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Urban Media Archaeology 2011

This is the website for the Fall 2011 "Urban Media Archaeology" graduate seminar-studio, taught by Shannon Mattern and Rory Solomon at The New School.

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Month: October 2011

A History of the World in 100 Seconds

October 17, 2011 sarafusco In the News

Perhaps some of you have seen this already, but I just came across this very interesting data visualization of Wikipedia-referenced historic events, and thought I’d

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The Communicative Art of Subway Bombing

October 16, 2011 sarafusco Project Proposal

Background Starting in the late 1960‘s, through the 1990‘s, the “writing” of graffiti on subway cars in New York grew into a major movement among

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Mapping Manhattan’s Coffee Addiction

October 16, 2011 Lres In the News

I am not sure if someone was mapping coffee shops…or just book stores in Manhattan. But as I was researching for my map critique I

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Orit Halpern: Archiving the Senses October 19th @ 4:15

October 14, 2011 zzikki Event

Orit Halpern: Archiving the Senses October 19th, 4:15-5:30 Room 5307 | The CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Free and open to

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NYPD’s surveillance network in Corona

October 14, 2011 zzikki Project Proposal

    One hot summer day in August, I was walking along the 37th Avenue in North Corona, Queens.  I think it was somewhere between

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Movie Theaters of the City

October 14, 2011 fishmatt33 Project Proposal

There once was time when movie theaters ruled the entertainment business.  Lines formed around street corners for a chance to be inside these palaces with

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Searching for Signs in Blind Alleys

October 13, 2011 sienna Process Blog

  I had, what I thought, was a great idea. My grandparents have almost every National Geographic since 1962, and an index in which I

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AT&T Switching Station @811 Tenth Avenue

Switching Stations and The City

October 13, 2011 Maria Process Blog, Project Proposal

    Guided by Kazys Varnelis, it seems telecommunications has played a historical role in shaping the American city. It is often said that new technologies

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The Kettle Count

October 12, 2011 Jonathan Process Blog

I’ve been meaning to post this graph ever since Stephen Taylor came to speak to us and showed the chart of water consumption in Edmonton

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Atlantic Yards Media Actors

October 12, 2011 duncan Process Blog, Project Proposal

Before I get into the project proposal, if you know anyone who has participated in the Atlantic Yards dialogue (attended community meetings, made art about

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