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Magazine | “Self-mockery is a core value of Dutch culture”

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Magazine | “Self-mockery is a core value of Dutch culture”
Comedian Derek Mitchell, known for his TikTok and Instagram channel Let’s Double Dutch, on which he parodies typically Dutch characters, has by now become thoroughly Dutch himself. “When I speak to my American family, I sometimes notice that I’m a bit too direct for them.”
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Magazine | Democracy in the animal kingdom: “An egotistical dictatorial leader contributes little for the group”

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Magazine | Democracy in the animal kingdom: “An egotistical dictatorial leader contributes little for the group”
Over the coming weeks, Folia will be dedicating a special print magazine to the theme of ‘democracy’. Animals may not go to the polls, but forms of democracy have existed in the animal kingdom for millions of years. What can we learn from this?
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Magazine | “Standing on the Malieveld is the most restrained way to protest”

7 mei 2026 - 14:00
Magazine | “Standing on the Malieveld is the most restrained way to protest”
Over the coming weeks, Folia will be dedicating a special print magazine to the theme of ‘democracy’. Activist Martijn Dekker still sees room for improvement in terms of democracy at the UvA. “It sometimes feels as if participation is something the UvA is required to have, rather than somethi...
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For these students, democracy is not a given

30 april 2026 - 15:30
For these students, democracy is not a given
Over the coming weeks, Folia will be dedicating a special print magazine to the theme of ‘democracy’. Elections and freedom of expression may seem like a given in the Netherlands, but that is not the case everywhere. We spoke to three international UvA students about the fragile state of...
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Magazine | “It’s hard to see how you’re being tricked by algorithms”

30 april 2026 - 13:00
Magazine | “It’s hard to see how you’re being tricked by algorithms”
Over the coming weeks, Folia will be dedicating a special print magazine to the theme of “democracy” “We are increasingly seeing only what the algorithm shows us,” says philosopher, UvA lecturer and former National Philosopher Daan Roovers. She investigated what this means for public debate.
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Magazine | How do students keep their studenthome clean?

21 april 2026 - 13:22
Pippa Goossens, Louise Zweghuis-Zierley and Roos de Kort
Over the coming weeks, Folia will be dedicating a special print magazine to the theme of ‘democracy’. Student houses are mini-democracies in their own right – places where power and participation play out even in something as trivial as a cleaning schedule. Who scrubs the loo, and just how (un...
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