November 2006
(Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography
by jlesage
blog that reviews and critiques aspects of art and visual culture and photojournalism, often from an ethical standpoint
Journal E: Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
by jlesage
one of the most important exhibitions of our time, also raising questions about the ethics of exhibiting violence in our media culture today
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.
Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions
by ionial
The Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions is a resource for journalists and others looking for an easy-to-use guide to the Conventions. It is published by the Society of Professional Journalists.
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
A People's History Of The United States - Howard Zinn | libcom.org
by jlesage
entire text of this major left history is online
The Authentic History Center:
by jlesage & 1 other
Popular culture images in historical and other categories
WWF - A way of life threatened by climate change
by jlesage
an audio/slideshow with native peoples of Alaska testifying to effects of climate change
archive : s0metim3s | Undercommons 2.0 | October | 2006
by jlesage
Andrew Ross: “Technology and Below-the-Line Labor in the Copyfight over Intellectual Property” (American Quarterly, 58:3, 2006).
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
Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
by jlesage
very large bibliography on Critical Whiteness Studies, broken down into various categories; not interactive and does not lead to full text essays; worth going to the library to follow up on
October 2006
Movement by Grigorio Agamben
by jlesage
author traces concept of movement from Aristotle and asks us to "rethink the concept of movement and its relation to biopolitics."
TDR: "'You are here': the DNA of Performance"
by jlesage
essay by Diana Taylor about how traumatic events may be represented and possibly transmitted to those who did not experience them
graphic illustration of data about US
by jlesage & 2 others
I learned new search terms for visualization: infosthetics or infoviz.
A Rape in Cyberspace By Julian Dibbell
by jlesage
1993, complete text of essay delineating important event in Internet history
Sam Brody: American Filmmaker and Photographer
by jlesage
co-founder of 1930's Film and Photo League, a memorial web site gathering his writings
August 2006
www.theory.org.uk -- the media theory site
by jlesage & 1 other
attractively designed and easy to understand hyperlinks
Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net
by jlesage
interesting left theory online journal--"exploring culture and politics after the net"
