01 December 2006
Media Art Net | Sitemap
English site overview page of a large German site for media, art, and the Internet
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
Hayden White, Historiography and Historiophoty
"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.
Offscreen.com :: Volume 10, Issue 10
by 2 othersCanadian film journal online since 1997, wide coverage of independent and international film; many resources
28 November 2006
James Elkins - Syllabi
many of this teacher's lectures on art, visual culture, and social issues are here, along with his syllabi
27 November 2006
eipcp.net
transversal is a multilingual web journal; interesting web design
22 November 2006
ArtLex on New Media
entry in big art site has many links and hypertext connections to trace out; useful
George Mason's Nonfiction Universe: a resource for nonfiction writer and nonfiction teachers
lots of material useful for documentary film, blogging, autobiography
21 November 2006
Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature: An Overview
longstanding and well maintained site by Internet humanities pioneer, George P. Landow. Organized by country and by conceptual approaches. Courses linked to. Useful internal search engine.
20 November 2006
Visual Anthropology Review
online journal
Visual Culture and the Contemporary City
extensive course lectures with special attention to Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin's concepts, especially Benjamin on the flaneur.
Enculturation: Barry Mauer on Found Photographs
"The Found Photograph and the Limits of Meaning"
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
Theories of Internet Culture and Internet Textuality by Janez Strehovec, Ph.D.
useful and intriguingly designed website, with resources such as essays, links, keywords and definitions pages
Picture This: Literary Theory and the Study of Visual Culture
by Paul Jay, Univ. of Chicago
Nicholas Mirzoeff : An Introduction to Visual Culture (Routledge, 1999)
Introduction to book, tells basic concepts, history
Design Observer: writings about design & culture
by 1 othervery well written blog; as I have commented before, knowing about space and place is crucial for thoughtful mediamakers
Bruce B. Janz Home Page
very large academic resources collection for arts, humanities, social theory, philosophy
Aesthetics and Visual Culture
extensive links page, from a philosophy disciplinary perspective; updated Aug. 06
Joel Kovel
many of this important writer's essays online, a psychoanalyst who has long been a political commentator
19 November 2006
(Notes on) Politics, Theory & Photography
blog that reviews and critiques aspects of art and visual culture and photojournalism, often from an ethical standpoint
18 November 2006
EServer.org: Accessible Writing
by 3 otherslarge collection of academic essays; "such diverse topics as art, architecture, race, Internet studies, sexuality, drama, design, multimedia, and current social issues. Also hypertext and streaming audio and video recordings."
Communication Studies Resources: The University of Iowa
one of the largest set of links, updated regularly, to all aspects of communication; many political themes; a wide range of disciplinary approaches included; highly recommended
