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PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags digitalculture & identity

November 2006

Welcome to House of Lime

by 2 others
check out category "dings" to see a huge collection of innovative dingbats

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."

ZoneZero from analog to digital photography

by 2 others
a large, excellently curated photography site, including slide shows and discussions of key issues in photography and representation in general; highly recommended; under tutelage of Pedro Meyer; take "tour" first

I Photograph to Remember

Pedro Meyer's photoessay about his father's last days; a classic

Video Journal :: spokesmanreview.com

Colin Mulvany makes audio/slideshows of daily life in Spokane; textured soundscapes and good interpersonal photographic style characterize his work.

Knowing Knowledge - a photoset on Flickr by George Siemens

for those interested in infoaesthetics, this set of 57 images about aspects of knowledge is a stimulating philosophical exercise and a way to ask students how they might have made an image of similar interacting concepts

TRANSFORMATIONS

"different modes of life embodied within local domains, yet globally interconnected at the same time"

Papers for the 06 International Symposium on Electronic Arts

many full text papers available, with theoretical reflections and case studies, across media

vitia

well written, much about pedagogy and digital culture, blogging

Hypercrit

blog about relation between hypertext theory and theories of authorship

Lesson Plans for Digital Storytelling

this is a lesson plan that could be adapted for different ages or kinds of classes, e.g., composition or video production or narrative arts

Digital Story Examples

a page leading to many examples, things you could make with imovie; from more than decade of practice from 1990-2003

Composing Cyberspace, by Rich Holeton

website for book, with sections on knowledge, community, and identity; does not have text of book but many useful questions, links, and resources

Rob Shields | Publications

many full text essays on space, including online space

Networked Public Culture

theses for a proposed book on this topic, to which readers are invited to contribute, with comments included in "symposia" after each chapter, first announcement. Later entries include chapter contributors, topics, comments.

Collectivate.net -- Distributed Aesthetics

expanded discussion of a workshop on this topic. See "theses" by Munster and Lovink

September 2006

KQED

major station hosts digital storytelling initiative; good examples, handbook, model

August 2006

Digital Aesthetics

site to accompany Sean Cubitt's book Digital Aesthetics