There's a new book out by one of my favorite authors that I thought I'd share with everyone. Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas, by Rebecca Solnit From the description there: "A reinvention of the traditional atlas ... examining the many layers of ...Read More
As I mentioned in my Pecha Kucha (I think), this research project has brought up some interesting dynamics for me between analog/digital, low-fi/high-tech. Zine culture is very much about process, about the craft of making. The zine artifact is tactile, tangible ...Read More
Over the course of my research, I’ve found some unlikely sources to be remarkably useful. Since I am writing on newspaper and media buildings, and in some cases covering buildings constructed in the 19th century, it can be difficult finding ...Read More
My project will aim to discover how the restaurant-to-consumer food delivery service has benefited from the latest developments in communication technologies. In particular, my idea is to describe where the limits to timesaving are, in an era where instantaneity seems ...Read More
The theme for the Fall 2010 issue Immediacy, our program's graduate student journal, is "Media Engagements with Contemporary Urban Space." I encourage all of you to submit your work -- perhaps not in the form of several individual projects, but ...Read More
Preparing my Pecha Kucha presentation for this week made me think much more concrete about the objective of my research, and the argument I am going to spatialize. Reading Olivia Mitchell’s advices for holding a Pecha Kucha presentation also directed ...Read More
You Are Here: Psychogeography of Mapping - Pratt Manhattan Gallery - Closing 11/6/10 See Urban Omnibus Review Read More
Because URT is undergoing some updates and we won't be able to post for a couple weeks, you won't be able to share an URT-based "draft map" on the 17th (see the original assignment here). Yet I would still like ...Read More
Alright, so its about time that I officially post my proposal. I'll admit that things have changed between now and last month. However, as I look back, I notice that things have not changed that much. and they've changed ...Read More
Stumbling blocks are useful. I should like to admit that I've been a little frustrated with the progress I've made in my study of speakeasies, prohibition, bar culture, and media theory. For just a few reasons. Firstly, there's simply so much ...Read More