Forced social media use
The benefits and downsides were already spoken of a lot in my previous blog posts. This blog post in not necessarily about a negative or positive...
Continue reading...You’ll close your eyes to the pictures, the memories and eventually the facts
Since the existence of image-based journalism and the overall rise in various media formats, we have become oversaturated with images. This in itself does not have...
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...
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