Rio de Janeiro Out of Synch
byAs Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the Olympic games amid controversies of water pollution, questionable “pacification” projects, and a daunting water and energy …
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The Moving Image of Coney Island
byFor the past four years I have had the pleasure of making motion pictures a major part of the traveling exhibition, Coney Island: Visions …
Syllabus: The “Inner City” in American Film
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[Ed. note: In our Syllabus series, we invite professors who have taught courses that engage with issues related to cities and culture to …
Urban Affairs Association conference review
byThe Annual Urban Affairs Association Conference is an ambitiously interdisciplinary experience, particularly for media scholars. The annual call for papers lists 26 different categories, …
From the Editors’ Desk
byThe impetus for Mediapolis began with a simple observation: that to live in our particular historical moment is to grapple with, on the one …