01 December 2006
Orion Magazine
by jlesage
ideas of sustainability and its cultural contexts; many notable writers and artists here
Hayden White, Historiography and Historiophoty
by jlesage
"Historiophoty" is Robert Rosentstone's term for our representing history visually and filmically; in contrast, according to White, is "historiography," representing history verbally, in prose.
Offscreen.com :: Volume 10, Issue 10
by jlesage & 2 others
Canadian film journal online since 1997, wide coverage of independent and international film; many resources
20 November 2006
American Lesbian Photography - Home
by jlesage
"aim is to provide an overview over those lesbian photographers that took pictures of lesbians, and .. to discuss their photography in relation to the time in which they worked"
Notes on The Gaze
by jlesage
Daniel Chandler's overview of the use of an important concept in media theory
Welcome to Transparency
by jlesage & 1 other
"interprets and critiques movies and television, news and political rhetoric, theme parks and advertising, computer games and the Internet, and other creations of contemporary culture"
Picture This: Literary Theory and the Study of Visual Culture
by jlesage
by Paul Jay, Univ. of Chicago
Nicholas Mirzoeff : An Introduction to Visual Culture (Routledge, 1999)
by jlesage
Introduction to book, tells basic concepts, history
Changing Approaches to Cultural Landscapes
by jlesage
good overview of shifts in theory and focus of studies
Design Observer: writings about design & culture
by jlesage & 1 other
very well written blog; as I have commented before, knowing about space and place is crucial for thoughtful mediamakers
Local consumption cultures in a globalizing world by Peter Jackson
by jlesage
Focusing on the resilience of distinctive local consumption cultures, with evidence from three contrasting consumption cultures: consumption and 'public culture' in India, 'consumer nationalism' in China, and 'artful consumption' in Russia.
Geographies of Responsibility by Doreen Massey
by jlesage
on political implications of considering space within political discussions of responsibility and identity
19 November 2006
Video History Project: Resources
by jlesage
information from/about practitioners and groups of videomakers; technical explanations of early video formats and equipment
18 November 2006
16 November 2006
lens culture: contemporary photography magazine
by jlesage & 4 others
Photographyy internationally: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, lyrical, personal, abstract, human, and street photography. Essays, interviews with photographers, reviews of exhibitions and photo books.
Invisible Culture-An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture-University of Rochester
by jlesage & 1 other
problematizes the unquestioned alliance between culture and visibility
Geoff Stahl - Still 'Winning Space?': Updating Subcultural Theory
by jlesage
deals with the impact of computer mediated communication on subcultural theory; refutes role of "authenticity"; good overview of shifts in field
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.
13 November 2006
Difference, Diversity and Nomadic Subjectivity
by jlesage
Braidotti is a theorist combining the insights of Donna Haraway with postcolonial theory; this earlier (1998) essay still has relevance today. Useful in teaching.
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
by jlesage
"multiple contours of daily life in an unevenly digital era... how technology shapes, transforms, reconfigures, and/or impedes social relations...including issues of globalization, mobility, power, and access"
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
