Stuck in Traffic: Car-Centric Urbanism, City Planning and the Welfare State in Swedish Commissioned Films and TV Drama From the 1960s

Florin Persson, Erik and Per Vesterlund

Dossiers, no. 3, vol. 8September 26, 2023<September 29, 2023

Stuck in Traffic: Car-Centric Urbanism, City Planning and the Welfare State in Swedish Commissioned Films and TV Drama From the 1960s

Erik Florin Persson and Per Vesterlund analyze how commissioned films and TV dramas both promoted and critiqued car-centric urbanism in Sweden during the 1960s.

no. 2, On Teaching, Student Voices, vol. 8June 12, 2023<June 13, 2023

Teaching Film Urbanism

Erica Stein

Erica Stein discusses the syllabus for her course "Cinemas and Urbanisms" and introduces the essays in the Student Voices section.

Deep Dives, no. 3, vol. 7September 21, 2022<September 22, 2022

“Authentic” Cityscapes and Violence in The Last of Us Part II

Ryan Banfi

Ryan Banfi examines how The Last of Us Part II creates authentic city spaces by reimagining urban environments as spaces of gamified violence that represent humanity's dystopian decline.

no. 4, Roundtables, vol. 3October 23, 2018<November 8, 2018

Platform Urbanism: An Introduction

Scott Rodgers & Susan Moore

Scott Rodgers and Susan Moore introduce a new Roundtable on urban platforms by asking how platforms may be understood as new forms of urban infrastructure.