vol. 3

February 28, 2018<March 2, 2018

The Urban Light Art Festival as Branding and Commons

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

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<April 22, 2022

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

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

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<June 5, 2022

Lofts, Eats, and Montréal’s Game Industry

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

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

February 16, 2018<February 20, 2018

Media Industries and City Branding: A Roundtable

Lawrence Webb

In the first-round introduction to our new Roundtable, Lawrence Webb uses the example of Amazon HQ2 to ask how urban corporate and residential relocation campaigns illuminate issues of citizenship and city branding, and poses questions to our participants

February 14, 2018<February 14, 2018

The World Is Not Enough

Malini Guha

In our new "Screening Canada" column, Malini Guha reflects on world building as a politically progressive counter to nationalism at the recent Canadian and International Biennial.