Q & A | Mediapolis

no. 2, Q & A, Reviewed, vol. 4June 22, 2019

The Mediapolis Q&A: Welcome to Fear City with Nathan Holmes

By Noelle Griffis

In this installment of our continuing series of conversations with authors of new books on cities and urban culture, reviews editor Noelle Griffis talks with Nathan Holmes, Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies at Purchase College – SUNY. His book, Welcome …

The Mediapolis Q&A: Joshua Glick on Los Angeles Documentary

By Alexander Davis

Joshua Glick’s Los Angeles Documentary and the Production of Public History, 1958-1977 (2018, University of California Press) offers a magnificent excavation of the city’s documentary production cultures. Importantly, the project explores how the city’s films and television programs made a …

Mediapolis Live: Dora Apel on “Beautiful Terrible Ruins: Detroit and the Anxiety of Decline” (Part 2)

By Brendan Kredell

[Ed. note: Mediapolis Live is an audio series of interviews, live events, and other discussions of cities and culture. An edited and condensed transcript of this interview follows; due to its length, we’re publishing it in two parts.]… Read More

Mediapolis Live, no. 3, Q & A, vol. 3September 16, 2018

Mediapolis Live: Dora Apel on “Beautiful Terrible Ruins: Detroit and the Anxiety of Decline” (Part 1)

By Brendan Kredell

[Ed. note: Mediapolis Live is an audio series of interviews, live events, and other discussions of cities and culture. An edited and condensed transcript of this interview follows; due to its length, we’re publishing it in two parts. The … Read More

no. 3, Q & A, vol. 3August 20, 2018

The Mediapolis Q&A: Tim Lawrence on Dance Music Culture in New York City (Part Two)

By Lawrence Webb

[Ed. note: In part two of this Mediapolis Q&A, Tim Lawrence discusses the rapid changes to New York’s music scene in the neoliberal 1980s and the importance of reclaiming the legacy of disco as radical counterculture. For part one, … Read More