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Cultural Studies

Risk

—Robert F. Reid-Pharr
We must reevaluate the strength of the words we produce, that we might produce work equal to the profound need and grand promise of our difficult and interesting times.
Anthropology

America’s water whiplash

—Jeremy Schmidt
The Oroville Dam cannot be abandoned as it stands. Yet it is not sufficient to merely patch the problems when water’s erosive force is set to undermine the foundations of both material and myth.
Cultural Studies

We Need Algorithmic Transparency

—Kelly Gates
Understanding what’s inside the black box of cloud computing matters. We need transparency in the weird experience of being human.
Education

“Moonlight” schooled Hollywood on race. Can it take on school discipline, too?

—Derek Black
This year’s Academy Award winner for best picture tackles a difficult topic in the education world today: school discipline.
American History

Trump’s assault on our national history must end

—Thomas A. Foster and Margaret Storey
Trump’s poorly informed comments about the Civil War are part of a larger pattern by the president of misrepresenting the facts of American history for political purposes.

We Need Algorithmic Transparency

May 15, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Kelly Gates
Understanding what’s inside the black box of cloud computing matters. We need transparency in the weird experience of being human.

An Interview with John Cheney-Lippold, Author of We Are Data

May 3, 2017 nyupressblog 0

An interview with John Cheney-Lippold about what identity means in an algorithmic age.

Available, Accessible, Usable

March 28, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Elizabeth Ellcessor
Creating accessible spaces, technologies, and content often entails augmenting, altering, or otherwise working around the assumption that all users will have a “normal” able body.

All (Dis)Quiet on the Cultural Front: Culture Jamming in the Age of Trump

March 23, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Moritz Fink and Marilyn DeLaure
In opposition to Trump’s ad hoc and authoritarian politics, the last four months have seen a surge in creative forms of resistance known as “culture jamming.”

Welcome to the series, Keywords for Media Studies!

March 22, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—NYU Press
We’re delighted to announce the publication of Keywords for Media Studies! Our project maps the interdisciplinary field of media studies—past, present, and future.

Why the Golem Is a Perfect Metaphor for Donald Trump

November 15, 2016 nyupressblog 0

—Maya Barzilai
Golems are created and animated in times of great despair. The golem as a metaphor for Trump and a master metaphor for our times.

This “Nation of Immigrants” Created Trump: Race, Gender, Media and the Cultural Politics of U.S. Immigration

October 20, 2016 nyupressblog 0

—Leah Perry
Trump’s racist, sexist, violent anti-immigration rhetoric developed from the “immigration emergency” and “nation of immigrants” discourses established in 1980s policy and pop culture, in response to the civil rights and “second-wave” feminist movements.

More Than a Symbolic Change: iOS 10 and the Accessible Icon Emoji

September 7, 2016 nyupressblog 1

—Elizabeth Ellcessor
The revised accessibility symbol emoji introduced in iOS 10 is not the familiar static wheelchair symbol. Its inclusion demonstrates how art and activism can influence culture, industries, and policies with major implications for access and participation in broader society.

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