20 November 2006
Visualising Ethnography
gateway site with links, courses, intereviews, tips
culture.info - sharing knowledge for culture - visual
the visual page from a large European web portal for arts professionals; another page is for media
Notes on The Gaze
Daniel Chandler's overview of the use of an important concept in media theory
Welcome to Transparency
by 1 other"interprets and critiques movies and television, news and political rhetoric, theme parks and advertising, computer games and the Internet, and other creations of contemporary culture"
Aesthetics and Visual Culture
extensive links page, from a philosophy disciplinary perspective; updated Aug. 06
19 November 2006
Spout - We're talkin' movies
a movie search engine, blogspot, voting, good plot summaries, able to buy film
Video History Project: Resources
information from/about practitioners and groups of videomakers; technical explanations of early video formats and equipment
Community and Activist Video - Welcome to the Videosphere!
especially about Chicago in the 1970s and 80s; the experimental and activist media communities have always been close here
Chicago's Video Underground
1973 article about portapak pioneers in Chicago video, also Dan Sandin, who invented an early image processor; it's about my generation and my people, so I love it, as I loved the Sandin Image Processor
18 November 2006
EServer.org: Accessible Writing
by 3 otherslarge collection of academic essays; "such diverse topics as art, architecture, race, Internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia, and current social issues. Also hypertext and streaming audio and video recordings."
Communication Studies Resources: The University of Iowa
one of the largest set of links, updated regularly, to all aspects of communication; many political themes; a wide range of disciplinary approaches included; highly recommended
Early Visual Media
by 1 otherpre-cinema, early photography, early film, early television; lots of visual examples and explanations
Dave Harris and Colleagues
large collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
Dr Daniel Chandler's UWA Home Page
extensive website of visual semiotician, with course outlines, online papers, and an interesting links page
Category D: A Film and Media Studies Blog: The Intro Textbook: A Comparison
an entry in a film blog that I like that compares and contrasts the Film 101 textbooks commonly used
16 November 2006
Visual Studies video projects
student work from advanced classes, 2003-2004
Visual Studies Fine Arts Videos 2002-2003
advanced students' video projects online, from Univ of Toronto
cinelinks
links page from Cinetext: Film and Philosophy ejournal
THE JOY OF VISUAL PERCEPTION
online book, 2006
Visual Ethnographies
links page
15 November 2006
Film Experience Blog: The Vampire Blog-a-Thon
Oct. 31, 06; over fifty film bloggers contributed to the Vampire blogathon
100 films
film blog; announces upcoming blogathons: Lovesick Cinema, Feb. 14; Unspoken Cinema, 08 January; Film Criticism, 01 December-03 December; Alfred Hitchcock, 15 November; large network of film bloggers write for these
Senses of Cinema
one of the best online film journals; exhaustive and regularly updated links page
Video History Project: Resources - Collections & Distribution Links
documents video art and community television, as it evolved in rural and urban New York State, and across the US
14 November 2006
Word Circuits
"This is a place for poetry and fiction born to pixels rather than the page--writing that's digital down to its bones." An excellent resource with both online poetry, often Flash poetry, and other links.
