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PUBLIC MARKS with tags culture & history

18 November 2006

Early Visual Media

by jlesage & 1 other
pre-cinema, early photography, early film, early television; lots of visual examples and explanations

Journal E: Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America

by jlesage
one of the most important exhibitions of our time, also raising questions about the ethics of exhibiting violence in our media culture today

16 November 2006

William Eggleston (Getty Museum)

by jlesage
Southern photographer of the everyday, commonplace

Geoff Stahl - Still 'Winning Space?': Updating Subcultural Theory

by jlesage
deals with the impact of computer mediated communication on subcultural theory; refutes role of "authenticity"; good overview of shifts in field

Book Review of "Sowing Empire: Landscape and Colonization"

by jlesage
Filmmakers and writers need to be aware of the history and social practice "spoken" by spaces and places. This is about the politics of gardens.

15 November 2006

generations, translations

by jlesage
research and translations by a small group of people interested in developing critical approaches to philosophy and social and political thought. It involves theoretical openness as an experimental method, as an ethical principle and as a social practice

Senses of Cinema

by jlesage
one of the best online film journals; exhaustive and regularly updated links page

Video History Project: Resources - Collections & Distribution Links

by jlesage
documents video art and community television, as it evolved in rural and urban New York State, and across the US

13 November 2006

Center for History and New Media

by jlesage & 1 other
extensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center

Anthro.Net Research Engine: Anthropology and Archaeology

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

Internet history

by jlesage & 1 other
on other pages, find history of other important Internet developments, such as Google and PayPal

if people were gone from the earth

by jlesage
the timeline of how the earth would recover if people were gone, a graphic

translate.eipcp.net - translate.eipcp.net

by jlesage
a multilingual web journal that challenges received ideas about linguistic and cultural "translation" along principles of a critique of culturalisation; social recomposition, beyond postcolonialism: a global commons; multilinguality vs. national language

12 November 2006

Postmodern Thought

by jlesage & 1 other
contemporary theory, critical theory, cultural theorists

11 November 2006

Zen Koans - AshidaKim.com

by jlesage & 4 others
zen koans help writers rethink narrative in another tradition of storytelling

ArtandCulture

by jlesage
information on the visual arts, performing arts, design, literature, music and film; short entries on major figures