The Mediapolis Q&A: Erica Stein’s Seeing Symphonically
Paula J. Massood and Erica Stein
Erica Stein discusses her book, Seeing Symphonically: Avant-Garde Film, Urban Planing, and the Utopian Image of New York, with Paula J. Massood.
First We Take Manhattan: Introducing Marvel Roundtable Part 2
Erica Stein
In this roundtable redirect, Erica Stein questions what it means for Marvel to image its authenticity in and through New York City. She asks us to consider how Marvel's dispersed and globalized industrial spatiality complicates and interacts with its proclivity for filming (and filming in) New York.
Marvel, the Urban, and Authenticity: An Introduction
Erica Stein
Since the release of its earliest comics, Marvel Inc. has foregrounded its use of real urban settings to differentiate itself from competitors and market its products in terms of authenticity. This Roundtable explores some of the strategies and consequences of this connection.
Reflections on the Small-Gauge Roundtable
The Editors, Brendan Kredell and Erica Stein
Wrapping up our roundtable discussion on small-gauge scholarship, Mediapolis editors Brendan Kredell and Erica Stein reflect on lessons learned and paths forward.
Threading the Labyrinth: Small-Gauge Approaches to the Urban
Erica Stein
All our contributors have conceptualized small-gauge scholarship and practice as a challenge to the contemporary scholarly apparatus and as an extension of the self. Or, more accurately, as a challenge to the norms of the academy because it is an extension of the self.