Norse Gods, Nazis and Olympic Athletes
Every Olympic cycle, the unveiling of the Norwegian National Alpine Ski Team uniform represents a major public event in the Nordic country. The manufacturer, Dale of Norway, offers the sweater […]
Category Archives: cultural politics of image
Black Panther’s Biggest Easter Egg
There is a fantastic Easter egg buried in Marvel Studio’s latest box-office hit Black Panther. But this hidden gem is not the usual fodder for comic fan geek-outs or YouTube breakdowns. This Easter egg alludes to something surprisingly transcendent.
Gaming the Nation
In 2011, when Barack Obama made a diplomatic visit to the nation of Poland, he was presented with an unusual gift: a video game. It wasn’t just any video game. […]
Slacktivism, no more: “Sanctifying” Digital Humanitarianism in a Hypermediated Refugee Crisis
In the global media coverage of the present refugee crisis in Europe, digital activism has yet again received a bad name. All too familiar charges of slacktivism or armchair activism […]
The Digital as Salvation: A Digital Poetry after the Sewol Ferry Disaster
“Oh, my God…” You mumble to yourself. Several rescue ships are floating around a big ferry capsized, but you see no actual activities. The ship, which has been sinking slowly over […]
Kanye West and the Third Space: An artist’s complicated relationship to living in an as-if space
The Day Beyoncé Rocked the Super Bowl: An exploration into why Beyoncé’s performance turned into a controversy; Or, How Media are Confronting Privilege, Part 1
Unless you have managed to escape all popular culture within the United States, you are likely aware that the Super Bowl happened not too long ago. You are also likely […]
Christian Celebrity in the Media: It’s complicated
American religious authority and the media have always had an ambiguous relationship. American Cultural Protestantism (which tends to define both Protestant and Catholic domestic values) has held within it an […]
Is There a Place for Those Who Question Authority in the LDS Church?
On the evening of October 5th, 2013, approximately 150 Mormon women belonging to the Latter-day Saint (LDS) feminist organization, Ordain Women, gathered at City Creek Park in downtown Salt Lake City […]
The Sewol Ferry Disaster, New Formations of the Social, and Digital Media (Part 2)
In my prior blog post, I covered two of six themes interwoven with the issue of religion and digital media in terms of the Sewol Ferry Disaster: 1) hyper-connectivity in and […]
Third Spaces 