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diggit magazine is a bilingual community-driven academic news and information platform. It provides quality information in times of digitalization, globalization and super-diversity. The name diggit magazine is derived from diggin’ (for) something. diggit magazine not only wants to dig into the effects of digitalization and globalization on culture, media, language and arts, it also wants to provi

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This working paper examines the global rise of Gangnam Style to demonstrate how the Korean-language song and music video...
04/09/2026

This working paper examines the global rise of Gangnam Style to demonstrate how the Korean-language song and music video spread from South Korea to become a worldwide cultural phenomenon. Through this examination, this paper highlights the importance of studying non-Western celebrities.

By Mingyi HouAbstractIn academia, celebrity study remains an ever growing interest, especially in media and culture studies. However, few researchers have expanded their scope of exploration to the celebrities who gain stardom across national and cultural borders. The current study considers Psy ...

Activists and academics regularly refer to colonialism and its ongoing impacts on communities, economies, and geopolitic...
04/09/2026

Activists and academics regularly refer to colonialism and its ongoing impacts on communities, economies, and geopolitics. But how did modern forms of colonialism emerge? And how have histories of colonialism shaped today’s familiar technologies, landscapes, and policies? Kate Huber’s new book, Irish Ecomedia: Empire and Environmental Justice in the Modernization of Postcolonial Ireland examines the foundational connections between European colonialism and the environment in contemporary representations of progress through Britain’s first colonial testing ground: Ireland. On May 7, 2026, Huber presented Irish Ecomedia at Tilburg University, and Lucy Collins of University College Dublin offered a response to the book. Watch both lectures on Diggit Magazine.

Huber's new book, Irish Ecomedia: Empire and Environmental Justice in the Modernization of Postcolonial Ireland, examines changing technologies and media landscapes in the history of modernization in postcolonial Ireland and its relationship to the environment and cultural productio ...

This paper presents "feedwork" as a distinct mode of digital ethnography, suitable for particular research practices on ...
29/06/2026

This paper presents "feedwork" as a distinct mode of digital ethnography, suitable for particular research practices on social media feeds. In this paper, Sonali Kulkarni builds on her lived experience of the messy and volatile 'feed' and contextualises it within the long tradition of ethnographic approaches. By proposing a new term, she intends to create a methodological shorthand to address the specific opportunities and challenges of the social media feed as a mutable research field.

What do Donna Tartt’s novel The Secret History, the French Open, Taylor Swift’s song ‘this is me trying’, a Donald Trump meme, being a girl’s girl, and the TV adaptation of The Summer I Turned Pretty all have in common? They were all the main subjects of videos that appeared in quick su .....

This paper examines the adaptive reuse of Strijp-S in Eindhoven, focusing on how the site’s industrial heritage values h...
25/06/2026

This paper examines the adaptive reuse of Strijp-S in Eindhoven, focusing on how the site’s industrial heritage values have been preserved and transformed. The case of Strijp-S demonstrates that careful preservation of key elements, combined with the integration of contemporary functions, can sustain both tangible and intangible heritage.

The Netherlands has a rich industrial history, which is partially reflected by the many former factory sites that still exist today. While these industrial sites once played a crucial role in production and economic development, many of them are now vacant. While these factories stand vacant, the .....

This paper examines — Elon ’s AI-generated encyclopedia — as an ideological infrastructure of knowledge. The analysis...
22/06/2026

This paper examines — Elon ’s AI-generated encyclopedia — as an ideological infrastructure of knowledge. The analysis reveals how AI-generated knowledge can reproduce ideological bias under the guise of objectivity.

Knowledge has never been more accessible than it is today. The phrase “to Google it” has become a universal expression when searching for information online. One of the most influential websites in this context is Wikipedia because of its visibility and its comprehe ...

