{"id":99178,"date":"2019-05-22T17:01:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T15:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=99178"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:23:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:23:21","slug":"what-does-europe-mean-two-students-wrote-a-song-to-answer-this-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/05\/22\/what-does-europe-mean-two-students-wrote-a-song-to-answer-this-question\/","title":{"rendered":"What does \u2018Europe\u2019 mean? Two students wrote a song to answer this question"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the occasion of the International Bachelor Communication and Media Honours symposium, second-year communication students Sam Vitikainen and Max Buzzell wrote a song about what the concept of \u2018Europe\u2019 actually means.<\/p>\n

Sam and Max are both half-European. Sam has a Finnish and Filipino background, while Max is Dutch and American. \u201cOne of the courses in our programme explored the construct of Europe, what it means and how it was actually established\u201d says Sam, explaining how the song came about (Max is currently in the United States). \u201c\u2018Europe\u2019 could mean just about anything. The only way to clarify what it means is by talking about it. The flag is a good example: someone simply came up with the idea for the flag, but it only stood for something once people started using it and talking about it. That\u2019s what our song is about. It\u2019s meant to be a \u2018conversation\u2019 about what Europe means.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Europeanization (a song)<\/strong><\/p>

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\n\t\t\n\t\tIngesloten inhoud van Vimeo overslaan\n\t<\/a>\n\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tI agree\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\tSee on Vimeo\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<\/svg>\n\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t
\n\t\t\t\"\"\n\t\t
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