Whereas different aspects of teaching and learning in Higher Education are often discussed within an academic community, teaching the EU seems to receive less attention. Especially in recent years we testimony the decreasing interest to EU studies in universities, including some signs of disappearing …

Hoe kunnen de avatars verfijnd worden door middel van Laban Movement Analysis voor het gebruik in een fMRI-scan om de neurologische effecten van happy en sad bewegingen te meten?

This conversation between Geert Lovink and Nikita Lin reflects upon our inner experiences within the global networked digital cultures. It explores the tactics, aesthetic and political, in response to the breakdowns brought by digital platforms and the possibility of creating new beginnings through persistent …

A long time ago, well before the COVID-19 pandemic, a sad, dark thing clawed its way into our social media feeds: depression memes. These memes, shared on social platforms such as Instagram, Twitter, Reddit, 4chan, and TikTok, date back to as early as 2016, although it’s hard to tell precisely. What …

by using the design thinking method research is done to find out how audio impacts the user experience and what ways there are for the implementation of audio. A prototype, featuring an Augmented Reality will be built and used as a way of testing. The results indicate that for the implementation of audio …

“Dökülen gözyaşları yalnızsın diye heba olmaz.” René Char—“Autocorrect dün gece rüyama girdi.” Darcie Wilder—“Kişisel olan gayri şahsidir.” Mark Fisher —Motivasyonel konuşmacı: “Sola kaydır ve hayatına devam et.”—“Kolay sayılırım ama seninle görüşmek için çok meşgulüm” t-shirt’ü—“Neden benimle ortada …

While classical melancholy was defined by isolation and introspection, today’s tristesse plays out amidst busy social media interactions. Geert Lovink on ‘technological sadness’ – the default mental state of the online billions.