OLD/NEW/NEXT : Adjacent Issue 6

ADJACENT is an online journal of emerging media published by the Interactive Telecommunications Program, or ITP. Its mission is to share research, reflection, observations, and opinions from and for the diverse creators that are exploring the possibilities and directions at the frontiers of media and technology.

Old/New/Next sounds like it could be a slogan of mid-20th century America: casting off the past, ascendantly modern, moving toward a bright future. But in a contemporary moment in which so much of the future feels as though it has already been predicted, data mined, and sold off, this slogan takes on a more ironic tone, and taking the time to cast a critical eye back toward the past seems like an act of resilience, or at least an act of refuge-seeking. The Interactive Telecommunications Program is turning 40 this year, and for Adjacent Issue 6 we wanted to take this birthday as an opportunity for us to look back on the past 40 years of media and technology, reflect on what that history can inform us about the future of the field, and interpret how the dreams of the past brought about the present, for better and for worse.

Editorial Board

Nancy Hechinger, Editor-in-Chief
Alden Rivendale Jones & Carrie Wang, Managing Editors

Editors

Gabriella M Garcia, Senior Editor
Na Chen
Daniel Fries
Karina Hyland
Ashley Jane Lewis
Melissa Powers
Lillian Ritchie
Matthew Ross

Art Direction: Site Design

Dana Elkis
Emily Lin
Ilana Bonder

Art Director: Visuals/Illustration

Nick Gregg

Web Development

Sukanya Aneja
Vince Mingpu Shao

Communications and Public Relations

Gabriella M Garcia, Director
Sarah Liriano
Yiting Liu
Marcela Mancino
Kat Vlasova

Acknowledgment and Thanks

Michal Sahar, a brilliant font designer, for the use of her typeface Sunday.

ADJACENT was made possible by a Tisch Faculty Grant. Special thanks to Tisch School of the Arts Dean, Allyson Green, and ITP’s Chair and the Associate Dean for Emerging Media, Dan O’Sullivan, for their ongoing support.

Contact

adjacent@itp.nyu.edu

Submit your article proposal here

Questions or comments about submissions or any other matter?

Email us at adjacent@itp.nyu.edu.

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