03 December 2006
other people's stories
by jlesage
Every story on OPS is a story a contributor heard from someone else. These stories have been overheard and misheard, told and re-told and sometimes refined over time.
01 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
Hayden White, Historiography and Historiophoty
by jlesage
"Historiophoty" is Robert Rosentstone's term for our representing history visually and filmically; in contrast, according to White, is "historiography," representing history verbally, in prose.
28 November 2006
James Elkins - Syllabi
by jlesage
many of this teacher's lectures on art, visual culture, and social issues are here, along with his syllabi
27 November 2006
Dr. Chris Mullen, The Visual Telling of Stories, illustration, design, film, narrative sequences, magazines, books, prints etc
by jlesage & 1 other
a 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
Reconstruction
by jlesage
a cultural studies ejournal, with essays on literature and film; fall 06 issue is on blogging theories and practices.
26 November 2006
media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages
by jlesage
"news and journalism, film, TV, media policy, media reform activism, philosophy and social theory, urban history, contemporary American politics--\perspective informed by media history, political economy and social and cultural theory."
Links to cultural studies syllabi
by jlesage
from the Cultural Studies L site, a listerv and a source of other resources as well
Cyberstudies webring
by jlesage
collection of sites with interest in cyberculture, many from the social sciences
21 November 2006
Travel Photos - The Great Mirror
by jlesage
"a large and sprawling collection of photographs of cultural or humanized landscapes. The images are arranged geographically and are narratively sequenced and captioned to reflect the interests of a geographer."
Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University
by jlesage
Geography courses, both present and past, with exercises, links, bibliography. Also see Urban Studies and American Indian Studies. Understanding place as cultural should inform both fiction and non-fiction film.
Research on Place and Space
by jlesage & 1 other
huge 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."
What Can We Do With Flickr? on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
by jlesage
how to create hotspots with popup notes on Flickr. Very useful for image analysis and assignment requiring students to comment on social aspects or formal aspects of image; or to formally critique them.
20 November 2006
Fixings Shadows - Still Photography
by jlesage
work of individual photographers and photographs of historical and ethnographic interest and value, including a section on found photos
Modern Ruins, Photographic Essays - Shaun and Wendy O'Boyle
by jlesage
Traces, in the sense of Walter Benjamin's Arcades project, mark visual culture and always tell a story, if we take the time to notice
Photo Essays in Black and White by Herman Krieger
by jlesage
views of vernacular architecture and everyday use in small towns; from Eugene Oregon
Enculturation: Barry Mauer on Found Photographs
by jlesage
"The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning"
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
by jlesage
large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
Picture This: Literary Theory and the Study of Visual Culture
by jlesage
by Paul Jay, Univ. of Chicago
Nicholas Mirzoeff : An Introduction to Visual Culture (Routledge, 1999)
by jlesage
Introduction to book, tells basic concepts, history
Design Observer: writings about design & culture
by jlesage & 1 other
very well written blog; as I have commented before, knowing about space and place is crucial for thoughtful mediamakers
19 November 2006
(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
18 November 2006
Journal E: Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
by jlesage
one of the most important exhibitions of our time, also raising questions about the ethics of exhibiting violence in our media culture today
