December 2006
Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society
by jlesage & 2 others"Our interests extend to the wondrous, the curious, the singular, the esoteric, the arcane, and the sometimes hazy frontier between the plausible and the implausible." a whacky collection
Media Art Net | Sitemap
by jlesageEnglish site overview page of a large German site for media, art, and the Internet
November 2006
Dr. Chris Mullen, The Visual Telling of Stories, illustration, design, film, narrative sequences, magazines, books, prints etc
by jlesage & 1 othera very large historical archive, often from advertising, "to provide for all levels of possible viewer a visually orientated taxonomy of the ways in which pictures are used to tell stories." unique collection, also useful for many other purposes
Research on Place and Space
by jlesage & 1 otherhuge portal site, across disciplines; "...other terms are sometimes used in place of place, such as home, dwelling, milieu, territory, and of course, space. None of these, though, are necessarily equivalent to the notion of place."
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
by jlesagelarge American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
Design Observer: writings about design & culture
by jlesage & 1 othervery well written blog; as I have commented before, knowing about space and place is crucial for thoughtful mediamakers
Bruce B. Janz Home Page
by jlesagevery large academic resources collection for arts, humanities, social theory, philosophy
Philosophy and Contemporary Culture
by jlesage & 1 otherextensive links page for cultural studies, theory, web resources, major figures by a teacher
Invisible Culture-An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture-University of Rochester
by jlesage & 1 otherproblematizes the unquestioned alliance between culture and visibility
Center for History and New Media
by jlesage & 1 otherextensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center
The Authentic History Center:
by jlesage & 1 otherPopular culture images in historical and other categories
Invincible Cities
by jlesagephotographic exploration of two poor cities, a combination of Walter Benjamin's interest in traces and overlays with systematic, extensive visual ethnography
"Contributions to a Resistant Visual Culture Glossary"
by jlesageessay introducing concepts that can help critic look at visual culture more politically
October 2006
H-Net Review: J. Michael Ryan on Sharon Zukin's "Point of Purchase"
by jlesagesubtitle of Zukin's book: How Shopping Changed American Culture; H-Net review offers reviews of humanities scholarship
August 2006
www.theory.org.uk -- the media theory site
by jlesage & 1 otherattractively designed and easy to understand hyperlinks
July 2006
if:book: introducing MediaCommons
by jlesagenew project for intellectual ejournal/blog for media studies; interesting set of comments accumulated about its feasibility
June 2006
EServer: Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
by jlesagelarge bibliography with links to many full text essays--american studies, critical legal studies, literature, marxism, media, popular culture, postcolonialism, queer, race, women's studies
WJT Mitchell: theories of media glossary
by jlesagemajor writer on cultural theory. graphic presentation of media terms with explanations given when clicked on