November 2006
MIT communications forum archive
by jlesage
the various programs are on many topics of media and mass communications; available in audio, video, or print format; good overview of contemporary media issues by academics and practitioners
Digital Archive of American Architecture: Contents
by jlesage
invaluable for mise-en-scene; suggestive for writers
Introduction to Modern Literary Theory
by jlesage
brief overview of many currents, with links and bibliography
Jahsonic, a vocabulary of culture
by jlesage
intriguing website taking up themes and critical theories/ists, with many links; check out "index" link on home page
Pierre Bourdieu and taste
by jlesage
overview, with many links; part of a larger, interesting cultural studies site
October 2006
Knowing Knowledge - a photoset on Flickr by George Siemens
by jlesage
for those interested in infoaesthetics, this set of 57 images about aspects of knowledge is a stimulating philosophical exercise and a way to ask students how they might have made an image of similar interacting concepts
net critique ยป Interview with Alan Liu
by jlesage
Liu is author of "The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Information"
September 2006
IDEA Photographic | After Modernism
by jlesage
a useful and attractive comparison of modernist and postmodernist photography, with explanations and thematic organizations
July 2006
Theory, Culture & Society -- short essays defining key concepts
by jlesage
very useful for theoretical studies in the humanities
June 2006
EServer: Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
by jlesage
large bibliography with links to many full text essays--american studies, critical legal studies, literature, marxism, media, popular culture, postcolonialism, queer, race, women's studies
WJT Mitchell: theories of media glossary
by jlesage
major writer on cultural theory. graphic presentation of media terms with explanations given when clicked on
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