public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags users & culture

October 2006

howstuffismadeblog

manufacturing processes, labor conditions, and environmental issues involved in the production of contemporary goods

Papers for the 06 International Symposium on Electronic Arts

many full text papers available, with theoretical reflections and case studies, across media

Virtual Society? Projects

"the social science of electronic technologies"; links to major projects on Internet research

Cultural Studies Central

last updated, 2002; a plan and partial execution of a clearinghouse, discussion formum, journal

Networked Public Culture

theses for a proposed book on this topic, to which readers are invited to contribute, with comments included in "symposia" after each chapter, first announcement. Later entries include chapter contributors, topics, comments.

Collectivate.net -- Distributed Aesthetics

expanded discussion of a workshop on this topic. See "theses" by Munster and Lovink

September 2006

World Wikia - World Wikia

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new developments in wikis, an open source travel guide that users can edit. Will it rival the megasite, Lonely Planet?

July 2006

Local Projects

designers of the installations for many important storytelling projects, most notably the StoryCorps booth; "an award-winning design studio that seeks to tell stories in public spaces, museums, and over the internet, often simultaneously."

May 2006

CJR Daily

"realtime media criticism from the Columbia Journalism Review"