06 November 2006
Department of Geography : Research Clusters / Groups - Durham University
by jlesage
publications of Mike Crang, major cultural geographer and sociologist
Media Art Net | Overview of Media Art | MassMedia
by jlesage
links to many full text essays on television; site is a little difficult to navigate, but links to much good writing
Contemporary Aesthetics: ejournalof theory, research, and application in aesthetics.
by jlesage
lots of essays in each issue
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
Pierre Bourdieu and taste
by jlesage
overview, with many links; part of a larger, interesting cultural studies site
BOURDIEU AND THE SOCIOLOGY OF AESTHETICS
by jlesage
interpretive essay that provides good overview for cultural studies; constrasts Bourdieu and Derrida
02 November 2006
"Cyberfeminism with a difference" by Rosi Braidotti
by jlesage
an important essay building on the work of Donna Haraway, emphasizing the kinds of empoverishment that come with globalization, and the possibilities for new forms of collective identity in cyberspace, while eschewing utopianism.
Place: Cultural, Disability, Ethnic, Media, Postcolonial, Race Studies
by jlesage
huge multi-page database of links on space and place in cultural geography as applicable to interdisciplinary studies
