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March 10, 2018<March 10, 2018

Approaching Integrative Learning: Assignments Linking ‘Narratives of Travel’ Courses

by Sharon Albert & Amy Corbin

Sharon Albert & Amy Corbin end this issue with a discussion of the integrative assignments they designed around immigration and migration for their linked courses.

March 9, 2018<March 9, 2018

The Lingering Presence of Richard Florida in Gothenburg’s Future Vision

by Helena Holgersson & Erik Florin Persson

In the final post of the Roundtable, Helena Holgersson and Erik Florin Persson address the role of Richard Florida's ideas in Gothenburg's self-presentation and self-conception.

March 8, 2018<March 8, 2018

The Florida Project, Labor Strife, and Life on the Margins of Disney World

by Alex Kupfer

Alex Kupfer reflects on Disney's history of expropriation in connection to economic inequality and labor disputes as the Roundtable wraps up.

March 7, 2018<March 7, 2018

Approaching Integrative Learning: ‘Narratives of Travel’ in Film and Religion Studies

by Sharon Albert & Amy Corbin

Sharon Albert & Amy Corbin on teaching migration, travel, and immigration through the cluster format

March 6, 2018<March 6, 2018

Headhunters and Funmakers: Game Industry Recruiting à Montréal

by Theo Stojanov

Theo Stojanov explores the Montreal game industry's construction of its ideal recruit in the context of local policies, especially surrounding language

March 2, 2018<March 2, 2018

TV Happens Here: Negotiating Public Perceptions of Spatial Capital

by Myles McNutt

Myles McNutt discusses the various ways in which cities do and do not transform their status as popular shooting locations into spatial capital

February 28, 2018<March 2, 2018

The Urban Light Art Festival as Branding and Commons

by Annie Dell'Aria

In this Deep Dive, Annie Dell'Aria looks to Cincinnati's recent Blink light festival to explore how such illuminations are used to define cities and the urban experience for residents

February 28, 2018<February 28, 2018

Living With the Media Industry City

by Lawrence Webb

In this introduction to the second round, Lawrence Webb asks the contributors to consider media industries and the cities they generate from the perspective of those cities' citizens and users

February 26, 2018<February 26, 2018

A Deceptive Return to Welfare State Rhetoric in the Marketing Initiatives of Gothenburg

by Helena Holgersson & Erik Florin Persson

Helena Holgersson & Erik Florin Persson explore Gothenberg's new promotional films, and trace their attempted resuscitation of older notions of community and government

February 23, 2018<February 23, 2018

Golden Oak, Fan Engagement, and Disney’s Community Development

by Alex Kupfer

Alex Kupfer explores how the promotional films for Disney's Golden Oak community blur distinctions between resident and fan, employee and family member

February 21, 2018<February 21, 2018

Lofts, Eats, and Montréal’s Game Industry

by Theo Stojanov

Theo Stojanov discusses the arrival of the game industry in Montreal, and its marketing to new workers.

February 19, 2018<February 19, 2018

Relocating Mobile Production: Los Angeles & TV’s Spatial Capital Showdown

by Myles McNutt

Myles McNutt discusses how Los Angeles has been forced to rethink its approach to competing in a new television landscape characterized by mobile production