European Journal of Cultural Studies

In "Art in hospitals: The aesthetic-cultural turn of caring space", Eric Fan Feng demonstrates how hospital artworks reveal today’s caring space’s aesthetic and cultural transformation. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Journeying into the liminal unknown", Peter Bryant argues zine-makers and readers view liminality as a destination, rather than a way station to more ‘normal’ social structures. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "‘If MPs have immunity, then why are they so afraid of the Coronavirus?’", Delia Dumitrica et al. argue that online humor about the COVID-19 pandemic both politicized and depoliticized the figure of the politician. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "A 90-minute space in the week that was truly theirs: English football fans and the European Super League", Kate Oakley argues that a democratised version of arts and culture has to re-localise culture without parochialism. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "AI Séance", Hope Schroeder, Amy Smith and Ziv Epstein argue AI Séances offer a model for human-centered interaction with generative systems where magic lies not in the machine’s capabilities, but in our collective ability to create meaning. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Our new issue (28:4) is out now! Read it on our website: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ECS/curr...

In "‘A Howl of Despair’: The affective politics of Netflix’s Adolescence" @tanyah.bsky.social explores the strong affective appeal of Netflix’s Adolescence for its adult audiences. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Zine-making the commons: Reflections on a DIY workshop" Ash Watson, Suzanne Grasso, Cora Zon and @paullongmedia.bsky.social reflect on zine-making workshops as potential commons spaces. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Influencers as emerging actors in global digital propaganda", Jian Xu and Florian Schneider propose viewing influencer propaganda as a near-global political activity that can be found in both domestic and external spheres. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "From victimhood to victimcould", @kat-hig.bsky.social theorizes how far-right cultural politics leverage hypothetical injuries and imaginary futures to justify agendas of social violence. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "From copycat to magical monkey", Xiao Lu and Hong Yu Liu provide a comprehensive analysis of video game development culture in China, exploring its historical, social and institutional dimensions. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Afro-Italian voices: Podcasting and sonic resistance", Michela Ardizzoni explores the pivotal role of podcasts in challenging dominant cultural narratives about race, diversity, and identity in Italy. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "‘The last thing I would think about is how to dispose of it’", Tommy Tse and Fan Xiao wonder why certain clothing items are considered unwearable by the owner, yet still remain unworn in the wardrobe. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Calibrated structures of feeling: Cultural citizenship and the reproduction of the military in Singapore", John Lowe and George Wong examine National Service in the Singapore Armed Forces as a rite of passage into manhood. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Zine-making the commons: Reflections on a DIY workshop - Ash Watson, Suzanne Grasso, Cora Zon, Paul Long, 2025 This article was written collectively in the spirit of the commons and homemade, do-it-yourself (HADIY) creativity. It is animated by the observation that the o...

Pleased to see this piece out at last - open access. 'Zine-making the commons: Reflections on a DIY workshop' was collectively authored with @awtsn.bsky.social Watson, Suzanne Grasso and Cora Zon and features a downloadable version of the 'zine we made together. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In "Streaming video and diasporic worldmaking: Race, ethnicity, and religion in the Anglophone West" @aswinp.bsky.social, Julia Giese, Diwas Bisht and Sim Gill examine how Muslimness in Western television entertainment is being reimagined. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Unearthing fonts from a creative Chinese past", Laura Vermeeren shows how in contemporary font design, national interest, creativity, and Chineseness become mutually constitutive. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

In "Immigrant Audience: Understanding Global Cultural Flow Through Somali Immigrants in Turkey", Uğur Baloğlu and Yıldız Derya Birincioglu examine the role of cultural products in the adaptation processes of immigrants to new cultural environments. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Right-wing extremism and the limits of community in Zerocalcare’s This World Can’t Tear Me Down", Adam Muller examines the representation of right-wing extremism in This World Can't Tear Me Down. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Immigrant Audience: Understanding Global Cultural Flow Through Somali Immigrants in Turkey", Uğur Baloğlu and Yıldız Derya Birincioglu examine the role of cultural products in the adaptation processes of immigrants to new cultural environments. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Streaming video and diasporic worldmaking: Race, ethnicity, and religion in the Anglophone West" @aswinp.bsky.social, Julia Giese, Diwas Bisht and Sim Gill examine how Muslimness in Western television entertainment is being reimagined. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Mattering on the margin: Thoughts on cultural participation in creative digital media", Yin Zhang examines the cultural participation of ethnic minorities in Hong Kong within digital media. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Tragic symbolism in Soviet Armenian visual art: The legacy of Valentin Podpomogov", @arturishkhanyan.bsky.social examines Valentin Podpomogov’s contributions to Soviet Armenian visual art. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "‘I’m an androgynous tomboy with tattoos’: Amber and (re)imaginations of gender and Koreanness in K-pop", @michellehsho.bsky.social explores how Taiwanese American singer-songwriter Amber challenges gender and sexuality norms in South Korea. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Our new issue (28:3) is out now! Read it on our website.

In "Talking on oppression", Nur Tuğçe Biga and Hasan Gürkan examine the representations of female sexuality in 'À Nos Amours' and 'Benim Sinemalarım' from the perspectives of six women involved in the Turkish Women’s Defense Network. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Weiru Cheng reviewed Anonio A Casilli's "Waiting for Robots: The Hired Hands of Automation" for us. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

In "Un/doing 'business' in Cape Town: Narratives of gender queer sex workers", Phoebe Kisubi Mbasalaki asks what it means to 'do business' for gender queer sex workers in South Africa. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Theory, culture, care", John Nguyet Erni introduces our special issue on the necessity of critically reassessing ‘care and caring’ in the post-COVID moment. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

In "Rethinking the foundations: Global cultural policy at the crossroads", Justin O'Connor argues for a narrower framing of culture as the symbolic system of ‘art and culture’. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....