On 26 and 27 September, the two-day artistic–scientific festival “Reclaiming our Futures” will take place at the Lindenberg Culture House in Nijmegen.

"It is very important to broaden the scope of the political—particularly by incorporating the issue of attachments and emotions—because fascism has already done so. The definition of the political in ...

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This article traces how the network of ordinary municipal drains (nullahs) in Northeast Delhi became a ‘trauma trove’ in the aftermath of the 2020 Delhi pogrom. Drawing on three years of sensory et...

Purpose. This study offers an integrative narrative review of interdisciplinary scholarship on protest art, digital circulation, surveillance, memory and immersive media. It aims to examine how memori...

How do the upper-middle classes persevere when facing marginalisation? This study qualitatively analyses the various reactions of upper-middle-class Muslim professionals in Mumbai in the backdrop o...

Violence between Hindus and Muslims in India has traditionally taken a single form – the riot. The interpretation of this phenomenon has changed over time. First, it was marked by ‘primordialism,’ ...

Doctoral researcher Soma Basu was gaining global awards as an investigative journalist. Then, journalistic and academic freedom took a turn towards worse in India.

Violence between Hindus and Muslims in India has traditionally taken a single form – the riot. The interpretation of this phenomenon has changed over time. First, it was marked by ‘primordialism,’ ...

Haunted and eerie? More like cosy and serene. Gen Z is bringing their love stories to life among the dead

-This article examines the changing nature of anti-Muslim violence in India under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), by building on the concept of a ‘religious ethnocracy’. It argues that, since 201...

Ten years ago this month, I resigned from my post and my profession in protest at the failure of my institution to deal with the problem of sexual harassment. It was a lot to give up. But it was neces...

This article traces how the network of ordinary municipal drains (nullahs) in Northeast Delhi became a ‘trauma trove’ in the aftermath of the 2020 Delhi pogrom. Drawing on three years of sensory et...

Professor Kaarina Nikunen never runs out of research ideas. She is interested in human encounters and the ways that emotions shape our relationship with the media.

Cornelia Brantner, Kaarina Nikunen, Georgia Aitaki

In the everyday context, the term “hate speech” has become increasingly politicized and emotionally charged, yet these vernacular constructions of hate speech r...

Odkryj, jak prorządowe media w Indiach kreują wydarzenia w konflikcie z Pakistanem. Poznaj mechanizmy cenzury mediów.

Meta has illegally used millions of books and scientific papers to train its AI models. We explain how to check if your work has been pirated, and what steps you can take if it has.

Join us for a deep dive into the world of TikTok, grief, and how we can find connection through it all.

“How to make Muslim women Hindu cock whore—Conquer, Humiliate, Breed”—r/Hindudom This was the text of a meme found on scrolller.com, an image aggregation platform, in the r/Hindudom discussion thre...

I have been immersed in writing No is Not a Lonely Utterance and have just now sent a revised version back to my editor at Penguin.

Open Cultural Studies is a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal that explores the fields of Humanities, Social Sciences and Arts. It interprets culture in an inclusive sense, in different theoretical, geo...

People say they don't want to be sad, but their online habits disagree. Content that channels sorrow for views has become a ubiquitous part of online culture. Why does it work?