March 2008
November 2006
Joel Kovel
by jlesage
many of this important writer's essays online, a psychoanalyst who has long been a political commentator
(Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography
by jlesage
blog that reviews and critiques aspects of art and visual culture and photojournalism, often from an ethical standpoint
Alive with Alzheimer's, the first photographic book on AD by Cathy Greenblat
by jlesage
by a visual sociologist, a site for everyone
translate.eipcp.net - translate.eipcp.net
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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
Confronting Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Ed'n in 21st Century
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Henry Jenkins, with Katie Clinton, Ravi Purushotma, Alice J. Robinson, and Margaret Weigel ; PDF or online in 6 parts; sensible and sparks new directions of thought; respectful of students
archive : s0metim3s | Undercommons 2.0 | October | 2006
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Andrew Ross: “Technology and Below-the-Line Labor in the Copyfight over Intellectual Property” (American Quarterly, 58:3, 2006).
Uneven Development: Nature, Capital and the Production of Space by Neil Smith
by jlesage
entire book by major left social geographer available in three downloads
Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
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very large bibliography on Critical Whiteness Studies, broken down into various categories; not interactive and does not lead to full text essays; worth going to the library to follow up on
The geopolitics of knowledge and the colonial difference
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by Walter Mignolo; "'modernity' is not a strictly European but a planetary phenomenon to which the "excluded barbarians" have contributed, although their contribution has not been acknowledged."
Sal Randolph
by jlesage
attractive web site with art and essays by artist who lives in New York and produces independent art projects involving gift economies and social architectures
"Contributions to a Resistant Visual Culture Glossary"
by jlesage
essay introducing concepts that can help critic look at visual culture more politically
Dialogic: Giorgio Agamben: Means Without Ends
by jlesage
a 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.
The Art of Rent by David Harvey, SR 2002 | Socialist Register
by jlesage
"a widespread belief that there is something special about certain cultural products and events (be they in the arts, theatre, music, cinema, architecture or more broadly in localized ways of life, heritage, collective memories and affective communities).
October 2006
M/C Journal - Latest Issue
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from Australia, looking at media internationally and politically
Fast Capitalism ejournal
by jlesage
interdisciplinary journal on information and communication in 21st cent. economy and culture; good authors; focus on new media
New Urbanism
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website and organization promoting good urbanism, sustainable development, smart transportation, and transit oriented development.
Movement by Grigorio Agamben
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author traces concept of movement from Aristotle and asks us to "rethink the concept of movement and its relation to biopolitics."
multilingual web journal
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check out sections to left on main page, and also writings listed under "correspondence"
Networked Public Culture
by jlesage
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.
