Deep Dives | Mediapolis

Deep Dives, no. 3, vol. 2September 15, 2017

The Truth is Outsourcing: Notes on the Post-Industrial Spaces of The X-Files

By Kirk Boyle

Any mass media phenomenon as big as The X-Files, the hit television series that initially aired on Fox from 1993 to 2002, will serve as a cultural Rorschach Test. How critics read X-Files will tell us as much about …

There Goes the Neighborhood: CenturyLink Field and the Transformation of Seattle’s SoDo Neighborhood

By Helen Morgan Parmett & Kate Ranachan

While attending the 2014 Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference in Seattle, we – unintentionally – booked a hotel next to CenturyLink Field. Wandering around the stadium itself and the surrounding neighborhood, …

Rio de Janeiro Out of Synch

By Nilo Couret

As Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the Olympic games amid controversies of water pollution, questionable “pacification” projects, and a daunting water and energy crisis, the city also celebrates its 450th anniversary this year. The 2015 Rio 450 campaign invites …