#CFP: Themed Dossier “Urban Deathscapes: Media, Spaces of Death, and the Contemporary City” guest edited by Susana Viegas (@filmdeath.bsky.social) – submissions for contributions (300 words) are open until 10 September! www.mediapolisjournal.com/about-us/edi...

Very much looking forward to (and feeling very honored to be a small part of) the exhibition opening and panel discussion for "Wild Hedges: Waste/lands" by Al-Wah’at Collective on Wednesday, 19.30 at @mediamatic-net.bsky.social 🌿 RSVP here: www.mediamatic.net/en/page/3934...

Both a milestone and a transitional moment: The newest issue of MEDIAPOLIS: A JOURNAL OF CITIES AND CULTURE – Vol. 11 No. 1 "Mediapolis at 10 Years and Beyond" – is now online in #OpenAccess here: www.mediapolisjournal.com

"I meditate because my mind has numerous tabs open" bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap/b... OUT NOW: My chapter for "The Analogue Idyll" (ed by @aretaylor.bsky.social / @brisunipress.bsky.social), in which I explored how mindfulness apps play with themes of (dis)connection in their ads.

Thanks to all the contributors - @trinesy.bsky.social, Alexandra Kviat, Malene Hornstrup Jespersen, Annika Isfeldt, @neilio1979.bsky.social, @lindakopitz.bsky.social, Michael Palm, @krisalbris.bsky.social, @peejayohhsee.bsky.social, and Dave Mclaughlin!

🔓 #OpenAccess ✍️ @lindakopitz.bsky.social 🔍 Focusing on the #neighborhood (re)development Bajeskwartier in #Amsterdam – and its vision of living in and with nature – this article explores the #sensory as a mode of representing the #future. 📖 buff.ly/BITIC2u

The city is a playground. But is it really? In the intro to the Playable Cities dossier, @carobirdsall.bsky.social, @lindakopitz.bsky.social and Alex Gekker discuss how cities are built, how cities are navigated, and how cities are resisted with and through play.

Playable Cities: An Introduction

The city is a playground. But is it really? This introduction to the Playable Cities dossier discusses how cities are built, how cities are navigated, and how cities are resisted with and through play...

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Our new issue (28:4) is out now! Read it on our website: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ECS/curr...

The new SZG is out, with a dossier on "Media History and the Environmemt" www.schwabeonline.ch/schwabe-xave...

Next #NECS location revealed. #NECS2026 will take place in Montpellier, FR 17.-20.6.2026

"Across all sections, this issue shows the fluency of NECSUS as a space for informed, timely cultural critique from a range of disciplinary perspectives, positions, and styles". The newest Spring 2025_#Review issue of @necsusjournal.bsky.social is out now: necsus-ejms.org/portfolio/sp...

Spring 2025 - NECSUS

Editorial NECSUS by Toni Pape, Martine Beugnet, Greg de Cuir Jr, Ilona Hongisto, Judith Keilbach, Skadi Loist, Maria A. Vélez Serna, and Andrea Virginás

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Very much looking forward to diving into the edited collection "The Senses and Memory"! My own chapter draws on the former prison site Biljmerbajes to explore the sensory (re)charging of urban spaces between memorizing their past and realizing their future. More here: vernonpress.com/book/2363

On 16 May, we are finishing this year’s ASCA cities seminar series @uvahumanities.bsky.social on ‘Playable Cities’ with a talk by Christoph Borbach and Max Kanderske on “Playful Resistance: Sensor-Counter Practices in Urban Environments“. All welcome! www.cities.humanities.uva.nl/news/asca-ci...

🗺️ New book out now! Maps as Media Constructs (Springer, 2025) we provide an introductory look at cartographic representations as multimedia constructs Co-authored with Olaf Kühne & Timo Sedelmeier. 📘 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #cartography #mediageographies #neopragmatism

Maps as Media Constructs

This book fills a gap in the market by taking an introductory look at cartographic representations as multimedia constructs

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Not poetry, but policy: The opening slides for my presentation at the #MediaAtmospheres symposium today – and a starting point to conceptualize how architectural media (including urban policy documents) are a site of both representing present atmospheres and constructing future atmospheres.

