November 2006
essay on academic blogging in Reconstruction
by jlesage
06, overview, rationale, and links to academic blogs
Observations on film art and “Film Art”
by jlesage
blog by senior film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
LeisureArts: Some context for Concept Trucking
by jlesage
"practice engaged with various forms of ephemeral, convivial, and quotidian cultural production"
Dialogic: Giorgio Agamben: Means Without Ends
by jlesage
a collection of ideas from Agamben that summarizes some of his key ideas; blog from "a dialogic provocateur searching for viable alternative/oppositional cultures." Much on film; many links.
October 2006
Dr. Anderson's Communication Gateway Page: Flow Conference "New Technologies" Panel @ 12:45pm
by jlesage
blog by a communications and media teacher with many online resources, links, lecture notes, etc.
Swarming Media
by jlesage
blog that give good reports on conferences and reviews of books, often on digital culture
WRT: Writer Response Theory
by jlesage & 1 other
"exploration of digital character art — any art involving electrons and making use of letters, alphanumerics, or other characters in an interesting way"
academhack
by jlesage & 1 other
"Tech should make teaching easier and more effective, not harder and more frustrating."
The Learning Circuits Blog: Should All Learning Professionals Be Blogging?
by jlesage
This question prompted a large round of comments, roundups, later reflections.
Main Page - AcademicBlogs
by jlesage & 1 other
A wiki about academic blogs, with links to blogs in each academic area of study
Posthegemony
by jlesage
The "about" page for a blog on posthegemony. Author also comments succinctly on books, Latin America, film and television.
virtualpolitik
by jlesage
"A blog about digital rhetoric that asks the burning questions about electronic bureaucracy and institutional subversion on the Internet." Well-written, points to developments in the arts and on the web that otherwise might go unnoticed.
virtualpolitik: Who Will Be Voted Off the Island?
by jlesage
a review of Jenkins' "Convergence Culture" that covers some of the main topics in current New Media scholarship
Steve Bussey's Blog: "Interpreting Popular Culture" Course
by jlesage
Blogger describes course, including a bibliography of exciting readings.
Kali Tal - Reviews: Lisa Nakamura: Lisa Nakamura, "Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet"
by jlesage
Kali Tal is a major writer on trauma literature and film; this essay appears on her blog.
September 2006
Teaching Carnival
by jlesage
blog entries around a specific set of questions about teaching in higher education; collected and commented on at regular intervals by a "host" blogger
