01 December 2006
Cyberculture Links
prepared by noted scholar, Sean Cubitt, extensive links in various categories, good links to theory
27 November 2006
eipcp.net
transversal is a multilingual web journal; interesting web design
26 November 2006
media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages
"news and journalism, film, TV, media policy, media reform activism, philosophy and social theory, urban history, contemporary American politics--\perspective informed by media history, political economy and social and cultural theory."
20 November 2006
Local consumption cultures in a globalizing world by Peter Jackson
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
on political implications of considering space within political discussions of responsibility and identity
Neoliberalizing Space
essay on updating space-place theory for contemporary economics
13 November 2006
$99,000 house
built out of shipping containers, schematics given; is this sustainability?
Why Work?
CLAWS: Creating Livable Alternatives to Wage Slavery. Since I am retired and a webmistress for a media site, ejumpcut.org, I love the idea of this site for personal reasons. But most people do have to work, so this maintains an utopian sensibility for al
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
"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"
11 November 2006
Howie's Home Page
homepage and access to many of Howard Becker's essays online; major figure in sociology of art
06 November 2006
Henry Jenkins: Taking the You Out of YouTube?
what kinds of censorship face You Tube and My Space, in addition to the site's ownership of content?
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
Media Art Net | Overview of Media Art | MassMedia
links to many full text essays on television; site is a little difficult to navigate, but links to much good writing
Uneven Development: Nature, Capital and the Production of Space by Neil Smith
entire book by major left social geographer available in three downloads
The geopolitics of knowledge and the colonial difference
by Walter Mignolo; "'modernity' is not a strictly European but a planetary phenomenon to which the "excluded barbarians" have contributed, although their contribution has not been acknowledged."
Invincible Cities
photographic exploration of two poor cities, a combination of Walter Benjamin's interest in traces and overlays with systematic, extensive visual ethnography
03 November 2006
"Contributions to a Resistant Visual Culture Glossary"
essay introducing concepts that can help critic look at visual culture more politically
"Flaubert's Point of View" by Pierre Bourdieu
complete text of long essay; Flaubert was a touchstone for Bourdieu in establishing the concept of the field of cultural production
Pierre Bourdieu, The Essence Of Neoliberalism
key essay in English
01 November 2006
The Art of Rent by David Harvey, SR 2002 | Socialist Register
"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).
24 October 2006
one small project
learning from those who "claim leftover spaces in cities and live in unauthorized dwellings made of scavenged, leftover materials"; solicits contributions
Fast Capitalism ejournal
interdisciplinary journal on information and communication in 21st cent. economy and culture; good authors; focus on new media
19 October 2006
New Urbanism
website and organization promoting good urbanism, sustainable development, smart transportation, and transit oriented development.
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