Hello... you 👀 If you are not sure how to spend your time until the final season of "YOU" premieres @netflix.com tomorrow, you could always (re)read my article on how viewers interrogate questions of monstrosity and morality through the visuality of the body. doi.org/10.1386/jfs_...

Next up in our Seminar Series on ‘Playable Cities’ at @uvahumanities.bsky.social: On April 25, @peejayohhsee.bsky.social will give a guest lecture on “Play through the Grey Prism: Addressing Chromatic Leisure in Cities“ 🛹 www.cities.humanities.uva.nl/news/asca-ci... @carobirdsall.bsky.social

A snapshot from last week's excursion to the #EyeFilmMuseum archive with my "Research Methods" seminar @vuamsterdam.bsky.social – we got to see the latest aquisitions, smell films with 'vinegar syndrome', shiver in the depot and ask all questions about what is (or is not) in the archive 👀

Alongside @ushar.bsky.social and @devinasarwatay.bsky.social, Joke Hermes and I get to think about past, present and future practice of doing audience research on April 15 ✨ Open to anyone and organised by the 'Audience and Reception Studies' section @yecrea.bsky.social.

Had a brilliant time last week reflecting on "Writing with/for Others" with the RMa Students in Arts & Culture at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social – we talked about our 'audiences', embracing 'crises' in our writing processes and making collaborative forms of thinking + writing + publishing more common.

In "Through the looking glass", Sarah Banet-Weiser and @jillybkay.bsky.social argue that grasping the dynamics of ‘mirroring’ in digital culture is crucial for analyzing contemporary #gender politics as it plays out in an increasingly reactionary terrain. Read: doi.org/10.1177/1367... #feminism

On Feb 14, @carobirdsall.bsky.social, Alex Gekker and I are kicking off this year's ASCA Cities Seminar @uvahumanities.bsky.social with a reading session on "Playable Cities" – feat. texts by @miguelsicart.bsky.social, @hughdavies.bsky.social and more. Open to all!

A growing collection of academic journals and presses in cultural studies and beyond on Bluesky✨ Let us know if you have further additions! go.bsky.app/UBncxBx

NOW ONLINE: What is the use of limits – and of pushing past them? The NECSUS Autumn 2024 issue presents various perspectives on what #Enough might mean in the field of media studies. You can read the full issue in #OpenAccess here: necsus-ejms.org/portfolio/au...

Autumn 2024_#Enough - NECSUS

Editorial NECSUS by Toni Pape, Martine Beugnet, Greg de Cuir Jr, Ilona Hongisto, Judith Keilbach, Skadi Loist, Maria A. Vélez Serna and Andrea Virginás

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Looking up #holiday recipes... or looking up cultural studies research on cooking, baking and gendered labor? 🤷‍♀️ You can find these articles by @isabel-sykes.bsky.social @emmahcasey.bsky.social Zeena Feldman, Francesca Sobande, Joanne Hollows in our online archive: https://buff.ly/3VsaYks

If you are interested in (not so) utopian urbanism, @cogitatiomac.bsky.social invited me to their "Let's talk about Media and Communication" video series to discuss care and connectivity in 'The Line' 👀 The corresponding article is available in #OpenAccess. www.cogitatiopress.com/wp/lta/the-l...

The Line: Examining AI-driven urbanism | Let's Talk About Media and Communication

Saudi Arabia is building a futuristic city called The Line. This city will rely heavily on artificial intelligence to function. However, Linda Kopitz (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) argues ...

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In this year's #ASCA Cities Seminar (co-organized w/ @carobirdsall.bsky.social), we will approach the city through the lens of play with Ekim Tan, @peejayohhsee.bsky.social, Sam Hind, Christoph Borbach and Max Kanderske ✨ Open to all! www.cities.humanities.uva.nl/news/2024-20...