01 December 2006
Orion Magazine
by jlesage
ideas of sustainability and its cultural contexts; many notable writers and artists here
28 November 2006
jlesage's reviews
by jlesage
my tagcloud from stumbleupon; just discovered I could import my delicious tags and comments there. Stumbleupon is my newest obsessively visited site.
27 November 2006
Reconstruction
by jlesage
a cultural studies ejournal, with essays on literature and film; fall 06 issue is on blogging theories and practices.
26 November 2006
media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages
by jlesage
"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."
Cyberstudies webring
by jlesage
collection of sites with interest in cyberculture, many from the social sciences
22 November 2006
www.somedancersandmusicians.com
by jlesage
includes net pieces, short essays on art, quicktime movies
21 November 2006
Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University
by jlesage
Geography courses, both present and past, with exercises, links, bibliography. Also see Urban Studies and American Indian Studies. Understanding place as cultural should inform both fiction and non-fiction film.
Research on Place and Space
by jlesage & 1 other
huge portal site, across disciplines; "...other terms are sometimes used in place of place, such as home, dwelling, milieu, territory, and of course, space. None of these, though, are necessarily equivalent to the notion of place."
20 November 2006
Conversations with Dina
by jlesage
post on how students did visual ethnography using Flickr and the tags people put there
Visual Culture and the Contemporary City
by jlesage
extensive course lectures with special attention to Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin's concepts, especially Benjamin on the flaneur.
Modern Ruins, Photographic Essays - Shaun and Wendy O'Boyle
by jlesage
Traces, in the sense of Walter Benjamin's Arcades project, mark visual culture and always tell a story, if we take the time to notice
Photo Essays in Black and White by Herman Krieger
by jlesage
views of vernacular architecture and everyday use in small towns; from Eugene Oregon
Enculturation: Barry Mauer on Found Photographs
by jlesage
"The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning"
American Lesbian Photography - Home
by jlesage
"aim is to provide an overview over those lesbian photographers that took pictures of lesbians, and .. to discuss their photography in relation to the time in which they worked"
Welcome to Transparency
by jlesage & 1 other
"interprets and critiques movies and television, news and political rhetoric, theme parks and advertising, computer games and the Internet, and other creations of contemporary culture"
Changing Approaches to Cultural Landscapes
by jlesage
good overview of shifts in theory and focus of studies
Local consumption cultures in a globalizing world by Peter Jackson
by jlesage
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
by jlesage
on political implications of considering space within political discussions of responsibility and identity
19 November 2006
Code Z: Black Visual Culture Now
by jlesage
many categories, including fine art, design, fashion, film, architecture, publishing, digital media, public policy; attractively designed site, starting Aug. 06
18 November 2006
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
DONA SCHWARTZ | PHOTOGRAPHER
by jlesage
with a social eye, she looks at a kitchen changing with a blended family, being a soccer mom, and shooting with a hidden digital camera in a strip club at the customer-woman interactions there