Ireland may have moved on from the Celtic Tiger crash in the headlines, but its aftermath still quietly shapes everyday ...
18/06/2026

Ireland may have moved on from the Celtic Tiger crash in the headlines, but its aftermath still quietly shapes everyday life. CMAT’s 2025 album EURO-COUNTRY gives voice to that unspoken legacy, turning private grief into public confrontation. The viral spread of the title track which is set against images of abandoned houses and grim news clippings, shows how pop music can surface unresolved social wounds and transform silence into collective reflection.

Ireland in the 2020s is haunted by the memories of a crisis that no longer dominates headlines but continues to shape everyday life. The aftermath of the Celtic Tiger collapse lingers as a kind of national silence; an unresolved trauma that remains felt rather than openly addressed. It is into th .....

"Your ai slop bores me" is a wesbite that blurs the lines between viewer and creator. As a parody of large language mode...
15/06/2026

"Your ai slop bores me" is a wesbite that blurs the lines between viewer and creator. As a parody of large language models, the page brings people together through nostalgia for a simpler internet and mockery of generative AI. The goal is to foster creativity and connection, as it is a place to let go of online hostility and the surrealism of a web flooded with non-human content.

Your ai slop bores me (youraislopbores.me) is a website designed by programmer Mihir Maroju that was launched on March 2, 2026. The project, often shortened to "YASBM", was designed to be a parody of large language models (LLMs) like the ones that are used by generativ ...

Persecution and communal violence present methodological challenges for researchers of violence. One such challenge lies...
12/06/2026

Persecution and communal violence present methodological challenges for researchers of violence. One such challenge lies in connecting persecutor and victim, as well as macro- and micro- factors. Part of the solution to this challenge may come from adapting approaches of linguistic anthropology to gossip and ‘everyday talk’. This working paper proposes that persecution has two poles: collective (in which persecutors are generally not acquainted with their victims) and intimate (in which persecutors are generally well acquainted through day-to-day or other meaningful contact). By analyzing intimate persecution of ‘sorcerers’ and ‘Chinese’ in Indonesia, this working paper suggest that gossip and everyday talk enables stereotypes to be ‘pinned onto’ certain acquaintances.

By Zane Goebel and Nicholas HerrimanIntroductionSocio-cultural anthropology is often conceived of as the study of big themes in little places. It is thus not surprising that when anthropologists have turned to the issue of violence, we have been concerned with how, what might be called macro-hist .....

Ladislav Bielik's picture "The Bare-chested Man in Front of the Occupiers’ Tank" reflects both a single moment and the ...
10/06/2026

Ladislav Bielik's picture "The Bare-chested Man in Front of the Occupiers’ Tank" reflects both a single moment and the Czechoslovakian context of 1968. The emotional and symbolic core of the photograph—the exposed chest, the human body, the man’s expression—are analysed using Judith Butler’s (2015) understanding of the body as a form of speech within public space. Through this analysis, this article demonstrates how the street can function as a symbolic space of withdrawal, and how resistance can be expressed through the body itself.

Coming across the photograph The Bare-chested Man in Front of the Occupiers’ Tank captured by Ladislav Bielik from the year 1968 is an eye opening experience, not only for its visual effect on the viewer but also the context and history it indexes. Looking beyond the captivati ...

This article explores how poetry acts as a transformative tool for marginalized voices, guiding individuals from persona...
08/06/2026

This article explores how poetry acts as a transformative tool for marginalized voices, guiding individuals from personal identity formation to active participation in public discourse. By cultivating critical literacy, empathy, and civic awareness, poetry enables young people, especially from underrepresented backgrounds, to articulate personal experiences and challenge societal norms. Through educational programs and the case study of Amanda Gorman’s The Hill We Climb, this paper demonstrates how poetry fosters the rhetorical and analytical skills needed for democratic engagement. Drawing on Habermas' theory of the public sphere, it argues that poetry not only supports personal growth but also enables marginalized individuals to transcend barriers in public life, advocating for an inclusive public sphere that values diverse perspectives.

In a world where marginalized voices are too often sidelined, poetry offers a powerful bridge between private identity formation and public engagement. As a form of self-expression, poetry does more than allow individuals to share their thoughts. It fosters critical literacy, emotional intelligen .....

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