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PUBLIC MARKS with tags theory & academic

15 November 2006

generations, translations

by jlesage
research and translations by a small group of people interested in developing critical approaches to philosophy and social and political thought. It involves theoretical openness as an experimental method, as an ethical principle and as a social practice

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

12 November 2006

'The Science Of Ghosts' - Derrida In 'Ghost Dance' (1983)

by jlesage
Derrida plays himself in 1983 film about concepts of memory; he says he is here a ghost in the art of ghosts, cinema. Many clips from this film found here

Postmodern Thought

by jlesage & 1 other
contemporary theory, critical theory, cultural theorists

11 November 2006

Literary Theory. Literary Criticism

by jlesage
very large site, also contains links for art and film, among other things, lots of branching possiblities

Homi Bhabha - Excerpts

by jlesage
excerpts from postcolonial scholar's major works, also bibliography, links, other material

The Imperial Archive

by jlesage
influence of the British imperial process on literature from the 19th through the 21st centuries; deals with specific areas of the world that were former colonies

Confronting Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Ed'n in 21st Century

by jlesage
Henry Jenkins, with Katie Clinton, Ravi Purushotma, Alice J. Robinson, and Margaret Weigel ; PDF or online in 6 parts; sensible and sparks new directions of thought; respectful of students

Knowing Knowledge

by jlesage
useful summary by George Siemens of his ideas from new book; educators need to rethink all ideas about knowledge, education, and learning for young people growing up in the Internet era

10 November 2006

09 November 2006

Teaching resources links

by jlesage
a wide variety of intriguing paths to follow, listed alphabetically; a interesting way to set up a links page, although I prefer annotations

06 November 2006

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).

Digital Library in leisure studies

by jlesage
links to full text essays; important to consider how people choose to organize their time and attention, when they can

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