Introduction: Sunflowers and Social Media
Johan Andersson
Johan Andersson introduces the dossier on the war in Ukraine.
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Media Art and Urban Screens: Locating Points and Routes of Comparison and Practice
Joseph DeLeon
Joseph DeLeon continues his reporting on the proceedings of the 2017 Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference with this recap of a panel discussion on media art in the city.
Whitewashing the Violence of the Local State
Steve Macek
In this entry in our Policing & the Media roundtable, Steve Macek reflects on the long history of police violence in Chicago and the media's complicity with that history.
Recollections and Reflections on Chicago
Margaret Schwartz
Beginning with a series of personal recollections, the author reflects upon the politics of racial identity and the militarization of urban space.
As Chicago Goes, So Goes the Nation?
Brendan Kredell
Beginning the second round of our Policing and the Media roundtable, Brendan Kredell considers how the McDonald killing fits into a history of police violence in Chicago and across the nation.
The Past Remains Present
Joy Bivins
In this Policing and the Media entry, Joy Bivins explores the vulnerability of young black bodies and contrasts the legacies of Emmett Till and Laquan McDonald.
Policing and the Media: An Introduction
Brendan Kredell
Among the thirty seven people shot by police in 2014, it is Laquan McDonald’s death that has catalyzed public reaction; thanks to the existence of video documentation, we can see what happened with our own eyes. This seemingly simple observation belies a much more complex set of issues regarding the relationship between policing and media in the contemporary moment. With this roundtable, we seek to investigate those in some greater detail.