Human beings make sense of the world through the stories that they tell. Contemporary media is still predominately postmodern, but there are signs that there is a shift towards a new ‘post...Show moreHuman beings make sense of the world through the stories that they tell. Contemporary media is still predominately postmodern, but there are signs that there is a shift towards a new ‘post-postmodern’ paradigm. In this thesis I will analyze this shift through the figure of the literary vampire, introducing the concept of the hauntological dominant of post-postmodernism.Show less
Realisme is een veelbesproken begrip dat onderhevig is aan eindeloze filosofische discussies. Ook binnen de mediatheorieën van onder andere film en fotografie is het een onderwerp dat zeer...Show moreRealisme is een veelbesproken begrip dat onderhevig is aan eindeloze filosofische discussies. Ook binnen de mediatheorieën van onder andere film en fotografie is het een onderwerp dat zeer regelmatig aan bod komt. Zo kunnen beide media gezien worden als hulpmiddelen om de ‘onbemiddelde waarheid’ vast te leggen, maar zijn deze ook beide gedreven in het creëren van fictieve taferelen. Vooral in het geval van cinema kan de mogelijkheid tot het creëren van illusies gezien worden als één van de kernpunten voor het daverende succes van het medium. Echter, bij het creëren van nieuwe, imaginaire werelden, ontstaan ook andere (filmische) wetten en regels dan die wij in onze realiteit gewend zijn. Deze afwijkende noties van realiteit hebben onder andere invloed op de manier waarop film en fotografie gebruikt en gezien worden. Zodoende is dit onderzoek erop gericht om erachter te komen hoe de media film en fotografie in films ingezet worden om de grenzen van onze realiteit te overschrijden.Show less
In this thesis I discuss the influence of toxic fans on movies themselves and the mutual relationship between toxic fans and creators using fan studies and theories of toxic geek masculinity and...Show moreIn this thesis I discuss the influence of toxic fans on movies themselves and the mutual relationship between toxic fans and creators using fan studies and theories of toxic geek masculinity and fandom. Starting with Gamergate as a boiling point that affected the 2016 Ghostbusters remake, which resisted toxic fans explicitly. As well as analysing the Star Wars sequel trilogy, in particular The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker. Showing how coordinated attacks influenced the trilogy whilst it was being made.Show less
This thesis studies Patricia Lockwood's novel No One Is Talking About This and Maxime Garcia Diaz' poetry collection Het Is Warm In De Hivemind in search of an understanding of the forms of affect...Show moreThis thesis studies Patricia Lockwood's novel No One Is Talking About This and Maxime Garcia Diaz' poetry collection Het Is Warm In De Hivemind in search of an understanding of the forms of affect that arise in an online/offline dynamic. It brings this affect in conversation with theories of metamodernism and postdigitality. It puts forth a sensibility called the postdigital, metamodern sensibility in which the poles of postmodern irony and cynicism and modern enthusiasm and naivety exist in a fluid dualism with eachother, as opposed to in the oscillation proposed by the metamodern school.Show less
This thesis explored the Afropessimism framework for examining the dynamics of race and racial inequality in the United States and Brazilian contexts and its potential for advancing racial justice...Show moreThis thesis explored the Afropessimism framework for examining the dynamics of race and racial inequality in the United States and Brazilian contexts and its potential for advancing racial justice efforts. It examined and answered the following questions: How does the critical perspective of Afropessimism impact the experiences and identities of individuals of African descent in the Americas, specifically in the U.S. and Brazil? How does Afropessimism critique the effectiveness of the human rights framework in securing racial justice for individuals within the African diaspora? To examine the translatability of Afropessimism to a different cultural context other than that of the U.S., I researched whether this theoretical framework could also accurately explain the historical and contemporary experiences of Black individuals in Brazil. These questions aimed to evaluate the extent to which Afropessimism, departing from other racial theories, such as intersectionality, questions the efficacy of the human rights framework in transforming society and its social institutions, as a means of irrevocably achieving racial justice.Show less
