Culture policy and economic impact

This article is written as part of one of the courses of the BA Online Culture: Art, Media and Society or the MA Online Culture at Tilburg University. Click on the link for more info on the courses and the programme.

In this international Bachelor’s program Online Culture: Art, Media and Society (Culture Studies) the focus is on digital culture and (new) media. From disciplines such as cultural studies and media studies you study how digitalization and globalization influence our way of living. You discuss new ways of communication, art expressions as well as (social) media expressions like memes and trolls. You research how such ways of communication and expressions are established and how they manifest in, and have influence on a society that increasingly takes place online. Additionally, you actively contribute to digital culture by writing papers and opinion pieces for our own online platform Diggit Magazine.

The Castle of Tilburg: A medieval castle in an industrial city

Paper

Ellis Quaedvlieg

17/04/2020

15 minutes to read

Tilburg is an industrial city with a visible medieval history, however people have been living in the area for centuries, is there a way to bring the medieval past of the city back to live or should it remain a part of the past?

Durbuy, the smallest city in the world, as amusement parc

Paper

Sarah-Maria Geradin

27/03/2020

20 minutes to read

Durbuy, the smallest city in the world, will soon be bigger than Disneyland due to the project developed by Marc Coucke, a Belgian billionaire. Promised to be respectful of the area, will this project truly be sustainable?

yoghurt, history of yoghurt, cultural heritage

Yoghurt, whose is it? Yoghurt as cultural exchange

Article

Stella Veranoudi

14/04/2019

10 minutes to read

When one hears yoghurt, they’ll most likely think of Greek yoghurt. However, yoghurt is not originally Greek. More countries, like Turkey and Bulgaria are branding and claiming it as part of their own cultural heritage and history.

Het Trapveldje: Vacant space in the densely built environment

Article

Marjoca de Greef

14/04/2019

16 minutes to read

Het Trapveldje was a space for wild play and ‘marginal’ activities, where locals came to play, linger, talk and watch. This indistinct, scruffy field was also a stage for an unyielding battle between locals and the municipality of Amsterdam.

The Boschpoort Redemption

Article

Anouk van Vliet

Jarell Paulissen

12/03/2019

16 minutes to read

Based on the writings of Temminck Groll on the value of buildings and Bourdieu on types of capital, this article will be an inquiry into the social and economic impact of the 'Koepelgevangenis' in Breda having been turned into an escape room.

Carnival: just another party?

Paper

Ruben Bastiaanse

01/03/2019

13 minutes to read

The future of carnival: is the traditional character and historical function of carnival at peril?

picture of the Depot Museum Boijmans van Beuningen

The Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Depot

Paper

Maud Schoonen

07/12/2018

12 minutes to read

This paper investigates if the new Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Depot is a transparent museum or merely provides the illusion of transparency.

Side of the church of the Holy Heart in Tilburg

Deconstructing Tilburg: the Heilig Hartkerk

Academic paper

Inge Beekmans

16/11/2018

25 minutes to read

The Heilig Hartkerk was intentionally demolished by the inhabitants of the city. A decision many people now regret. Was it a flurry of bewilderment? Or did something more deliberate, and possibly even malicious, happen?