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Mediapolis - a journal of cities and culture a journal of cities and culture
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      • Lawrence Webb
      • Elizabeth Patton
      • Noelle Griffis
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      • № 1 – December 2015
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Caitlin Bruce

Caitlin Bruce

Caitlin Bruce is an Assistant Professor of Communication and affiliate faculty with the Program in Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies; Cultural Studies; and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. She received her PhD from Northwestern University. Her research is in the area of visual studies, affect studies, and critical theory. She is currently investigating the relationships between public art in urban spaces in transition within a transnational milieu. She is currently working on a manuscript on transnational public art.

Global Public Art, no. 1, vol. 5February 28, 2020<March 1, 2020

Urban Art as Visual Noise in Bogotá

Caitlin Bruce reports on urban art and social movements in Bogotá.
Hemispheric Conversations Urban Art Project: Celebrating Histories of Industrial Labor and Potential Futures of Ecological Abundance
Global Public Art, no. 2, vol. 4July 2, 2019<July 3, 2019

Hemispheric Conversations Urban Art Project: Celebrating Histories of Industrial Labor and Potential Futures of Ecological Abundance

In this issue's Global Public Art column, Caitlin Bruce discusses her Hemispheric Conversations Urban Art Project, which connects post-industrial cities across the US/Mexico border and offers new ways of producing and engaging graffiti and mural-making.
Global Public Art, no. 2, vol. 3June 12, 2018<June 13, 2018

“Lo Internacional”: The International as Horizon for Legal Graffiti in Mexico

Caitlin Bruce examines the graffiti practices of a legal graffiti program in León, a city in central Mexico. Through her discussion of recent civic events, policies, celebrations, and news coverage dedicated to the program, Bruce shows how the international is a horizon of possibility, but also a looming constraint for the practice of public art.
Global Public Art, no. 4, vol. 2November 6, 2017<November 7, 2017

Ser Humano/Ser Urbano: How Urban Art in Mexico Became a Carrier for So-Called Universal Values

In the first of her series of posts on transnational public art movements, Caitlin Bruce explores tensions around the relationship between urban identity and street art in Mexico.
From the Editors' Desk, no. 1, vol. 2February 6, 2017<February 6, 2017

The Speed of Power, The Pace of Protest: Resistant Urban Rhythms

Caitlin Bruce identifies the polyrhythmic nature of the city as a potent model for resistance to the Trump administration's tactics, and to anti-urban representations of the city as population instead of populace.
From the Editors' Desk, no. 1, vol. 2January 24, 2017<January 25, 2017

No Cities to Love: The Urban as Population, not People

Caitlin Bruce argues that the city could not figure in public imaginaries as a space for authentic populism in the 2016 U.S. election in part because of its long-standing representation as a contagion in cinema.

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  • About Us
    • Mission Statement
    • Editors
      • Lawrence Webb
      • Elizabeth Patton
      • Noelle Griffis
      • Scott Rodgers
    • Editorial Board
    • Advisory Board
    • Our Partners
  • Current Issue
  • Archive
    • Volume 1 – 2015/2016
      • № 1 – December 2015
      • № 2 – March 2016
      • № 3 – June 2016
      • № 4 – August 2016
      • № 5 – November 2016
    • Volume 2 – 2017
      • № 1 – January/February 2017
      • № 2 – June 2017
      • № 3 – September 2017
      • № 4 – October/November 2017
      • № 5 – December 2017
    • Volume 3 – 2018
      • № 1 – January/February 2018
      • № 2 – June 2018
      • № 3 – August/September 2018
      • № 4 – October/November 2018
    • Volume 4 – 2019
      • № 1 – January/February 2019
      • № 2 – June 2019
      • № 3 – October/November 2019
    • Volume 5 – 2020
      • Vol. 5 № 1
      • Vol. 5 № 2
      • Vol. 5 № 3
      • Vol. 5 № 4
    • Volume 6 – 2021
      • Vol. 6 № 1
      • Vol. 6 № 2
      • Vol. 6 № 3
      • Vol. 6 № 4
    • Volume 7 – 2022
      • Vol. 7 № 1
      • Vol. 7, № 2
      • Vol. 7, № 3
  • Resources
    • SIG Institutional History
      • Workshops
      • 2016 Workshop Proposal
      • Sponsored Events
    • Conference Presentations
      • 2008 – Philadelphia
      • 2009 – Tokyo
    • Course Syllabi
  • Sections
    • Dossiers
    • Roundtables
    • Q & A
    • Deep Dives
    • From the Archive
    • Opening the Canon
    • Student Voices
    • Mediapolis on Coronavirus
    • Podcast: Mediapolis Now
  • Contribute
    • Submission guidelines