11 November 2006
Confronting Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Ed'n in 21st Century
by jlesage
Henry Jenkins, with Katie Clinton, Ravi Purushotma, Alice J. Robinson, and Margaret Weigel ; PDF or online in 6 parts; sensible and sparks new directions of thought; respectful of students
10 November 2006
Henry Jenkins: Eight Traits of the New Media Landscape
by jlesage
succinct and useful as an overview 11/06
06 November 2006
Multimedia - From Wagner to Virtual Reality
by jlesage
attractive web site dealing with concepts, pioneers, images, theory
howstuffismade.org
by jlesage
visual encyclopedia that documents manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products.--summative photo essays produced by students guided by faculty
Documenting America
by jlesage & 1 other
huge photographic archive from Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
by jlesage
a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew
Litsum: The Most Free Literature Summaries, Study Guides and Book Summaries
by jlesage & 3 others
like Cliff's Notes but now free; teachers beware and forget about those book reports on the classics
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
02 November 2006
walking as knowing as making
by jlesage
a concept of walking = knowledge building sensorially; bibliography of readings linked to here
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by jlesage
"descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation which might occur in a story or performance"; tips for screenwriters looking for ideas
01 November 2006
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
U B U W E B
by jlesage & 28 others
"independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts"; lots on experimental film
31 October 2006
Dr. Helena Sheehan / Home Page
by jlesage
much material on her media and society courses, including powerpoint lectures
21 October 2006
Knowing Knowledge - a photoset on Flickr by George Siemens
by jlesage
for those interested in infoaesthetics, this set of 57 images about aspects of knowledge is a stimulating philosophical exercise and a way to ask students how they might have made an image of similar interacting concepts
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by jlesage
artist and teacher's web site; under "digital storytelling" are wonderful quicktime movies, often from South America or in Latino USA, with subtitles; an exemplar of documentaries on the Internet
18 October 2006
lecturelinks of Mary Klages
by jlesage
extensive lecture notes on major cultural figures and critical concepts for course Modern Critical Thought
17 October 2006
howstuffismadeblog
by jlesage
manufacturing processes, labor conditions, and environmental issues involved in the production of contemporary goods
16 October 2006
09 October 2006
06 October 2006
Internet Public Library:
by jlesage & 1 other
links listed in "subject areas" selected at left of screen
