Understanding Media Studies
The School of Media Studies at the New School presents Understanding Media Studies, a lecture series that functions not only as a communal orientation experience for its first-semester Masters of Arts cohort, but also as an intellectual and creative “hub” for the entire School. We welcome several guest presenters from the academy, industry, and a variety of creative fields that represent the breadth of what Media Studies is and can be.
Norman Klein – The New Picaresque: Excavating Narrative Forms After the End of Globalization, 1997-2050
2 February 2015 | 4:35 pm
Norman Klein – The New Picaresque: Excavating Narrative Forms After the End of Globalization, 1997-2050 Monday, February 8, 2016, at 6:00 pm to 7:50 pm Kellen Auditorium, 66 Fifth Ave, room 101 Abstract: Globalism is a picaresque spinning us out of control, especially since 1997. We pause at the term picaresque; it is a vital clue to our dilemma. Outwardly, it refers to a unique mode of storytelling dating back to the sixteenth century. Many ... Past
Shannon Mattern – Media Architectures & Archaeologies
3 October 2015 | 4:06 pm
Key Thinkers in the Field: Shannon Mattern – Media Architectures & Archaeologies Monday, November 9, 2015, at 6:00 pm to 7:50 pm University Center, 63 Fifth Ave, lower level, room UL104 Abstract: Just how new are “new” and “emergent” media? Just how novel are our locative technologies, quantified selves, and sentient cities? This talk takes up these questions by both introducing students to “media archaeology” and its presence in various courses and initiatives throughout the ... Past
Malcolm McCullough – Emergent Media Studies
10 October 2015 | 12:58 am
Key Thinkers in the Field: Malcolm McCullough – Emergent Media Studies: Attention to Surroundings Monday, November 2, 2015, at 6:00 pm to 7:50 pm University Center, 63 Fifth Ave, lower level, room L104 Abstract: Designing and living in an age of information superabundance demands better attention practices. Cultivating a new sensibility to surroundings can help. This does not mean still one more thing to pay attention to, for attention is not always something to pay. ... Past
Sumita Chakravarty – Media, Multiplicity, Migration
11 October 2015 | 3:39 pm
Key Thinkers in the Field: Sumita Chakravarty – Media, Multiplicity, Migration Monday, October 26, 2015, at 6:00 pm to 7:50 pm University Center, 63 Fifth Ave, lower level, room L104 Abstract: How do media deal with multiplicity, a phenomenon that is the hallmark of our era of globalization, transnationalism, and migration? What sense can we make of the representational strategies deployed to define these new realities? How might we construct a genealogy of multiple belongings? ... Past
Alumni Panel: The Intellectual Traditions of SMS
12 October 2015 | 10:08 pm
Alumni Panel – The Intellectual Traditions of SMS: Susan Murray, Paula Gardner and Laurie Ouellette Monday, October 19, 2015, at 6:00 pm to 7:50 pm University Center, 63 Fifth Ave, lower level, room L104 Susan Murray – Media Histories and Cultures: An Intellectual Trajectory Abstract: Murray’s MA thesis for the media studies program at the New School was a cultural analysis of daytime talk shows in the 1990s. It was a precursor to her later work ... Past
Bob McKinnon – Emergent Media Activism: From Selma to Black Lives Matter
13 October 2015 | 8:26 pm
Bob McKinnon – Emergent Media Activism: From Selma to Black Lives Matter Monday, October 12, 2015, at 6:00 pm to 7:50 pm University Center, 63 Fifth Ave, lower level, room L104 Abstract: Bob McKinnon, an Entrepreneur in Residence, School of Media Studies and President of GALEWiLL Design will provide an examination of the role of media in citizen activism. Using both historical examples and more recent media events such as #BlackLivesMatter and the Occupy movement ... Past
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