From film clichés to original new cinemaCar chases, a hero grazing a bullet: with an action film, you know roughly what to expect. With a romantic film, the clichés are usually obvious too: when will they get together? The stories are diverse, but often follow the same pattern. Are there new, original storytellers who avoid the clichés? Who film more like life itself: more casually and unexpectedly... Film scholar Gerlinda Heywegen identifies a trend, one that makes you feel more relaxed and perhaps even happier at the cinema. But first, she revels in those delightful clichés. And there's the kiss!Studium GeneraleRead more
How can we break the power of Big Tech?Did you know that almost three quarters of Dutch student data is stored by American tech companies? Professor of internet security, Prof dr Roland van Rijswijk-Deij (UT), is shaking up the UT with a petition against Big Tech interference. He wonders whether we in the Netherlands can stand on our own digital feet. All the data we share via Facebook or WhatsApp also ends up in America. Dave Borghuis, privacy expert and founder of hackerspace TkkrLab, is committed to making people digitally critical and skilled. He himself caught the municipality of Enschede misusing Wi-Fi tracking.Read more
