December 2006
November 2006
essay on academic blogging in Reconstruction
by jlesage
06, overview, rationale, and links to academic blogs
Cyberstudies webring
by jlesage
collection of sites with interest in cyberculture, many from the social sciences
Connectivism Blog
by jlesage & 1 other
a new theory of education and learning, for a digital Internet culture
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.
Confronting Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Ed'n in 21st Century
by jlesage
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
Knowing Knowledge
by jlesage
useful summary by George Siemens of his ideas from new book; educators need to rethink all ideas about knowledge, education, and learning for young people growing up in the Internet era
archive : s0metim3s | web2.0 ^ social softWar | October | 2006
by jlesage
links to online essays on social software
Digital Library in leisure studies
by jlesage
links to full text essays; important to consider how people choose to organize their time and attention, when they can
Pierre Bourdieu and taste
by jlesage
overview, with many links; part of a larger, interesting cultural studies site
"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.
October 2006
Bruno Latour: ARTICLES
by jlesage
most of these works are in English and have full text version online
PhD Project: Vernacular Creativity and New Media at creativity/machine
by jlesage
abstract for thesis that sparks some interesting trains of thought
TRANSFORMATIONS
by jlesage
"different modes of life embodied within local domains, yet globally interconnected at the same time"
what to think about so many lurkers
by jlesage & 2 others
more lurkers than online writers--do you need to worry about it?
DIY Media Weblog
by jlesage
new blog as of Sept 06, good authors; participatory democracy in Internet communications
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.
Morph: We Imagine Archives
by jlesage
Media Center blog about technology and narrative; thoughtful writing; group of writers take on a specific topic related to narrative and communication weekly
virtualpolitik
by jlesage
"A blog about digital rhetoric that asks the burning questions about electronic bureaucracy and institutional subversion on the Internet." Well-written, points to developments in the arts and on the web that otherwise might go unnoticed.
Welcome to convergence culture Henry Jenkins
by jlesage
opening chapter of Jenkins' new book, "Convergence Culture"
Collectivate.net -- Distributed Aesthetics
by jlesage
expanded discussion of a workshop on this topic. See "theses" by Munster and Lovink
Dada: Distributed Aesthetics Workshop - Institute of Network Cultures
by jlesage
wiki from the workshop, see also essay by Munster and Lovink
"Theses on Distributed Aesthetics" by Anna Munster & Geert Lovink
by jlesage
We live inside fragmented and spatially dispersed networks, and do not just use the computer as part of a network.
Overview of a Distributed Aesthetics workshop
by jlesage
considering a new kind of network or network-assisted art, such as Internet or cell phone facilitated performances, on or offline; using locative media; Creative Commons, etc. An older idea was Internet Art.
