Have you ever wanted to just escape from the digital era to a place and time where smartphones were not even invented? I sometimes do. With...
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Podcast: Cultural identity in Digital Media
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.
Continue reading...How The Internet Helped Me Create My First Art Collaboration.
Yup you read the title right. I, Jacqueline, have created my first ever collaboration with another artist. ALL ONLINE! Crazy, right? Normally you would expect artists...
Continue reading...Silicon Valley is our modern-day Library of Alexandria; let’s burn it to the ground!
Before I get on a watchlist, I want to clarify that in this blogpost I will not be talking about the physical Silicon Valley; just as...
Continue reading...The Digital Dilemma (Part 1)
In this three-part podcast Andrea Blattler, Fiona ‘t Hart and I discuss various benefits and drawbacks of digital platforms in relation to our own lives ,...
Continue reading...Digital Media and Performing Musicians
In this podcast, I interview René van Munster, a classical cellist and portfolio musician who performs with several ensembles in the Netherlands, such as Cello Octet...
Continue reading...I deleted Tiktok, again…
Everybody knows the feeling when you’ve been spending too much time on your phone, often specifically that one app that manages to keep you engaged for...
Continue reading...How do you do, fellow kids? Shifted any realities lately?
Let me preface this by saying the internet has always felt like an alternate universe to me. As a young teen growing up on MSN-messenger, the...
Continue reading...How ‘the digital’ slowly took over my life
* Why ‘the digital’ is written here in quotation marks will be elaborated more on in my next blogpost, but has to do with the fact...
Continue reading...We Are All Going to Be Cancelled
I know the title sounds scary but don’t panic. Let me explain everything to you. In my first blog, I want to touch upon a matter...
Continue reading...Pros, Joes and Influencers: Social Media and the Skateboarding Industry
It is no secret that the internet has changed the way people become famous. Previously, those who reached for the stars were reliant on the capital,...
Continue reading...Social Media, Capitalism and Performance: ranting about living in a post-digital age
As I was philosophising about what topic to talk about in this week’s blog post, I thought about the people I looked up to in the...
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THE DARK SIDE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
It is no surprise when I say that we live in a digitalized world. From emails to online banking, social media, streaming platforms, and even digitalized...
Continue reading...Knowing Your Every Move
Have you ever been watching something on youtube, but then found yourself an hour or two deep into recommended videos that you would never seek out...
Continue reading...How the digital world brought me closer to my favorite sport
I guess we all, or at least most of the people living in the Netherlands, have heard of formula 1 driver Max Verstappen. However, this is...
Continue reading...Influencers are better than you. (The one-sided story).
Influencers seem to be everywhere! They go to the greatest parties, wear the coolest clothing, and live the most beautiful and interesting lives and the beautiful...
Continue reading...Instant gratification on social media
Nowadays, social media platforms are appearing left and right. One uppon a time I vowed to never download this one particular app because I figured it...
Continue reading...How Political Fandom is Shaping the World
14 November 2020 Source: How Fan Culture is Swallowing Democracy. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/11/arts/how-fan-culture-is-swallowing-democracy.html
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