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no. 3, Threads, vol. 4November 1, 2019

The Mumbai Slum: Aerial Views and Embodied Memories

By Ranjani Mazumdar

[Ed. note: This is the final instalment of a three-part series on the representation of slums on screen. You can read part one here and part two here]

In his book Planet of Slums, Mike Davis presents …

Mediapolis Live, no. 3, vol. 4October 22, 2019

MEDIAPOLIS LIVE: London

By Brendan Kredell

[Ed. note: Mediapolis Live is an audio series of interviews, live events, and other discussions of cities and culture. This installment features a discussion held at the July 2019 London: Gateway to Cinema and Media Studies symposium. The episode … Read More

no. 3, Threads, vol. 4October 17, 2019

The Gamification and Domestication of Slum Voyeurism: From Poverty Porn to Aesthetics of Precarity

By Elmo Gonzaga

[Ed. note: This piece is the second of a three-part series on the representation of slums on screen. As additional posts are in the series are published, we’ll add links to them here.]

Empty, predawn streets marked …

no. 3, Threads, vol. 4October 15, 2019

The Origins of Slums, Capitalism and the Shortcomings of Cinema

By Igor Krstić

[Ed. note: This piece is the first of a three-part series on the representation of slums on screen. As additional posts are in the series are published, we’ll add links to them here.]

In my book Slums on …

no. 3, Screening Canada, vol. 4October 12, 2019

Infrastructural Sovereignty: IsumaTV at the 2019 Venice Art Biennale

By Malini Guha

Each column hosted on Mediapolis is written by a Contributing Editor member of our board, appears two to three times a year, and engages a topic, methodology, or medium in which the author is expert. In each “Screening Canada” column, …