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no. 4, Q & A, Reviewed, vol. 5October 26, 2020

Mediapolis Q&A: Germaine R. Halegoua’s The Digital City

By Rahul Mukherjee

This is the second entry in a two-part conversation between authors Germaine R. Halegoua and Rahul Mukherjee on their recent books on media, culture, and urban geographies. In this installment, Dr. Mukherjee leads a discussion with Dr. Halegoua, on her …

Robotic Logics of Public Space in the COVID Pandemic

By Shanti Sumartojo et al

[Ed. note: This article is part of the dossier, “Media and the Physically Distanced City,” which examines how the pandemic and global BLM protests offer a lens into the makeup of urban environments and their relationship with various forms … Read More

no. 2, On Teaching, Student Voices, vol. 5July 2, 2020

Culture in the Mediapolis

By Helen Morgan-Parmett

Ed. note: this post introduces a Student Voices section featuring student work on media cities, as well as a special feature on student experiences of COVID-19. For more background on the discussion and to view other posts in the series, … Read More

no. 2, Q & A, vol. 5June 12, 2020

The Mediapolis Q&A: Caitlin Bruce’s Painting Publics

By Claire Sisco King

Caitlin Bruce is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Pittsburgh and the author of Painting Publics: Transnational Legal Graffiti Scenes as Spaces for Encounter (Temple University Press, 2019), winner of the Jane Jacobs Urban …

Screens in Public Space: Questions of Aesthetics and Access in a Moment of Social Distancing

By Annie Dell'Aria

[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.]

Questions of aesthetics and access, which Sabine brought …