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
November 2006
MIT communications forum archive
by jlesage
the various programs are on many topics of media and mass communications; available in audio, video, or print format; good overview of contemporary media issues by academics and practitioners
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.
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
by jlesage
large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
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
(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
RCCS: Course List of Cyberculture Studies
by jlesage
Site is a center of such studies; course list regularly updaged
lens culture: contemporary photography magazine
by jlesage & 4 others
Photographyy internationally: documentary, fine art, photojournalism, lyrical, personal, abstract, human, and street photography. Essays, interviews with photographers, reviews of exhibitions and photo books.
Center for History and New Media
by jlesage & 1 other
extensive site, with resources about historical moments and syllabi, tools for Internet research, and projects undertaken by the Center
Documenting America
by jlesage & 1 other
huge photographic archive from Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
by jlesage
a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew
Invincible Cities
by jlesage
photographic exploration of two poor cities, a combination of Walter Benjamin's interest in traces and overlays with systematic, extensive visual ethnography
walking as knowing as making
by jlesage
a concept of walking = knowledge building sensorially; bibliography of readings linked to here
The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
by jlesage
"descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation which might occur in a story or performance"; tips for screenwriters looking for ideas
October 2006
Knowing Knowledge - a photoset on Flickr by George Siemens
by jlesage
for those interested in infoaesthetics, this set of 57 images about aspects of knowledge is a stimulating philosophical exercise and a way to ask students how they might have made an image of similar interacting concepts
lecturelinks of Mary Klages
by jlesage
extensive lecture notes on major cultural figures and critical concepts for course Modern Critical Thought
Anxious Libraries
by jlesage
wonderfully designed hypertext project on what libraries might mean today, with all those books few people read; a model of a hypertext exploration of an important intellectual topic
barclaybarrios.com: course archive
by jlesage
"Archived course Web sites presented "as is," including student work good and bad, sections left un-updated, and typos." Attractive and useful pedagogical use of Internet in teaching.
September 2006
IDEA Photographic | After Modernism
by jlesage
a useful and attractive comparison of modernist and postmodernist photography, with explanations and thematic organizations
August 2006
www.theory.org.uk -- the media theory site
by jlesage & 1 other
attractively designed and easy to understand hyperlinks
