18 October 2006
Movement by Grigorio Agamben
by jlesage
author traces concept of movement from Aristotle and asks us to "rethink the concept of movement and its relation to biopolitics."
Professor Stephen Graham - Writing & Publication
by jlesage
left urban geographer, with many online writings, often with an international focus
Praxis (e)Press - Contents
by jlesage
"critical works in theory and practice in several fields from a variety of different theoretical perspectives – including anarchist, anti-racist, environmentalist, feminist, marxist, postcolonial, poststructuralist, queer, situationist and socialist"
17 October 2006
PhD Project: Vernacular Creativity and New Media at creativity/machine
by jlesage
abstract for thesis that sparks some interesting trains of thought
RUT } Radical Urban Theory: writings on the modern urban condition
by jlesage
includes many essays by Mike Davis
placekraft
by jlesage
generating and studying: tactical urbanism, speculative cartography, ephemeral/vernacular architecture, and itinerant practices
TRANSFORMATIONS
by jlesage
"different modes of life embodied within local domains, yet globally interconnected at the same time"
multilingual web journal
by jlesage
check out sections to left on main page, and also writings listed under "correspondence"
influence of Henri Lefevre
by jlesage
Stuart Elden traces influence of Lefevre's concept of space on contemporary theorists like Castells
Papers for the 06 International Symposium on Electronic Arts
by jlesage
many full text papers available, with theoretical reflections and case studies, across media
Anxious Libraries
by jlesage
wonderfully designed hypertext project on what libraries might mean today, with all those books few people read; a model of a hypertext exploration of an important intellectual topic
16 October 2006
Swarming Media
by jlesage
blog that give good reports on conferences and reviews of books, often on digital culture
2006 Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge
by jlesage
06 winners, with photos and explanations in a slide show
Slide Show: Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge 2005
by jlesage
winners and honorable mention, with photos and explanations
09 October 2006
Semiotics for Beginners by Daniel Chandler
by jlesage
semiotics, like connotation, and metaphor and metonymy are terms that convey how images bear meaning; valuable for anyone interested in film and photography
jan van eyck . avantgarde film biopolitics
by jlesage
list of films and readings putting together a film series and discussions of biopolitics in a new and interesting way; complete texts of accompanying theoretical readings
06 October 2006
Flickering Connectivities in Shelley Jackson's "Patchwork Girl"
by jlesage
essay on hypertext fiction
05 October 2006
Cultural Studies Central
by jlesage
last updated, 2002; a plan and partial execution of a clearinghouse, discussion formum, journal
Theorizing in real time: hyperaesthetics for the technoculture
by jlesage
"As bad as bad media aesthetics are when static, they will worsen as they become interactive. It is not enough to struggle towards hypermedia: we need to develop a hyperaesthetic."
DIY Media Weblog
by jlesage
new blog as of Sept 06, good authors; participatory democracy in Internet communications
Networked Public Culture
by jlesage
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.
