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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

Graffiti as Memorial in Latino Communities in NYC

October 12, 2011 laragheintz Process Blog, Project Proposal

1. Background and Context: As an art form, street art and graffiti have had a stylistic resurgence in media during the past decade, although it

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Last of the Westside Cowboys: How the High Line Molded Manhattan

October 12, 2011 Jonathan Process Blog, Project Proposal

  If a child carelessly leaves a door open a sarcastic parent may sometimes ask “Were you raised in a barn?” Well I wasn’t raised

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The Public School New York: A Walking Tour of Downtown’s Passed Art World

October 12, 2011 danielle Process Blog

On Sunday October 9th, at 5 p.m., I took part in a 90 minute walking tour of the lower west side of Manhattan, examining the

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Cartograffic Rewrites – Mapping the Mechanism of Graffiti Removal

October 11, 2011 christo Process Blog, Project Proposal

  Graffiti in New York City plays the part in a well defined administrative feedback loop. After the street art is illegally applied to an

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The History of Artists and Art Production in SoHo

October 11, 2011 danielle Process Blog, Project Proposal

In 1966, Fluxus founder and counter cultural activist George Maciunas became captivated with the idea of artist cooperatives as a vehicle for the liberation of

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Independent Bookstores in NYC: Past & Present

October 10, 2011 Farah Process Blog, Project Proposal

Source: East Carolina University. Joyner Library Digital Collections. Stuart Wright Collection – Randall Jarrell Papers # 1169-005.7.f The idea for my topic was inspired by

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Project Proposal (Proposal)

October 7, 2011 Lres Process Blog, Project Proposal

  Below is my initial proposal and following that is my thought process following class on Wednesday Oct. 5: The Heart of New York City

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Map Warper Training, Saturday, 10/29, 10am-1pm

October 6, 2011 Shannon Class Announcement

We’ll meet on Saturday, October 29th at 10:00am in the Map Division, first floor, room 117 of the of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on

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Urban Research & Mobile Media @ Mobility Shifts, Oct. 13 @ 7:30pm

October 6, 2011 Shannon Event, Events

Mobility Shifts Thursday, October 13, 7:30-9:30 pm Theresa Lang Student and Community Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th St., 2nd floor Urban Research & Mobile

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Mapping GeoCities

October 5, 2011 laragheintz In the News

Hey all found this article in GOOD this morning on how Dutch designer, Richard Vijen, plotted all data from the former GeoCities into a scrollable

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