18 November 2006
Dave Harris and Colleagues
large collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
RCCS: Course List of Cyberculture Studies
Site is a center of such studies; course list regularly updaged
Dr Daniel Chandler's UWA Home Page
extensive website of visual semiotician, with course outlines, online papers, and an interesting links page
THE PECULIARITIES OF CYBERSPACE by Albert Benschop
complete book online, covers many areas often not dealt with, such as porn sites and dating sites; one insight that may draw you to read more: "the times that count in cyberspace are highly accelerated and strongly individualized."
16 November 2006
cinelinks
links page from Cinetext: Film and Philosophy ejournal
THE JOY OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
online book, 2006
Research on Place and Space
excellent portal by cultural studies teacher; updated
Philosophy and Contemporary Culture
by 1 otherextensive links page for cultural studies, theory, web resources, major figures by a teacher
Seeing Is Believing?
another page of visual illusions with explanations
Visual Anthropology
major ejournal for field
Invisible Culture-An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture-University of Rochester
by 1 otherproblematizes the unquestioned alliance between culture and visibility
David Butz and Michael Ripmeester - Finding Space for Resistant Subcultures
combines concept of Third Space with that of subcultural resistance
Geoff Stahl - Still 'Winning Space?': Updating Subcultural Theory
deals with the impact of computer mediated communication on subcultural theory; refutes role of "authenticity"; good overview of shifts in field
15 November 2006
dichtung-digital. Hyperfiction, Netzliteratur, Hypermedia: Interfictions
here is a page listing all essays available in English; distinguished authors
generations, translations
research and translations by a small group of people interested in developing critical approaches to philosophy and social and political thought. It involves theoretical openness as an experimental method, as an ethical principle and as a social practice
13 November 2006
www.theory.org.uk -- the media theory site
large site, attractive new design as of 11/06. essays, links, delving into popular culture and playing with it, theoretical explorations and savvy; highly recommended
Difference, Diversity and Nomadic Subjectivity
Braidotti is a theorist combining the insights of Donna Haraway with postcolonial theory; this earlier (1998) essay still has relevance today. Useful in teaching.
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
"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
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)
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
very large site, also contains links for art and film, among other things, lots of branching possiblities
Scope - Institute of Film Studies journal
published by Univ of Nottingham
Women's Studies Resources
various areas, see "art" and "feminist theory"
