Ruin Porn and the Obsession with Decay

1. Ruin Porn and the Anthropocene (Siobhan Lyons)

Part I. American Ruin

2. Detroit Was Always Made of Wheels: Confronting Ruin Porn in its Hometown (Kate Wells)

3. Gods and Monsters: A Solastalgic Examination of Detroit's Ruins and Representation (Christopher T. Gullen)

4. The Bronx Isn't Burning, Is It?: Ruin Porn and Contemporary Perceptions of The Bronx (Joseph Donica)

Part II.   Photographic Ruin

5. "Take Nothing but Photos, Leave Nothing but Footprints": How-to Guides for Ruin Photography (Susan A. Crane)

6. Where the (Moving) Sidewalk Ends: Images of Wasted Americana in the Preapocalyptic World (Amanda Firestone, Stephen Crompton and Corey George)

7. Picturing Ruin in the American Rustbelt: Andrew Borowiec's Cleveland: The Flats, the Mill, and the Hills (2008) (Susann Köhler)

Part III. Alternative Ruinscapes

8. Diachronic Fetishisation: Ruin Porn and Pitcairn Island Language, Archaeology, and Architecture (Joshua Nash and Martin Gibbs)

9. No Vacancy: History and Meaning of Contemporary Ruins in a Regional Australian City (Nancy Cushing, Michael Kilmister, and Nathan Scott)

Part IV. Virtual and Mediated Ruin

10. Immersive Ruin: Chernobyl and Virtual Decay (Michelle Bentley)

11. More than Ruins: (Post-)Apocalyptic Places in Film (Felix Kirschbacher)

12. 'This is not ruin tourism': Social Media and the Quest for Authenticity in Urban Exploration (André Jansson)