Written by Carlijn Cober
Published on: 19 November 2021
After speaking at the online conference of the “Uses of Literature” research group at the University of Southern Denmark, Carlijn Cober has written a paper on the topic she spoke about: reading for the sake of feeling. Carlijn’s talk “Reading for Feelings” focussed mainly on Roland Barthes. The article discusses the personal phenomenon of reading for feelings.
Reading for feeling, to Carlijn, has a two-fold meaning…
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Christophe van Eecke
Published on: 14 November 2021
rne spelling maar met compromisloos behoud van Streuvels’ innovatieve taaleigen dat in vele honderden woordverklaringen op een vlotte manier wordt ontsloten. Streuvels is een universeel auteur. Hij schrijft over kleine, alledaagse mensen in de klei van de Vlaamse polders, maar hij doet dat met de allure van een mythologie, waarin het hier-en-nu van hard labeur en de concrete plaatsing in herkenbare Vlaamse landschappen de mythologische en universele tendensen perfect in balans houden. We stellen vast dat Streuvels vandaag nog even radicaal, overweldigend en eigentijds is als meer dan een eeuw geleden.
Vincent Meelberg
Published on: 5 November 2021
One thing social distancing has taught us is how important touch is for us human beings. When people do not have the possibility to physically touch other people they can develop a condition called touch starvation or touch deprivation. Touch starvation increases stress, depression, and anxiety, which in turn may result in serious health problems such as headaches, depression, and chronic pain…
Shot on iPhone: Apple’s World Picture
Niels Niessen
Published on: 26 October 2021
On January 9, 2007, at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco, Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs launched the iPhone. In fact, Jobs started his presentation by announcing three revolutionary new products: “an iPod with touch controls, a revolutionary mobile phone, and an Internet communicator. … So three things … Are you getting it?” The crowd is getting it. “This is one device, today Apple is going to reinvent the phone”.
This article by Niels Niessen takes the Shot on iPhone campaign as a lens onto Apple’s new American Dream, designed in Silicon Valley and manufactured in China, under terrible working conditions.
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