a journal of cities and culture
Film scholar Thomas Elsaesser passed away in Beijing on December 4, 2019. His death not only coincides with the end of a decade, but also marks the end of an era. Elsaesser (born in Berlin, 1943) belonged to the generation …
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Why do you keep something? Or: why do you record something? These fundamental questions inform the practice of archivists, and by extension filmmakers and others who record what happens in the world. One may assume that things are kept because …
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The building of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt represents Europe as a global power in the 21st century. This landmark of financial hegemony is literally built on top of the old Central Market, a modernist icon designed …
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Welcome to the first installment of “From the Archive,” a new recurring section highlighting archival-based scholarship and practice in urban media studies. Each post in this section invites researchers, archivists, programmers, and artists to reflect on their work …
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[Ed. note: In our On Teaching series, we invite professors who have taught courses that engage with issues related to cities and culture to contribute their syllabi to the site, and to share with our readers some reflections on …
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