Trump and the Dialectic of Enlightenment
Stanley Corkin
Stan Corkin discusses Trump's affinity with televisuality and the dangers of the reality effect.
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The Speed of Power, The Pace of Protest: Resistant Urban Rhythms
Caitlin Bruce
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.
Migrating Globally, Fighting Back Locally
Sabine Haenni
Sabine Haenni fills in the "points of warmth" on her migration map with examples of local resistance and local cinemas.
Hollywood and the Muslim Ban: The Contemporary War Film as Urban Cinema
Johan Andersson
Johan Andersson considers the relationship between Trump's rhetoric and the anti-urban themes of the contemporary war film.
On the Outpacing of Reality and the Uses of Representation
Erica Stein & Brendan Kredell
Managing Editors Erica Stein and Brendan Kredell kick off the second phase of From the Editors' Desk by asking what role media and the city can play in an effective response to the rapid pace of change.
Do Not Adjust Your Set! Recalibrating Urban Cinema and Media Studies Under Donald Trump
Mark Shiel
Mark Shiel calls for urban cinema and media studies to reorient its methodologies in the wake of Donald Trump's election.
No Cities to Love: The Urban as Population, not People
Caitlin Bruce
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.