18 November 2006
Early Visual Media
by jlesage & 1 otherpre-cinema, early photography, early film, early television; lots of visual examples and explanations
Journal E: Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
by jlesageone of the most important exhibitions of our time, also raising questions about the ethics of exhibiting violence in our media culture today
16 November 2006
Dorothea Lange, Collections -- Oakland Museum of California
by jlesagearchive of large collection of her photos
Geoff Stahl - Still 'Winning Space?': Updating Subcultural Theory
by jlesagedeals 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 jlesageFilmmakers and writers need to be aware of the history and social practice "spoken" by spaces and places. This is about the politics of gardens.
15 November 2006
generations, translations
by jlesageresearch and translations by a small group of people interested in developing critical approaches to philosophy and social and political thought. It involves theoretical openness as an experimental method, as an ethical principle and as a social practice
Senses of Cinema
by jlesageone of the best online film journals; exhaustive and regularly updated links page
Video History Project: Resources - Collections & Distribution Links
by jlesagedocuments video art and community television, as it evolved in rural and urban New York State, and across the US
13 November 2006
Center for History and New Media
by jlesage & 1 otherextensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center
Anthro.Net Research Engine: Anthropology and Archaeology
by jlesage & 2 otherslarge portal, includes cultural geography, ethnic studies, visual arts, postmodern anthropology
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
by jlesageinvaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers
Internet history
by jlesage & 1 otheron other pages, find history of other important Internet developments, such as Google and PayPal
if people were gone from the earth
by jlesagethe timeline of how the earth would recover if people were gone, a graphic
translate.eipcp.net - translate.eipcp.net
by jlesage a multilingual web journal that challenges received ideas about linguistic and cultural "translation" along principles of a critique of culturalisation; social recomposition, beyond postcolonialism: a global commons; multilinguality vs. national language
12 November 2006
11 November 2006
Zen Koans - AshidaKim.com
by jlesage & 4 otherszen koans help writers rethink narrative in another tradition of storytelling
A People's History Of The United States - Howard Zinn | libcom.org
by jlesageentire text of this major left history is online
ArtandCulture
by jlesageinformation on the visual arts, performing arts, design, literature, music and film; short entries on major figures