Film and Media

Cinema’s Bodily Illusions Flying, Floating, and Hallucinating Scott C. Richmond 2016 Fall

On the history and theory of perceptual illusions in cinema

Fifty Years of The Battle of Algiers Past as Prologue Sohail Daulatzai 2016 Fall

A fresh, important intervention into understanding our post-9/11 world

Murray Talks Music Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues Albert Murray 2016 Spring

Rare and previously unpublished work from an influential critic, cultural theorist, and champion of jazz

Cinema without Reflection Jacques Derrida’s Echopoiesis and Narcissism Adrift Akira Mizuta Lippit 2016 Spring

Excavates a theory of cinema in Derrida’s writing on love, narcissism, echopoiesis, and fluidity

Internet Spaceships Are Serious Business An EVE Online Reader Marcus Carter, Kelly Bergstrom and Darryl Woodford, Editors 2016 Spring

The first sustained analysis of the hugely successful and complex MMOG, EVE Online

Speculative Blackness The Future of Race in Science Fiction André M. Carrington 2016 Spring

Examines race through fanzines, Star Trek, comic books, and Harry Potter

On the Existence of Digital Objects Yuk Hui 2016 Spring

How and why digital objects are best theorized through relations

Ambient Media Japanese Atmospheres of Self Paul Roquet 2016 Spring

How atmospheric media have come to shape urban Japan

Computing as Writing Daniel Punday 2015 Fall

If we consider e-book authors to be writers, should we think of e-book programmers as writers, too?

Dead Matter The Meaning of Iconic Corpses Margaret Schwartz 2015 Fall

A corpse is much more than a dead body

Illegal Literature Toward a Disruptive Creativity David S. Roh 2015 Fall

“Illegal” publications have real value for society and culture

Berlin Replayed Cinema and Urban Nostalgia in the Postwall Era Brigitta B. Wagner 2016 Spring

How film has helped Berlin reinvent itself by creating nostalgia for its better pasts

Mechademia 10 World Renewal Frenchy Lunning, Editor 2015 Fall

The ongoing effects of 3/11 in Japan through anime and manga

Our Own Image A Story of a Māori Filmmaker Barry Barclay 2015 Fall

An insightful look at the introduction of Fourth Cinema into the mainstream

How to Talk about Videogames Ian Bogost 2015 Fall

A fond look at the preposterous—and yet essential—pursuit of games criticism

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