October 2006
H-Net Review: John C. Ehrhardt on Tourism: Between Place and Performance
by jlesage
For students of documentary, it is useful to conceptualize place, space, locale, and social performance all at the same time.
Memory in Science: Index & Bibliography - John Sutton
by jlesage
2001, will be updated. Many links in the "social memory" section to memory and film
The Kitchen - Essays
by jlesage
"SELECTION OF ESSAYS AND PUBLICATIONS RELEVANT TO ART, CRAFT AND POLITICS IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF VIDEO"
Martin Irvine, Georgetown University
by jlesage
useful website of communication, culture, and technology professor; many links to courses,lectures, slideshows and essays on art, visual culture, media theory
H-Net Review: J. Michael Ryan on Sharon Zukin's "Point of Purchase"
by jlesage
subtitle of Zukin's book: How Shopping Changed American Culture; H-Net review offers reviews of humanities scholarship
re-public: re.imagining democracy
by jlesage
e-journal: "process of re-imagining democracy, broadly conceived as referring to the multitude of practices that shape everyday life"; in-depth left essays from an international perspective
A Rape in Cyberspace By Julian Dibbell
by jlesage
1993, complete text of essay delineating important event in Internet history
"Race In/For Cyberspace: Identity Tourism and Racial Passing on the Internet"
by jlesage
major essay by Lisa Nakamura
September 2006
August 2006
Autonomy & Solidarity | Autonomy & Solidarity Network
by jlesage
left journal: change comes from self organization of workers and oppressed groups
July 2006
Collectivate.net - 'journalisms'
by jlesage
well written and thoughtful about many social aspects of the Internet, worldwide
Posthegemony
by jlesage
cultural theory, literature, media--from the perspective of a Latin Americanist
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog
by jlesage
a relatively new film studies blog, reviews texts, offers syllabi
SCAN | journal of media arts culture ::
by jlesage
"the aesthetics and the political economy of media arts, as practised in both new and traditional media forms"; site is a little difficult to navigate, good theoretical articles with comprehensive bibliographies
timescape syllabus
by jlesage
course outline with interesting links, especially lecture notes: "Since the birth of cinema, architectural and urban space, and ideas of landscape have played a crucial role in the visual representation of space on screen."
course directory : Media and Film : University of Sussex
by jlesage
a large list of media courses taught at Sussex, can be traced out to see syllabi and bibliography; not a lot of links to online readings
Film-Philosophy ejournal
by jlesage & 3 others
has critical discussions from readers, with past entries summarized; good roundup of current journal and publications
City of Sadness by Hou Hsiao-Hsien
by jlesage
a large hypertextual site with an analysis of the Taiwan classic film in its various aspects, especially social/historical and aesthetic; an early example of the possibilities of using the Internet for in-depth film analysis and yet to be surpassed
Welcome to Landscapes of Capital
by jlesage
how space/time (speed), capital and globalization are represented in corporate television advertising, one of the best academic web sites in scope, graphic design, and visual analysis
The Reading Experience
by jlesage
from librarian, wide range, well-written, theoretical about reading
essay on limitation of blogs
by jlesage
"Goodbye, Blog: The friend of information but the enemy of thought." by Alan Jacobs
