Gil Rodman – cultural studies / critical media studies

Feminism Vienna

16 March 202616 March 2026Gil

Vienna – Week 11 photo dump

This week featuring a statue of a man punching a horse!

Minneapolis Pedagogy Vienna

12 March 202612 March 2026Gil

The Diplomatische Akademie Wien runs on a trimester system, which is a teaching rhythm that doesn’t quite match any other I’ve ever experienced. Back in Minneapolis, UMN is on spring[sic] break this week, and the semester is roughly at its halfway point. Here, though, my “Digital Culture and Technology” seminar meets for the last time […]

Vienna

8 March 20268 March 2026Gil

Vienna – Week 10 photo dump

I have not yet ventured into the Philly cheesesteak establishment depicted below. Experience tells me that the odds are very long indeed that I will taste anything that reminds me of Pat’s (or even Geno’s . . . but I am very much on the Pat’s side of that long-running (ahem) beef). At the same […]

Academia Cultural studies Larry Grossberg Minneapolis Politics Racism Stuart Hall Vienna

5 March 202614 March 2026Gil

No Reason

Earlier this week, I did a thing. It was streamed online and also archived on YouTube. You can also find it embedded below.

Vienna

3 March 202616 March 2026Gil

Vienna – Week 9 photo dump

A couple of days later than the routine I had settled into … but extra large to make up for it.

Vienna

22 February 202616 March 2026Gil

Vienna – Week 8 photo dump

This week, featuring images from what was evidently Vienna’s biggest snowfall in 20 years: about 8 inches (20 centimeters). 36 hours later, thanks to temperatures well above freezing and some light rain, it was almost completely gone. After 20+ years in Minnesota, this is the kind of “tough” winter that I could get used to.