Monthly Archive: November 2010

Cartoonesque 17: That is (not) funny! 0

Cartoonesque 17: That is (not) funny!

Jokes can be funny, or not. What matters is who has the power to define what is funny and what the position of the target of the joke is. It is the transgressive quality of jokes that makes them funny but also very suitable for political uses. Which jokes are made at the responses to these jokes reveal important processes, hierarchies and discourse in society.

Closing the week 44 – Featuring Roshonara Choudry, Al-Awlaki and Online Radicalisation 0

Closing the week 44 – Featuring Roshonara Choudry, Al-Awlaki and Online Radicalisation

A weekly round up of writings on the Internet, some relevant for my research, some political, some funny but all of them interesting (Dutch/English). (As usual to a large extent based upon suggestions from Dutch, other European, American and Middle Eastern readers. Thank you all.) This week featuring the case of Roshonara Choudry.