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The Council for Media and Culture provides a forum for scholarly and public ventures that probe the form and content of human communication in mediated environments.
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  • Congratulations to our 2009 grant awardees
  • Mellon Foundation funds Alliance for Networking Visual Culture
  • Nissenbaum reports on the Politics of Facial Recognition Systems: Issues and Policy
  • Arjun Appadurai appointed Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication
  • New Anthropology magazine launched at www.anthronow.com
  • Council members are encouraged to submit news items to council.media.culture@nyu.edu

We live in a world saturated with screens, images and objects, all demanding that we look at them. Our work is mediated by screens, demanding virtuoso skills... More »

Tourists of History

In Tourists of History, cultural critic Marita Sturken argues that Americans have responded to national trauma through consumerism, kitsch sentiment, and tourist practices. More »

Nations Matter

Calhoun re-examines nationalism in light of post-1989 enthusiasm for globalization and new twenty-first century anxieties. More »

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