13 November 2006
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
by jlesage
"multiple contours of daily life in an unevenly digital era... how technology shapes, transforms, reconfigures, and/or impedes social relations...including issues of globalization, mobility, power, and access"
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
'The Science Of Ghosts' - Derrida In 'Ghost Dance' (1983)
by jlesage
Derrida plays himself in 1983 film about concepts of memory; he says he is here a ghost in the art of ghosts, cinema. Many clips from this film found here
11 November 2006
Literary Theory. Literary Criticism
by jlesage
very large site, also contains links for art and film, among other things, lots of branching possiblities
Homi Bhabha - Excerpts
by jlesage
excerpts from postcolonial scholar's major works, also bibliography, links, other material
contemporary literary theory, lectures and essays by John Lye
by jlesage
on many currents, also external links
Confronting Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Ed'n in 21st Century
by jlesage
Henry Jenkins, with Katie Clinton, Ravi Purushotma, Alice J. Robinson, and Margaret Weigel ; PDF or online in 6 parts; sensible and sparks new directions of thought; respectful of students
10 November 2006
Henry Jenkins: Eight Traits of the New Media Landscape
by jlesage
succinct and useful as an overview 11/06
06 November 2006
Durham e-Prints - Department/Research Group: Cultural and Social Geography
by jlesage
28 papers from Univ. Durham on cultural geography, full text
Digital Library in leisure studies
by jlesage
links to full text essays; important to consider how people choose to organize their time and attention, when they can
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
by jlesage
a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew
Syllabus - SOC 4391 - Social Theory
by jlesage
value of the course outline is that there are links to chapters of most classics in social theory, reproduced as full text chapters and extensive excerpts
Uneven Development: Nature, Capital and the Production of Space by Neil Smith
by jlesage
entire book by major left social geographer available in three downloads
Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
by jlesage
very large bibliography on Critical Whiteness Studies, broken down into various categories; not interactive and does not lead to full text essays; worth going to the library to follow up on
The geopolitics of knowledge and the colonial difference
by jlesage
by Walter Mignolo; "'modernity' is not a strictly European but a planetary phenomenon to which the "excluded barbarians" have contributed, although their contribution has not been acknowledged."
03 November 2006
NMEDIAC : THE JOURNAL OF NEW MEDIA AND CULTURE : nmediac.net
by jlesage
papers and audiovisual texts on "the discourses, ideologies, and human experiences/uses of new media apparatuses"
Sal Randolph
by jlesage
attractive web site with art and essays by artist who lives in New York and produces independent art projects involving gift economies and social architectures
"Contributions to a Resistant Visual Culture Glossary"
by jlesage
essay introducing concepts that can help critic look at visual culture more politically
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
"Flaubert's Point of View" by Pierre Bourdieu
by jlesage
complete text of long essay; Flaubert was a touchstone for Bourdieu in establishing the concept of the field of cultural production
"Rhetorical and Political Agency in the Habitus"
by jlesage
essay attempting to analyze potential agency of teachers and students
