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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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Category: Map Critique

Cinema Treasures

November 30, 2011 fishmatt33 Map Critique

Cinematreasures.org is an internet database of movie theaters throughout the world that got started in 2000 to unite movie theaters with patrons by creating an

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City of Memory

November 30, 2011 sarafusco Map Critique

When first visiting City of Memory, the viewer is greeted by a glimpse of a base map that is very quickly covered by an overlay

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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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Map Critique

November 16, 2011 sienna Map Critique

For the map critique assignment, I chose a disaster map, the Radio Distress Signalling and Infocommunications’ Emergency Disaster and Information Service map. Initially, it reminded

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The Theban Mapping Project Critique

November 16, 2011 jjmaxwell Map Critique, Process Blog

The Theban Mapping Project (TMP)  is based at the American University in Cairo and has been “working to prepare a comprehensive archeological database of Thebes”

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Subway Map Floating on a NY Sidewalk

November 12, 2011 Jonathan Map Critique

Françoise Schein is a Belgian architect, town planner, academic and artist. According to her website (www.francoiseschein.com) “she specializes in cross-discipline projects that highlight the relationships

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Broadcastr – Mapping Oral History

November 9, 2011 ahanniba Map Critique, Uncategorized

Broadcastr is a mapping program that strives to contextualize our surroundings through oral histories.  Users are able to upload stories to the site and pinpoint them to

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A Literary Map of Manhattan

November 9, 2011 Farah Map Critique

A Literary Map of Manhattan is a thematic map created in 2005 for the The New York Times Book Review that plots “where imaginary New

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8-Bit NYC

November 9, 2011 duncan Map Critique

8-Bit NYC is, in the words of its creator Brett Camper, “a lo-fi web map of New York City, inspired by 8-bit video games.” Camper

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Mapping Main Street

October 26, 2011 zzikki Map Critique

Mapping Main Street “Once you start looking, you’ll notice Main Streets are everywhere and tell all kinds of stories.” (Mapping Main Street)   Mapping Main

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