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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.

  • Course Information
  • Schedule and Readings
  • Assignments
  • Maps

Author: Maria

The Bell System and The Story of Telephony

December 19, 2011 Maria Process Blog

With the famous exchange between Alexander Graham Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson in 1876, an industry came into being. The history of the Bell

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Final reflections….

December 19, 2011 Maria Process Blog

This has been a very challenging experience. This was the first time that I ever thought about mapping arguments. Previously, I had a rather narrowed

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Approaching the end…

December 9, 2011 Maria Process Blog

After navigating an ocean of information, and dealing with different possible ideas for mapping, I finally feel confident that things are starting to gel. My

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Joaquín Torres García, Inverted Map of South America (1943)

Inverted Map of South America

November 30, 2011 Maria Map Critique

  After reading James Corner’s text, The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and Invention, I remembered an emblematic artwork of Latin American 20th Century art

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Switching Stations: Thoughts On My Project

November 9, 2011 Maria Process Blog

After the Pecha Kucha presentations and the comments from guests and classmates, I find myself now in the process of narrowing down my timeline for

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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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