01 December 2006
Orion Magazine
by jlesageideas of sustainability and its cultural contexts; many notable writers and artists here
Trinh T. Minh-ha essay
by jlesageNot You/Like You: Post-Colonial Women and the Interlocking Questions of Identity and Difference, by Trinh T. Minh-ha
22 November 2006
DIGITALSOULS.COM - new media art | philosophy | culture
by jlesage"one of the longest continuously running online galleries and e-zines dedicated to new media art, digital culture and philosophy; contributions by international artists and writers including Brian Eno, Yoko Ono, John Berger, Sean Cubitt, Susan Sontag..."
20 November 2006
American Lesbian Photography - Home
by jlesage"aim is to provide an overview over those lesbian photographers that took pictures of lesbians, and .. to discuss their photography in relation to the time in which they worked"
Welcome to Transparency
by jlesage & 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"
Changing Approaches to Cultural Landscapes
by jlesagegood overview of shifts in theory and focus of studies
Joel Kovel
by jlesagemany of this important writer's essays online, a psychoanalyst who has long been a political commentator
Local consumption cultures in a globalizing world by Peter Jackson
by jlesageFocusing on the resilience of distinctive local consumption cultures, with evidence from three contrasting consumption cultures: consumption and 'public culture' in India, 'consumer nationalism' in China, and 'artful consumption' in Russia.
Geographies of Responsibility by Doreen Massey
by jlesageon political implications of considering space within political discussions of responsibility and identity
19 November 2006
Self/Person/Personal Identity Bibliographies
by jlesageFrom philosophy, psychology, cognitive science, cognitive neuroscience: Identity, Consciousness, Knowledge, Pathologies of the Self, Personalism, Narrative, Gender, Medical Ethics, Embodiment, Social Construction, Ethics, Politics, Law, Medicine. . .
16 November 2006
Geoff Stahl - Still 'Winning Space?': Updating Subcultural Theory
by jlesagedeals with the impact of computer mediated communication on subcultural theory; refutes role of "authenticity"; good overview of shifts in field
Book Review of "Sowing Empire: Landscape and Colonization"
by jlesageFilmmakers and writers need to be aware of the history and social practice "spoken" by spaces and places. This is about the politics of gardens.
15 November 2006
dichtung-digital. Hyperfiction, Netzliteratur, Hypermedia: Interfictions
by jlesagehere is a page listing all essays available in English; distinguished authors
generations, translations
by jlesageresearch and translations by a small group of people interested in developing critical approaches to philosophy and social and political thought. It involves theoretical openness as an experimental method, as an ethical principle and as a social practice
13 November 2006
translate.eipcp.net - translate.eipcp.net
by jlesage a multilingual web journal that challenges received ideas about linguistic and cultural "translation" along principles of a critique of culturalisation; social recomposition, beyond postcolonialism: a global commons; multilinguality vs. national language
11 November 2006
Howie's Home Page
by jlesagehomepage and access to many of Howard Becker's essays online; major figure in sociology of art
Homi Bhabha - Excerpts
by jlesageexcerpts from postcolonial scholar's major works, also bibliography, links, other material
06 November 2006
archive : s0metim3s | Undercommons 2.0 | October | 2006
by jlesageAndrew Ross: “Technology and Below-the-Line Labor in the Copyfight over Intellectual Property” (American Quarterly, 58:3, 2006).
Syllabus - SOC 4391 - Social Theory
by jlesagevalue of the course outline is that there are links to chapters of most classics in social theory, reproduced as full text chapters and extensive excerpts
03 November 2006
Sal Randolph
by jlesageattractive web site with art and essays by artist who lives in New York and produces independent art projects involving gift economies and social architectures
02 November 2006
"Cyberfeminism with a difference" by Rosi Braidotti
by jlesagean important essay building on the work of Donna Haraway, emphasizing the kinds of empoverishment that come with globalization, and the possibilities for new forms of collective identity in cyberspace, while eschewing utopianism.
Place: Cultural, Disability, Ethnic, Media, Postcolonial, Race Studies
by jlesagehuge multi-page database of links on space and place in cultural geography as applicable to interdisciplinary studies
"The Mirror and the Veil: An Overview of American Online Diaries and Blogs"
by jlesagetheoretical study from the Netherlands about functioning and origins of blogs in US