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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 …

Counterparts, no. 1, vol. 2January 17, 2017

Conference Report: Cities in Crisis

By Christopher Holliday

Cities and their inhabitants can be displaced and impacted by a number of competing catastrophes. From global financial and socio-economic crises to moral and urban forms of ‘decay’ (overpopulation, gentrification, pollution), the contemporary metropolis certainly poses, and indeed faces, an …