Posts Tagged: urban history
Becoming Network. Henry C. Beck, Material Culture and the London Tube Map of 1933
Presentation by Sebastian Gießmann (Internet Policy Advisor to the Greens in the German Bundestag). What makes a material network a navigable social space? In my contribution, I will try to demonstrate that the relation of built structures and their media
Becoming Network. Henry C. Beck, Material Culture and the London Tube Map of 1933
Presentation by Sebastian Gießmann (Internet Policy Advisor to the Greens in the German Bundestag). What makes a material network a navigable social space? In my contribution, I will try to demonstrate that the relation of built structures and their media
Digging Through Archives and Dirt: Entangling Media Archaeology, Archaeology Proper, and Architectural History
Presentation by Shannon Mattern (The New School). In the introduction to their new media archaeology anthology, Erkki Huhtamo and Jussi Parikka propose that “[m]edia archaeology should not be confused with archaeology as a discipline. When media archaeologists claim that they
Digging Through Archives and Dirt: Entangling Media Archaeology, Archaeology Proper, and Architectural History
Presentation by Shannon Mattern (The New School). In the introduction to their new media archaeology anthology, Erkki Huhtamo and Jussi Parikka propose that “[m]edia archaeology should not be confused with archaeology as a discipline. When media archaeologists claim that they
Invisible Cities: Toward a Networked Urbanism
Presentation by Marina Peterson (Ohio University). In Southeast Ohio, small cities haunt the rural present. At the turn of the twentieth century, the region was dotted with dozens of towns. These cities are crucial hubs in a networked urbanism structured
Invisible Cities: Toward a Networked Urbanism
Presentation by Marina Peterson (Ohio University). In Southeast Ohio, small cities haunt the rural present. At the turn of the twentieth century, the region was dotted with dozens of towns. These cities are crucial hubs in a networked urbanism structured
Forgotten Material Histories of Repurposed Movie Theaters
Presentation by Veronica Paredes (University of Southern California). This presentation will highlight one aspect of Marquee Survivals, an interactive, digital dissertation that explores contemporary conceptions of the repurposed movie theater. Across the United States, movie theaters have been converted into
Forgotten Material Histories of Repurposed Movie Theaters
Presentation by Veronica Paredes (University of Southern California). This presentation will highlight one aspect of Marquee Survivals, an interactive, digital dissertation that explores contemporary conceptions of the repurposed movie theater. Across the United States, movie theaters have been converted into
Tin Pan Alley: Critiquing an Intermedial Network, circa 1900
Presentation by Keir Keightley (University of Western Ontario). To this day, the idea of the “alley” can figure modernity’s production of concentrated or interdependent industrial zones (e.g. Automation Alley in Detroit, Silicon Alley in New York). But the first such
Tin Pan Alley: Critiquing an Intermedial Network, circa 1900
Presentation by Keir Keightley (University of Western Ontario). To this day, the idea of the “alley” can figure modernity’s production of concentrated or interdependent industrial zones (e.g. Automation Alley in Detroit, Silicon Alley in New York). But the first such
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