06 November 2006
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
03 November 2006
"Contributions to a Resistant Visual Culture Glossary"
by jlesage
essay introducing concepts that can help critic look at visual culture more politically
"Rhetorical and Political Agency in the Habitus"
by jlesage
essay attempting to analyze potential agency of teachers and students
02 November 2006
"Cyberfeminism with a difference" by Rosi Braidotti
by jlesage
an 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.
01 November 2006
The Art of Rent by David Harvey, SR 2002 | Socialist Register
by jlesage
"a widespread belief that there is something special about certain cultural products and events (be they in the arts, theatre, music, cinema, architecture or more broadly in localized ways of life, heritage, collective memories and affective communities).
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
Project Premises : Sed : A Trail of Thirst
by jlesage
hypertext and visual arts project on southwest US and politics of the border; extensive essay with incorporated artistic material; new vision of documentary media, visual ethnography
24 October 2006
one small project
by jlesage
learning from those who "claim leftover spaces in cities and live in unauthorized dwellings made of scavenged, leftover materials"; solicits contributions
23 October 2006
The Propaganda Remix Project
by jlesage & 2 others
old WW2 posters with contemporary messages; very well thought out designwise; print out for your office door
21 October 2006
Thamyris/Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race
by jlesage
current issue has free articles, progressive social geography
19 October 2006
New Urbanism
by jlesage
website and organization promoting good urbanism, sustainable development, smart transportation, and transit oriented development.
18 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."
17 October 2006
PhD Project: Vernacular Creativity and New Media at creativity/machine
by jlesage
abstract for thesis that sparks some interesting trains of thought
RUT } Radical Urban Theory: writings on the modern urban condition
by jlesage
includes many essays by Mike Davis
howstuffismadeblog
by jlesage
manufacturing processes, labor conditions, and environmental issues involved in the production of contemporary goods
TRANSFORMATIONS
by jlesage
"different modes of life embodied within local domains, yet globally interconnected at the same time"
multilingual web journal
by jlesage
check out sections to left on main page, and also writings listed under "correspondence"
translations of essays on activist art
by jlesage
On republicart, click on the words listed to the left under Discourse to see essays on topics such as: alternative economics, public sphere, precariousness, represenations, space of empire, art sabotage.
05 October 2006
DIY Media Weblog
by jlesage
new blog as of Sept 06, good authors; participatory democracy in Internet communications
I Want Media - Media News & Resources
by jlesage & 1 other
media headlines, regrettably no RSS feed for site
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.
03 October 2006
Critique of Ranking and Listing; Exchange with Kenneth C. Werbin
by jlesage
"Our increasing emphasis on quantitative reductions, like ranking lists, at the expense of critically engaged qualitative thought, can be seen as bottom-line strategies for efficiently navigating our increasingly .. networked cybernetic order."
