October 2006
Cultural Studies Central
by jlesage
last updated, 2002; a plan and partial execution of a clearinghouse, discussion formum, journal
Theorizing in real time: hyperaesthetics for the technoculture
by jlesage
"As bad as bad media aesthetics are when static, they will worsen as they become interactive. It is not enough to struggle towards hypermedia: we need to develop a hyperaesthetic."
DIY Media Weblog
by jlesage
new blog as of Sept 06, good authors; participatory democracy in Internet communications
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.
Dada: Distributed Aesthetics Workshop - Institute of Network Cultures
by jlesage
wiki from the workshop, see also essay by Munster and Lovink
"Theses on Distributed Aesthetics" by Anna Munster & Geert Lovink
by jlesage
We live inside fragmented and spatially dispersed networks, and do not just use the computer as part of a network.
course outline on space, place, and landscape in contemporary art
by jlesage
You will need to cut and paste URLs into your browser, but there is much here to followup on in terms of bibliography and links.
"Junk Food Nation: Colwyn Griffith's Tourism Photographs" by Robert Evans
by jlesage
theory of tourist photogaphy discussed
H-Net Review: John C. Ehrhardt on Tourism: Between Place and Performance
by jlesage
For students of documentary, it is useful to conceptualize place, space, locale, and social performance all at the same time.
African-American Material, Visual, and Literary Culture on the World Wide Web
by jlesage
innovative approach to exploring cultural expression over many forms
Martin Irvine, Georgetown University
by jlesage
useful website of communication, culture, and technology professor; many links to courses,lectures, slideshows and essays on art, visual culture, media theory
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
September 2006
Visual Ethnography and Anthropology Links
by jlesage
of interest to anyone interested in documentary
IDEA Photographic | After Modernism
by jlesage
a useful and attractive comparison of modernist and postmodernist photography, with explanations and thematic organizations
BLDGBLOG: Container Home Kit
by jlesage
Plan to turn shipping containers into modules for building a home. Interesting blog on space, architecture, and landscape.
World Wikia - World Wikia
by jlesage & 1 other
new developments in wikis, an open source travel guide that users can edit. Will it rival the megasite, Lonely Planet?
July 2006
Local Projects
by jlesage
designers of the installations for many important storytelling projects, most notably the StoryCorps booth; "an award-winning design studio that seeks to tell stories in public spaces, museums, and over the internet, often simultaneously."
Home-Maker // Jeanie Finlay
by jlesage
The housebound talk about artefacts collected over a lifetime that represent memories. The panoramic format echoes their enclosed worlds.
MICHAEL WOLF | PHOTOGRAPHY | HONGKONG
by jlesage & 1 other
slide show of people living in 100 square feet, in Hong Kong's oldest housing estate; a good example of ethnographic media on the Internet and suggestive of what similar photographic essays might consist of
