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Mediapolis on Coronavirus, no. 2, vol. 5June 22, 2020

COVID-19, Labor Mobility, and Care Work in China

By Yang Zhan

[Ed. note: This is part of a series of reports on the COVID-19 pandemic from global cities.]

Since the 1990s, China has implemented various policies to reduce friction in the movement of labor and capital in order to insert itself …

Feminist Protocols: Auditing Urban Infrastructures and Reporting Gender Violence in the City

By Carrie Rentschler

[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.]

I have been thinking about how the notion …

Sense and the City: Liam Young’s Speculative Cinema, Part II

By Holly Willis

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

When Liam Young said to me, …