ECHO
MEDIA, CULTURE AND POLITICS
ECHO is devoted to the study of meaning across media, culture and politics, and their intersections. The group is home to an international group of scholars working on how meaning circulates, fluctuates, and resonates in society. Echo's aim is to produce a critical and nuanced understanding of how the reproduction and contestation of meaning contributes to social, cultural and political change and continuity.
Latest Publications
Revealing activist experiences through film-viewing: emotional geographies at the border of Ceuta and Melilla
Silvia Almenara-Niebla Ceuta and Melilla are considered exemplary models of the border spectacle. The fences of these cities typify the notion of ‘Fortress Europe’ and impel the emotional engagement of the inhabitants with migration control policies.
Being and becoming in the culture of immediacy: An existential-ethical approach
Jan Jasper Mathé, Jo Bauwens, and Karl Verstrynge In this article we employ an Interpretative Phenomenological Approach to explore online immediacy from an existential-ethical perspective.
News & Events
Practical info-PhD Defense of Yuejue Zhang
Yuejue Zhang successfully completed the public defense of her PhD thesis titled: “China as an ‘Imagined Other’ in Belgium: An analysis of Belgian perceptions towards China and Chinese people”.
Practical info-ECHO research Seminar with Amanda Alencar
In the most recent ECHO research Seminar, Amanda Alencar talked about 'aspirational place-making' and digital practices of refugees in the Netherlands.
