November 2006
essay on academic blogging in Reconstruction
by jlesage06, overview, rationale, and links to academic blogs
Dialogic: Giorgio Agamben: Means Without Ends
by jlesagea collection of ideas from Agamben that summarizes some of his key ideas; blog from "a dialogic provocateur searching for viable alternative/oppositional cultures." Much on film; many links.
October 2006
Swarming Media
by jlesageblog that give good reports on conferences and reviews of books, often on digital culture
WRT: Writer Response Theory
by jlesage & 1 other"exploration of digital character art — any art involving electrons and making use of letters, alphanumerics, or other characters in an interesting way"
Posthegemony
by jlesageThe "about" page for a blog on posthegemony. Author also comments succinctly on books, Latin America, film and television.
virtualpolitik
by jlesage"A blog about digital rhetoric that asks the burning questions about electronic bureaucracy and institutional subversion on the Internet." Well-written, points to developments in the arts and on the web that otherwise might go unnoticed.
virtualpolitik: Who Will Be Voted Off the Island?
by jlesagea review of Jenkins' "Convergence Culture" that covers some of the main topics in current New Media scholarship
Kali Tal - Reviews: Lisa Nakamura: Lisa Nakamura, "Cybertypes: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity on the Internet"
by jlesageKali Tal is a major writer on trauma literature and film; this essay appears on her blog.
September 2006
July 2006
Collectivate.net - 'journalisms'
by jlesagewell written and thoughtful about many social aspects of the Internet, worldwide
Terry Mockler's Journey Through Cyberspace
by jlesagenewmedia maker and writer has several interesting blog sites; goal is to develop "readership by utilizing writing to probe cyberspace for post-literate identities."
Surftrail: Anders Fagerjord's Blog
by jlesageattractively designed blog tracing the thinkers the author found useful in areas of internet and blog theory, as well as other conceptual pursuits, categorized on the left side of the page
June 2006
May 2006
1
(25 marks)