public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags academic & science

November 2006

Self/Person/Personal Identity Bibliographies

From philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience: Identity, Consciousness, Knowledge, Pathologies of the Self, Personalism, Narrative, Gender, Medical Ethics, Embodiment, Social Construction, Ethics, Politics, Law, Medicine. . .

Cabinet Magazine Online -

a quarterly journal of art, design, culture; partly playful, some art, some scholarly essays; good mix of specific reviews and overviews

EServer.org: Accessible Writing

by 3 others
large collection of academic essays; "such diverse topics as art, architecture, race, Internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia, and current social issues. Also hypertext and streaming audio and video recordings."

The Eye Page

an exploration of eye structures in nature

Seeing Is Believing?

another page of visual illusions with explanations

Anthro.Net Research Engine: Anthropology and Archaeology

by 2 others
large portal, includes cultural geography, ethnic studies, visual arts, postmodern anthropology

howstuffismade.org

visual encyclopedia that documents manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products.--summative photo essays produced by students guided by faculty

SocioSite

a very large sociology site from the University of Amsterdam; of particular interest are a section on web sociology and one on famous sociology; site is full of both explanations and links to other full text articles

October 2006

Bruno Latour: ARTICLES

most of these works are in English and have full text version online

Main Page - AcademicBlogs

by 1 other
A wiki about academic blogs, with links to blogs in each academic area of study

Marita Sturken'sHomePage

links to full text of some of her essays, especially one on Katrina, weather media, and Homeland Security

September 2006

Medical Animation and Medical Illustration

Beautiful online animation of the Life of a Cell. I want to return to the site to learn what I just saw means.