The Left Can Meme: Strategies to Challenge Dutch Oppressive Political Discourses

By Chloë Arkenbout, November 11, 2021

“One must speak for a struggle for a new culture, that is, for a new moral life that cannot but be intimately connected to a new intuition of life, until it becomes a new way of feeling and seeing reality.” – Antonio Gramsci The fact that during the Trump era memes were claimed by the alt-right, with [...]

Value and Limits of Instagram Infographics: On Marginalized Groups Reclaiming their Power to Define

By Chloë Arkenbout, November 1, 2021

“Visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength; […] to define ourselves, name ourselves, and speak for ourselves, instead of being defined and spoken for by others.” – Audre Lorde Who would not want to live in a world where people are not put in [...]

Out now: INC Reader #15 Critical Meme Reader: Global Mutations of the Viral Image

By Chloë Arkenbout, September 2, 2021

Critical Meme Reader: Global Mutations of the Viral Image Beyond the so-called ‘Alt-right’ and its attendant milieus on 4chan and Reddit, memes have passed the post-digital threshold and entered new theoretical, practical, and geographical territories beyond the stereotypical young, white, male, western subject. As they metastasized from the digital periphery to the mainstream, memes have [...]

The Digital Gutmensch: The Ethics of Challenging Oppressive Discourses in the Digital Public Sphere

By Chloë Arkenbout, March 30, 2021

A Research Project About Moral Responsibility, Allyship and the Power of the Words We Choose I’ve been called a Gutmensch more times than I can count. And yes, I am aware of the fact that, usually, this is not a compliment. Honestly, I don’t care. It happens to be my aim to contribute to [...]