01 November 2006
The Art of Rent by David Harvey, SR 2002 | Socialist Register
by jlesage
"a widespread belief that there is something special about certain cultural products and events (be they in the arts, theatre, music, cinema, architecture or more broadly in localized ways of life, heritage, collective memories and affective communities).
Continental Drift a seminar with Brian Holmes
by jlesage
"articulating the immense geopolitical and economic shifts which took place between 1989-2001, the effects of those changes on bodies of governance and in turn the effects on subjectivity today"; links to political and social readings
Project Premises : Sed : A Trail of Thirst
by jlesage
hypertext and visual arts project on southwest US and politics of the border; extensive essay with incorporated artistic material; new vision of documentary media, visual ethnography
31 October 2006
M/C Journal - Latest Issue
by jlesage
from Australia, looking at media internationally and politically
23 October 2006
Mute magazine-"Time, Labour & Social Domination"
by jlesage
long review by Moishe Postone; in-depth analysis of contemporary theories of non-material labor in information field
21 October 2006
Thamyris/Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race
by jlesage
current issue has free articles, progressive social geography
17 October 2006
PhD Project: Vernacular Creativity and New Media at creativity/machine
by jlesage
abstract for thesis that sparks some interesting trains of thought
RUT } Radical Urban Theory: writings on the modern urban condition
by jlesage
includes many essays by Mike Davis
TRANSFORMATIONS
by jlesage
"different modes of life embodied within local domains, yet globally interconnected at the same time"
multilingual web journal
by jlesage
check out sections to left on main page, and also writings listed under "correspondence"
translations of essays on activist art
by jlesage
On republicart, click on the words listed to the left under Discourse to see essays on topics such as: alternative economics, public sphere, precariousness, represenations, space of empire, art sabotage.
Rosa Braidotti and Judith Butler on ethics of relation
by jlesage
a vivid debate between two feminist theorists described in detail
16 October 2006
Reconstruction 6.3 (Summer 2006)
by jlesage
studies in contemporary culture, upcoming issues include Blogging; Threatening Bodies: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Race; Eco-Cultures: Culture Studies and the Environment; Frontier and Film: Cultural Icons of American Cinema; Class, Culture and Public Int
06 October 2006
Internet Public Library:
by jlesage & 1 other
links listed in "subject areas" selected at left of screen
05 October 2006
Carnival of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
by jlesage
accumulation of blog entries on important postcolonial theorist
b o r d e r l a n d s e-journal :: all issues
by jlesage
"writings cutting across and between politics, media, literature, history, law, science, medicine, philosophy, economics, music, film and more." Attractive and informative graphic design for ejournal homepage.
Flow Conference 2006
by jlesage
Oct 06. Innovative academic TV site, Flow, has upcoming conversational conference coming at end of month. Contributors submit short position papers, available for downloading.
DIY Media Weblog
by jlesage
new blog as of Sept 06, good authors; participatory democracy in Internet communications
Main Page - ParticipatoryMedia
by jlesage
wiki for course on Participatory Media and Collective Action
Networked Public Culture
by jlesage
theses for a proposed book on this topic, to which readers are invited to contribute, with comments included in "symposia" after each chapter, first announcement. Later entries include chapter contributors, topics, comments.
03 October 2006
Critique of Ranking and Listing; Exchange with Kenneth C. Werbin
by jlesage
"Our increasing emphasis on quantitative reductions, like ranking lists, at the expense of critically engaged qualitative thought, can be seen as bottom-line strategies for efficiently navigating our increasingly .. networked cybernetic order."
01 October 2006
Marita Sturken'sHomePage
by jlesage
links to full text of some of her essays, especially one on Katrina, weather media, and Homeland Security
re-public: re.imagining democracy
by jlesage
e-journal: "process of re-imagining democracy, broadly conceived as referring to the multitude of practices that shape everyday life"; in-depth left essays from an international perspective
A Rape in Cyberspace By Julian Dibbell
by jlesage
1993, complete text of essay delineating important event in Internet history
