Dr. Nicole Basaraba

Assistant Professor in Digital Humanities, TCD

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Facebook R.I.P

When I started to receive emails requests to join Facebook, after it was already semi-popularized, I just kept deleting them. I wasn’t too interested and then I finally caved in because it was growing and growing to the point where people were making social references in conversation to the network. So I signed up and
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November 11: A Day to Remember

I remember in high school when I would walk in silence with my classmates to the gymnasium. We would take a seat on the benches or on the floor. Everyone sitting in an row and all you heard were the sound of footsteps and a few whispers. Everyone wore a red poppy on their shirt.
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Halloween for Adults

This week leading up to Halloween in the lunchroom, my colleague asked: so what are you doing for Halloween (with the undertone: “being a Canadian”)? Halloween is generally a day for kids and for parents of very young children to reap the benefits because lets face it, the cuter the kid is, the more candy
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How to: Spot a Canadian in Brussels

Whether they are a tourist or an expat in Brussels, you can always tell someone is Canadian if: 1) When you move your chair in closer to the table in a restaurant to the point where you are obviously uncomfortable so that the person can get by easier: they say “thank you” in English of
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