November 2006
"Cyberfeminism with a difference" by Rosi Braidotti
by jlesagean important essay building on the work of Donna Haraway, emphasizing the kinds of empoverishment that come with globalization, and the possibilities for new forms of collective identity in cyberspace, while eschewing utopianism.
Radical Graphics
by jlesagelarge collection organized by thematic and political categories; useful for office door poster, flyer, or demonstration
October 2006
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
by jlesage"Vectors maps the multiple contours of daily life in an unevenly digital era, crystallizing around themes that highlight the social, political, and cultural stakes of our increasingly technologically-mediated existence."
PhD Project: Vernacular Creativity and New Media at creativity/machine
by jlesageabstract for thesis that sparks some interesting trains of thought
Haraway_CyborgManifesto.html
by jlesage & 1 otherfull text of famous essay in feminist Internet theory
Collectivate.net -- Distributed Aesthetics
by jlesageexpanded discussion of a workshop on this topic. See "theses" by Munster and Lovink
"Theses on Distributed Aesthetics" by Anna Munster & Geert Lovink
by jlesageWe live inside fragmented and spatially dispersed networks, and do not just use the computer as part of a network.
Overview of a Distributed Aesthetics workshop
by jlesageconsidering a new kind of network or network-assisted art, such as Internet or cell phone facilitated performances, on or offline; using locative media; Creative Commons, etc. An older idea was Internet Art.
African-American Material, Visual, and Literary Culture on the World Wide Web
by jlesageinnovative approach to exploring cultural expression over many forms
September 2006
August 2006
ANONYMIZER - INTERNET PRIVACY & SECURITY SOLUTIONS
by jlesage & 5 othersPC software that lets you surf anonymously. High school students can hide they are on MySpace at school; workers can browse the Internet for personal use; and folks in China can hide their tracks.