20 November 2006
Geographies of Responsibility by Doreen Massey
by jlesageon political implications of considering space within political discussions of responsibility and identity
19 November 2006
Self/Person/Personal Identity Bibliographies
by jlesageFrom 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. . .
(Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography
by jlesageblog that reviews and critiques aspects of art and visual culture and photojournalism, often from an ethical standpoint
Cabinet Magazine Online -
by jlesagea quarterly journal of art, design, culture; partly playful, some art, some scholarly essays; good mix of specific reviews and overviews
18 November 2006
Early Visual Media
by jlesage & 1 otherpre-cinema, early photography, early film, early television; lots of visual examples and explanations
Alive with Alzheimer's, the first photographic book on AD by Cathy Greenblat
by jlesageby a visual sociologist, a site for everyone
Dave Harris and Colleagues
by jlesagelarge collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
RCCS: Course List of Cyberculture Studies
by jlesageSite is a center of such studies; course list regularly updaged
Observations on film art and “Film Art”
by jlesageblog by senior film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison
by jlesagean entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used
16 November 2006
Philosophy and Contemporary Culture
by jlesage & 1 otherextensive links page for cultural studies, theory, web resources, major figures by a teacher
Invisible Culture-An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture-University of Rochester
by jlesage & 1 otherproblematizes the unquestioned alliance between culture and visibility
David Butz and Michael Ripmeester - Finding Space for Resistant Subcultures
by jlesagecombines concept of Third Space with that of subcultural resistance
Geoff Stahl - Still 'Winning Space?': Updating Subcultural Theory
by jlesagedeals with the impact of computer mediated communication on subcultural theory; refutes role of "authenticity"; good overview of shifts in field