20 November 2006
Enculturation: Barry Mauer on Found Photographs
"The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning"
Notes on The Gaze
Daniel Chandler's overview of the use of an important concept in media theory
19 November 2006
(Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography
blog that reviews and critiques aspects of art and visual culture and photojournalism, often from an ethical standpoint
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
JEP - The Journal of Electronic Publishing
many of the past issues were on thematic concerns; ever of greater importance in academic and knowledge communities is the how-to of electronic publishing
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."
Observations on film art and “Film Art”
blog by senior film scholars David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson
16 November 2006
THE JOY OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
online book, 2006
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
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
13 November 2006
Center for History and New Media
by 1 otherextensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center
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
Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb
by 7 othersThe invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web and comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines can't index.
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"
11 November 2006
Women's Studies Resources
various areas, see "art" and "feminist theory"
06 November 2006
subsol index
links to many full text essays on art and activism
Digital Library in leisure studies
links to full text essays; important to consider how people choose to organize their time and attention, when they can
02 November 2006
walking as knowing as making
a concept of walking = knowledge building sensorially; bibliography of readings linked to here
31 October 2006
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
"Vectors maps the multiple contours of daily life in an unevenly digital era, crystallizing around themes that highlight the social, political, and cultural stakes of our increasingly technologically-mediated existence."
Transliteracies » Blog Archive » Lisa Parks
Research in the Technological, Social, and Cultural Practices of Online Reading
17 October 2006
Papers for the 06 International Symposium on Electronic Arts
many full text papers available, with theoretical reflections and case studies, across media
