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no. 2, Student Voices, vol. 4June 26, 2019

Getting Lost in “Wondaland”: Political Worldbuilding and Timeless Affects in Janelle Monáe’s Metropolis

By Mathilde Fauteux

[Ed. note: this post is part of our Student Voices section. In this issue all posts in the section come from papers given at the 2019 SCMS-U Conference. For more background on these posts and to view other posts … Read More

no. 2, Student Voices, vol. 4June 24, 2019

Introduction: SCMS-U & Student Voices

By Amy Corbin

[Ed. note: this post is part of our Student Voices section. In this issue all posts in the section come from papers given at the 2019 SCMS-U Conference. For more background on these posts and to view other posts … Read More

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 …

Notes on the Personal Archive: A Response to Giorgia Piffaretti

By Floris Paalman

Why do you keep something? Or: why do you record something? These fundamental questions inform the practice of archivists, and by extension filmmakers and others who record what happens in the world. One may assume that things are kept because …

A NEW(S) STAND: UNFOLDING LAYERS OF MEANING – archival praxis, between observation, projection and imagination

By Giorgia Piffaretti

In this installment of ‘from the archive’, Swiss artist Giorgia Piffaretti focuses on the subject of ‘personal archive’. Starting from her own archive, she recognizes potential in everyday objects and situations. To activate this potential, she has developed a method, …