Film and Media

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

Early Blues The First Stars of Blues Guitar Jas Obrecht 2015 Fall

The history of early blues guitar, with portraits of its pioneers and first stars

Simultaneous Worlds Global Science Fiction Cinema Jennifer L. Feeley and Sarah Ann Wells, Editors 2015 Fall

Reframes science fiction cinema as a global genre

Awakening the Eye Robert Frank’s American Cinema George Kouvaros 2015 Fall

A long overdue critical study of the work of a legendary American photographer and filmmaker

A Geology of Media Jussi Parikka 2015 Spring

A sweeping new ecological take on technology

Fiery Cinema The Emergence of an Affective Medium in China, 1915–1945 Weihong Bao 2015 Spring

Examines media spectatorship and affect through the unique case of modern China

Players and Their Pets Gaming Communities from Beta to Sunset Mia Consalvo and Jason Begy 2015 Spring

An unprecedented look at the lifespan of an online game that went against the grain

Deep Mapping the Media City Shannon Mattern 2015 Spring

Examines the material spaces in which our networks entangle themselves

Cinema Approaching Reality Locating Chinese Film Theory Victor Fan 2015 Spring

Examines ways in which Chinese and Euro-American film theorists conceptualize reality and cinema

Digital Shift The Cultural Logic of Punctuation Jeff Scheible 2015 Spring

Examines the punctuation of our digital lives and why it matters

The Poitier Effect Racial Melodrama and Fantasies of Reconciliation Sharon Willis 2015 Spring

Sidney Poitier as an icon of the civil rights era, signifying racial reconciliation without threat to the white status quo

World Projects Global Information before World War I Markus Krajewski 2014 Fall

Before Google and globalization, big-thinking Germans brought the world closer together

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