Raney Aronson, Katerina Cizek, Jason Spingarn-Koff, and Francesca Panetta on what new forms of documentary can contribute back to journalism.
Podcast: CMS Alumni Panel
Three Comparative Media Studies alums — Parmesh Shahani, Rekha Murthy, and Sam Ford — return to discuss their post-graduate lives.
Data Auralization: Different Modes of Sensing Sensor Data
Lily Bui writes, “I wanted to play with the concept of ‘mundane data’ and think about how else it could be used.”
Podcast: Doris Sommer, “Welcome Back, to the Humanities as Civic Engagement”
Doris Sommer’s new book, The Work of Art in the World: Civic Agency and Public Humanities, revives the collaboration between aesthetic philosophy and democratic development.
A (Working) Typology of Sensor Journalism Projects
Lily Bui looks at sensor journalism work, teases out emergent patterns, provides perspective on the field to anticipate its future trajectory.
Podcast: Helen Nissenbaum, “Resisting Data’s Tyranny with Obfuscation”
Data obfuscation is a compelling “weapon-of-the-weak,” which deserves to be developed and strengthened, its moral challenges countered and mitigated.
Featured work from NYU’s Helen Nissenbaum
Ahead of Thursday’s talk with Helen Nissenbaum — an NYU professor of Media, Culture and Communication, and Computer Science — we’d like to share some of her featured work, including her new book with Mary Flanagan, who spoke at CMS/W earlier this year.
