public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tag academic

12 November 2006

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

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

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contemporary theory, critical theory, cultural theorists

11 November 2006

Literary Theory. Literary Criticism

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

Howie's Home Page

homepage and access to many of Howard Becker's essays online; major figure in sociology of art

Homi Bhabha - Excerpts

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

The Imperial Archive

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

Journal of e-Media Studies

announcement of new journal, scheduled for mid Nov. 06.

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

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

Overview Map "digital enlightenment: research"

a visual map, with links, of how to use metasites for knowledge acquisition, research, and reading online; author has other such maps on his site; useful for students as mode of presenting info and for info itself.

Knowing Knowledge

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

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

Andrew Ross: “Technology and Below-the-Line Labor in the Copyfight over Intellectual Property” (American Quarterly, 58:3, 2006).

Internet resources for course on web art production

links to theory, artists sites, institutional resources, good sites for tutorials, and ejournals on/for web art

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