December 2006
Trinh T. Minh-ha essay
by jlesage
Not You/Like You: Post-Colonial Women and the Interlocking Questions of Identity and Difference, by Trinh T. Minh-ha
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
Difference, Diversity and Nomadic Subjectivity
by jlesage
Braidotti is a theorist combining the insights of Donna Haraway with postcolonial theory; this earlier (1998) essay still has relevance today. Useful in teaching.
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
by jlesage
"multiple contours of daily life in an unevenly digital era... how technology shapes, transforms, reconfigures, and/or impedes social relations...including issues of globalization, mobility, power, and access"
SF Gate: Sex trafficking from South Korea to US
by jlesage
During their trip to South Korea, Chronicle reporter Meredith May and staff photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice found that while the public sex industry has slowed, parts of the business has gone underground and is still alive and well. Audio/slideshow in 4 p
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
by jlesage
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
"Cyberfeminism with a difference" by Rosi Braidotti
by jlesage
an 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.
Radical Graphics
by jlesage
large collection organized by thematic and political categories; useful for office door poster, flyer, or demonstration
Project Premises : Sed : A Trail of Thirst
by jlesage
hypertext and visual arts project on southwest US and politics of the border; extensive essay with incorporated artistic material; new vision of documentary media, visual ethnography
October 2006
one small project
by jlesage
learning from those who "claim leftover spaces in cities and live in unauthorized dwellings made of scavenged, leftover materials"; solicits contributions
Thamyris/Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race
by jlesage
current issue has free articles, progressive social geography
Movement by Grigorio Agamben
by jlesage
author traces concept of movement from Aristotle and asks us to "rethink the concept of movement and its relation to biopolitics."
TRANSFORMATIONS
by jlesage
"different modes of life embodied within local domains, yet globally interconnected at the same time"
multilingual web journal
by jlesage
check out sections to left on main page, and also writings listed under "correspondence"
Carnival of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
by jlesage
accumulation of blog entries on important postcolonial theorist
re-public: re.imagining democracy
by jlesage
e-journal: "process of re-imagining democracy, broadly conceived as referring to the multitude of practices that shape everyday life"; in-depth left essays from an international perspective
July 2006
Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media
by jlesage
analyses with extensive visual examples; archives of print issues since 1974
June 2006
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