December 2006
Black Film Research Online
good discussion of Black film in Chicago; also a large section on how to do Black film research on the Internet
November 2006
Joel Kovel
many of this important writer's essays online, a psychoanalyst who has long been a political commentator
Community and Activist Video - Welcome to the Videosphere!
especially about Chicago in the 1970s and 80s; the experimental and activist media communities have always been close here
ZoneZero: from analog to digital photography
a large socially committed ejournal, edited by Pedro Meyer, one of the pioneers in digital photographic art; galleries, essays, investigations into image circulation and production within digital communication, especially the Internet
The History Place - Child Labor in America
online collection of Lewis W. Hine photos
"We"--with the words of Arundhati Roy
a 64-minute Internet documentary made anonymously in New Zealand, using Roy's speech and a montage of politically inflected imagery; new style of essayistic documentary; DVD at hi-res available
howstuffismade.org
visual encyclopedia that documents manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products.--summative photo essays produced by students guided by faculty
October 2006
Mute magazine on Mike Davis' "Planet of Slums"
review, lays out historical context
TDR: "'You are here': the DNA of Performance"
essay by Diana Taylor about how traumatic events may be represented and possibly transmitted to those who did not experience them
Sam Brody: American Filmmaker and Photographer
co-founder of 1930's Film and Photo League, a memorial web site gathering his writings
August 2006
glbtq >> gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender & queer encyclopedia
good reference source, lots on the arts
left media resources
left links to alternate analysis of current and historical events
July 2006
www.kimstringfellow.com
artist, photographer, geographer, activist
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