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Episode 56 - Hanne Nijtmans on conspiracy theories: what changes when a conspiracy theorist is not a man, but female and/or queer?
Our guest for this episode is Hanne Nijtmans. Hanne is a PhD candidate and focuses on conspiracy theories. Hosts Wim Brons and Hanna van Loo interview her about the appeal of conspiracy theories, how they emerge, and the recurring elements within them. They also delve deeper into her dissertation: "Conspiracy Care Work: Gender, Labor, and the Paranoid Style in American Podcasting" In this research, Hanne Nijtmans explores “What changes when the conspiracy theorist is not a (straight, cis, white, American) man, but instead female and/or queer?” This episode is recorded in Dutch.
Guest: Hanne Nijtmans
Hosts: Wim Brons en Hanna van Loo
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How to analyse conspiracy theories? (in Dutch)
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