As shown by Fuglesang’s work, some sparks on specific aspects of visual communication and media design were present in the 1980s and 1990s. Notwithstanding these insights, the field of international development for a long time continued to focus on the semiotic point of view, analysing and decoding the …

Research and publishing have always been closely related but are currently undergoing changes. Informed by technological and cultural developments, their practices and definitions are being debated. For new forms of interdisciplinary and artistic research, there is a corresponding need for new forms …

This seminar is organized by the European Centre for Documentary Research (eCDR), as a complementary activity to expand the research work developed by its members and to generate links and collaborations with artists, theorists and other researchers.The present session focuses on contemporary documentary …

Digital research is taking the humanities by storm. This can be read not only from the many digital humanities programs in education and research in universities around the world but also from the attention for new media practices in humanities and art departments. Famously, and thought-provokingly, …

Exploring the politics of networks through and beyond social media Organized networks are an alternative to the social media logic of weak links and their secretive economy of data mining. They put an end to freestyle friends, seeking forms of empowerment beyond the brief moment of joyful networking. …

The European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA) is an independent organization that aims at stimulating and promoting innovative knowledge and practices of strategic communication, organizational communication and Public Relations across Europe. Founded in 1959 and previously …

Risico- en crisiscommunicatie heeft één gezicht in Zeeland: Zeeland Veilig. Veiligheidsregio Zeeland is initiatiefnemer en werkt hierbij samen met tal van Zeeuwse veiligheidspartners aan een veilige provincie en een zelfredzamere bevolking. Facebook is opgenomen in de online strategie van Zeeland Veilig, …

Jongeren komen op steeds vroegere leeftijd in aanraking met schoonheidsidealen, wat vooral lijkt te worden gestimuleerd door de invloeden vanuit de media en sociale media in het bijzonder. Er heeft in de afgelopen jaren een stijging plaatsgevonden van cosmetische behandelingen. Jongeren willen behandelingen …

The terms “post-media”, “Post-Internet” and “post-digital” are popular yet confusing. Despite their similarity, they refer to greatly different, sometimes unrelated notions of “medium” and “media” that have historically coexisted in the arts and the humanities. On top of that, each of them refers to …

SAMENVATTING We gaan allemaal dood. Een feit waar iedereen zich ergens bewust van is. We denken allemaal dat een ander daar eerder mee te maken krijgt dan wij. Als jongvolwassene staat de dood normaal heel ver van je vandaan. Maar wat als een van je ouders ziek wordt? Sterker nog, wat als deze ouder …