November 2006
Geoff Stahl - Still 'Winning Space?': Updating Subcultural Theory
by jlesage
deals with the impact of computer mediated communication on subcultural theory; refutes role of "authenticity"; good overview of shifts in field
Book Review of "Sowing Empire: Landscape and Colonization"
by jlesage
Filmmakers and writers need to be aware of the history and social practice "spoken" by spaces and places. This is about the politics of gardens.
Video History Project: Resources - Collections & Distribution Links
by jlesage
documents video art and community television, as it evolved in rural and urban New York State, and across the US
Center for History and New Media
by jlesage & 1 other
extensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
by jlesage
invaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers
MIT--media in transition 05: the work of stories
by jlesage
much of the conference is available in av form or papers or abstracts.
The Authentic History Center:
by jlesage & 1 other
Popular culture images in historical and other categories
Documenting America
by jlesage & 1 other
huge photographic archive from Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection
Invincible Cities
by jlesage
photographic exploration of two poor cities, a combination of Walter Benjamin's interest in traces and overlays with systematic, extensive visual ethnography
"Flaubert's Point of View" by Pierre Bourdieu
by jlesage
complete text of long essay; Flaubert was a touchstone for Bourdieu in establishing the concept of the field of cultural production
Place: Cultural, Disability, Ethnic, Media, Postcolonial, Race Studies
by jlesage
huge multi-page database of links on space and place in cultural geography as applicable to interdisciplinary studies
"The Mirror and the Veil: An Overview of American Online Diaries and Blogs"
by jlesage
theoretical study from the Netherlands about functioning and origins of blogs in US
October 2006
lecturelinks of Mary Klages
by jlesage
extensive lecture notes on major cultural figures and critical concepts for course Modern Critical Thought
syllabus05: Visual Studies and Visual Culture
by jlesage
follow up on the links to his slide shows, with images from history of art; also links to online materials of interest
Sleepy City | urban photography
by jlesage & 1 other
photographically deconstructing the urban environment
Anxious Libraries
by jlesage
wonderfully designed hypertext project on what libraries might mean today, with all those books few people read; a model of a hypertext exploration of an important intellectual topic
Audio slide show: Bluegrass music's man of steel
by jlesage
example of how to incorporate personal history, music, and slides in portrait of dobro player and singer; also shows effectiveness of short, under three minute, audio slide show documentaries.
Journal for MultiMedia History - Volume 3 (2000) Contents Page
by jlesage
journal of history that uses hypertext and multimedia
Folktexts: A library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology, page 1
by jlesage & 3 others
the kinds of things all screenwriters can steal from, over and over
net critique ยป Interview with Alan Liu
by jlesage
Liu is author of "The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information"
September 2006
IDEA Photographic | After Modernism
by jlesage
a useful and attractive comparison of modernist and postmodernist photography, with explanations and thematic organizations
August 2006
www.theory.org.uk -- the media theory site
by jlesage & 1 other
attractively designed and easy to understand hyperlinks
