Editorial – Issue 13
DI 13 opens with the ‘Bulgarian cluster’, presenting research and artistic insights into the digital and networked culture of Bulgaria. The submissions in this section are an outcome of an …
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From a Bird’s Eye Perspective: Aerial Drone Photography and Political Protest. А Case Study of the Bulgarian #resign Movement 2013
Aerial drone photography has become popular throughout the first decade of the 21st century, with the technology getting ever more affordable and easy-to-use. It is employed for a variety …
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The Student Occupation of Sofia University in 2013: Communication Patterns for Building a Network of Support
The essay offers a case study of the student occupation of Sofia University in October-December 2013, which occurred as a continuation of the political turmoil of the same year in …
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‘Monument to the Time Elapsed’. Krassimir Terziev on digital Junk and data Storage, Total Immersion and Post-Internet Art
Language of contribution: English
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Everything for the Lulz: Historical Memes and World War II Memory on Lurkomor’e
The article explores interactions between digital media and cultural memory in post-Soviet countries by focusing on internet memes related to World War II. It introduces the concept of historical internet …
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Divided by the Desire for Peace: A Frame Analysis of the Twitter Mobilisation ahead of the Russian Peace March 21 September 2014
This article focuses on mobilisation via Twitter ahead of the ‘Peace March’ on 21 September 2014, a national mass demonstration against the Russian regime’s policy towards Ukraine. Through a qualitative …
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Visualising Memory: A Review of Online Museum Collections and Digital Surrogates in Russia
This website review considers the impact of the digital in the cultural heritage sector, with particular reference to the online content of two of Russia’s foremost museums: the State Hermitage …
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The Digital City in Post-Soviet Identity Formation: The Case of OurBaku.com
This essay uses the case study of the online project OurBaku to discuss the wider phenomenon of how non-national identities are being revived and promoted through new media for post-socialist …
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Cartography and the Internet: From Centralization to Mobility in the Context of the Times of ‘WebWeb 1.0’ (Google Maps) and ‘WebWeb 2.0’ (Foursquare)
The article considers the user capabilities of two important internet mapping platforms (Google Maps and Foursquare), which belong to two distinct internet epochs (‘Web 1.0’ and ‘Web 2.0’). The capability …
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