One way that I discovered to relax in the middle of the corona pandemic is by playing a board game, the Hogwarts Battle: Defence Against the Dark Arts, my object choice for the covid19 digital collection. The board game has served as a way to…
Author: valgas
Reflection: 3D Modelling
I was enthusiastic about working on the creation of a 3D model! 3D modelling is a professional skill I would like very much to have, and it was very interesting to learn about photogrammetry and Structure from Motion (SfM). Nevertheless, the processing of my dataset…
Film festivals in the digital world: a case study of the 2020 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
The 2020 edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam provided an inspiring example throughout the cultural sector in many operation areas. It implemented creative solutions to deal with pandemic restrictions, such as the creation of a digital space to engage the audience within the…
Journalism and conscientization: producing journalistic products that support social justice
Or Why we should advocate for multimodal journalism? Multimodality has been described as a field of research and practice that analyses the co-presence of different modes to pass a message. By doing that, multimodality helps people to enhance cognitive processes using diversified approaches. Thus,…
Reflection Period II
Looking back at my studies in the second period of the master’s degree, I feel that I learned not only essential theory related to media studies but also how to improve projects when dealing with possible stakeholders, inclusive teams, and clients. In the first course,…
Reflection | Period 1
The first period of this master’s degree was quite challenging; but also very rewarding. In relation to the content of the two courses we had in this period, Transformations in Digital Cultures and Real Virtualities, we were introduced to important concepts in the field of media…
Social impact business in an era of Big Data
Researching the ‘social’ as if it was more important than the ‘economic’ For the course Transformations in Digital Cultures, our final project was to conduct small ethnographical research to investigate a specific technology and a community engaging with it. I decided to investigate online social…
My theme
I’m very interested in designing for the web, so the blog design project was very exciting for me. Before I started to design it on WordPress, I created a wireframe design on Balsamic to visualize what I had in mind: If you are on my…
in class wearing my PJ pants
I’m sitting in my workspace. There is a table in front of me with all kinds of things: my laptop, my camera, a bunch of text markers with cute colors, plants, and a coffee mug stamped with flamingos. I also have a blanket below my…
the digital and the social: position paper
In a time where society is guided by technological advancements that states which nations and companies are leading the way in the globalized world, the digitalization of social life brings too many questions about what it means to be connected. Are the digital spaces “giving…