Gentrification and Screen Media
Ipek A. Celik Rappas and Noelle Griffis
Ipek Celik Rappas and Noelle Griffis select some key texts on film/TV and gentrification.
media industries
Imagined Cityscapes and Material Landscapes: The Urban and Rural of Barbarian
Slaveya Minkova
What happens when Detroit is reproduced in Bulgaria for a horror film? Slaveya Minkova examines the abandoned set of Barbarian and unpacks the complex connections and displacements between American cityscape and Bulgarian landscape created by globalized media production.
Events 03: Julia Stolyar, Darshana Mini and Jaana Serres at Locating Media Industries 2023 in London
Scott Rodgers
In the latest episode of our Events podcast series, Julia Stolyar, Darshana Mini and Jaana Serres discuss with Scott Rodgers their research on the locality of different media industries in South Korea, India and Nigeria.
Lefebvre and the Media Production Space
Maria O’Brien
Maria O'Brien draws on Henri Lefebvre's spatial theories to argue for the continued importance of the state in the media production process, via the example of Irish audiovisual taxation policies.
Where is it Safe to Make Television? COVID, “Don’t Say Gay,” and the Instability of Spatial Capital
Myles McNutt
Myles McNutt looks at how the issue of safety is redrawing the map of US television production, from Covid-19 to new forms of discriminative legislation on issues such as abortion and LGBTQ+ rights.
TV Cities, Istanbul: The Labor of Reconstructing History in Turkish TV Series
Ipek A. Celik Rappas
How is historic Istanbul recreated for the screen? Drawing on interviews with local media professionals, Ipek Celik Rappas considers the challenges of filming heritage television series in a rapidly changing city.
Labor Immobility in Hollywood’s (Pandemic) Supply Chain Media
Kate Fortmueller
How have Hollywood’s production networks responded to disruptions in global supply chains? Kate Fortmueller examines the logistics of making film and television during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Getting to the Heights: The Latinx Neighborhood at Work and Play in Jon M. Chu’s and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s New Musical
Catherine Benamou
Catherine Benamou discusses the urban musical In the Heights and unpacks its complex relationship with the Latinx neighborhood of Washington Heights.
The Mediapolis Q&A: Priya Jaikumar on Where Histories Reside
Sushmita Banerji
In this issue's Mediapolis Q&A, film scholar Sushmita Banerji interviews Priya Jaikumar on her most recent book Where Histories Reside: India as Filmed Space.
The Mediapolis Q&A: Joshua Glick on Los Angeles Documentary
Alexander Davis
Alexander Davis interviews Joshua Glick about his new book, which rethinks Los Angeles as a center of documentary production
The Mediapolis Q&A: Nolwenn Mingant on Reconceptualising Film Policies
Noelle Griffis
In this installment of our continuing series of conversations with authors of new books on cities and global cities, reviews editor Noelle Griffis talks with Nolwenn Mingant, who co-authored and edited Reconceptualising Film Policies (Rutgers University Press, 2017) with Cecilia Tirtaine.
The Lingering Presence of Richard Florida in Gothenburg’s Future Vision
Helena Holgersson & Erik Florin Persson
In the final post of the Roundtable, Helena Holgersson and Erik Florin Persson address the role of Richard Florida's ideas in Gothenburg's self-presentation and self-conception.