a journal of cities and culture
Anna Viola Sborgi explores the varied history of London’s Docklands as a vector of threats to the empire, the loci of gentrification, and a space where the past opens into the present
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Sabine Haenni introduces the new Roundtable with some reflections on the meanings of the porous and the historical origins of the idea of the porous city
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Floris Paalman reflects on the legacy of Thomas Elsaesser and discusses the importance of space and architecture to his theories of film and media.
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Igor Krstic remembers the film scholar Thomas Elsaesser and reflects on his impact as a teacher and mentor.
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Floris Paalman takes a considered look at Thomas Elsaesser’s documentary Die Sonneninsel (The Sun Island). The construction of the European Central Bank on the site of Frankfurt’s former wholesale market – a building designed by Elsaesser’s grandfather, Martin – offers an opportunity to probe architectural and family history, in what Paalman terms “auto-media archaeology.”
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In our continuing look back at the year that was 2017, Hunter Vaughan reflects on Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale, and popular culture’s potential as a tool for social responsibility and engagement.
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Concluding our look back at the year that was 2017, Amy Corbin reflects on the lessons learned from an evening at the cinema, and the audience conversation after a screening of Jay Dockendorf’s Naz & Maalik.
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In our ongoing look at the year that was 2017, Nina Cartier calls our attention to a seemingly-ephemeral moment in the wake of one of the year’s biggest political surprises, exploring the racial and gender subtext of that time when Doug Jones taught us how to Dougie.
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When is a punch more than just a punch? In the next installment of our look back at the year that was, Nathan Holmes reflects on the “important semiotic damage” of a prominent white supremacist getting punched in the face with cameras rolling.
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Mediapolis opens the new year by looking at the one that’s just passed. Here, co-editor Brendan Kredell introduces the series and reflects on the changing tone of the journal in 2017.
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