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no. 1, Roundtables, vol. 5March 25, 2020

From Water to Home: Permeability as Social Inclusion (and Exclusion) in Contemporary London

By Anna Viola Sborgi

[Ed. note: this post is part of a Roundtable discussion on “Porousness and Cities.” For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, see here.]

In my previous post I explored formal and …

Mediapolis Live, no. 3, vol. 4October 22, 2019

MEDIAPOLIS LIVE: London

By Brendan Kredell

[Ed. note: Mediapolis Live is an audio series of interviews, live events, and other discussions of cities and culture. This installment features a discussion held at the July 2019 London: Gateway to Cinema and Media Studies symposium. The episode … Read More

Footnote, no. 3, vol. 2September 30, 2017

An Update on Grenfell

By Anna Viola Sborgi

[Ed. note: Earlier this issue, we featured an essay by Anna Viola Sborgi on media response to the Grenfell crisis this summer in London. Given the rapidity of developments and their far-reaching implications, we asked Anna to revisit the …

Commentary, no. 3, vol. 2September 30, 2017

Of Drones and Angels: GAIKA’s Sonic Images of Urban Resistance

By Alessio Kolioulis

“Nothing can stop us, no Theresa, no Boris”. This is how Brixton-born artist GAIKA addressed a small crowd while performing last November at Corsica Studios, an independent music venue in Elephant and Castle, a popular area with migrants and students …

Commentary, no. 3, vol. 2September 27, 2017

The Day Social Housing Hit Mainstream Media

By Anna Viola Sborgi

On June 14, 2017, a violent fire rapidly engulfed a 24-storey tower-block in West London. Grenfell Tower became the most tragic social housing disaster in Britain to date. Grenfell surged as a symbol of the wider social inequality in the …