PUBLIC MARKS with tags politics & theory

essay introducing concepts that can help critic look at visual culture more politically

essay attempting to analyze potential agency of teachers and students

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.

journal of arts and culture in social context; theoretical essays; international in scope

"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).

from Australia, looking at media internationally and politically

The purpose of Michael Harrington’s essay is to document and interpret the democratic foundations of Marxism through three different ways: first, reviewing Marx’s analyses of democracy and his political conclusions; second, dealing with Marx’s theory of democracy and capitalism; and finally, discussing bureaucratic collectivism in the [former] Soviet Union and the role of democracy in collectivized societies.

long review by Moishe Postone; in-depth analysis of contemporary theories of non-material labor in information field

current issue has free articles, progressive social geography

website and organization promoting good urbanism, sustainable development, smart transportation, and transit oriented development.

author traces concept of movement from Aristotle and asks us to "rethink the concept of movement and its relation to biopolitics."

abstract for thesis that sparks some interesting trains of thought

includes many essays by Mike Davis

"different modes of life embodied within local domains, yet globally interconnected at the same time"

check out sections to left on main page, and also writings listed under "correspondence"

essay by Diana Taylor about how traumatic events may be represented and possibly transmitted to those who did not experience them

a vivid debate between two feminist theorists described in detail

studies in contemporary culture, upcoming issues include Blogging; Threatening Bodies: Nationalism, Sexuality, and Race; Eco-Cultures: Culture Studies and the Environment; Frontier and Film: Cultural Icons of American Cinema; Class, Culture and Public Int

attractive, interesting leads

blog for important journal, Space and Culture

accumulation of blog entries on important postcolonial theorist

culture and theory blog with a progressive politics; well written

The "about" page for a blog on posthegemony. Author also comments succinctly on books, Latin America, film and television.

"writings cutting across and between politics, media, literature, history, law, science, medicine, philosophy, economics, music, film and more." Attractive and informative graphic design for ejournal homepage.