public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags left & culture

November 2006

Boston Review

by 1 other
left political and literary review, good writing

Generation, translations and essays

translations and essays of key European cultural theorists, often Marxists; interestingly crafted site

Joel Kovel

many of this important writer's essays online, a psychoanalyst who has long been a political commentator

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

generations, translations

research and translations by a small group of people interested in developing critical approaches to philosophy and social and political thought. It involves theoretical openness as an experimental method, as an ethical principle and as a social practice

"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

The Art of Rent by David Harvey, SR 2002 | Socialist Register

"a widespread belief that there is something special about certain cultural products and events (be they in the arts, theatre, music, cinema, architecture or more broadly in localized ways of life, heritage, collective memories and affective communities).

Continental Drift a seminar with Brian Holmes

"articulating the immense geopolitical and economic shifts which took place between 1989-2001, the effects of those changes on bodies of governance and in turn the effects on subjectivity today"; links to political and social readings

October 2006

The Propaganda Remix Project

by 2 others
old WW2 posters with contemporary messages; very well thought out designwise; print out for your office door

Professor Stephen Graham - Writing & Publication

left urban geographer, with many online writings, often with an international focus

howstuffismadeblog

manufacturing processes, labor conditions, and environmental issues involved in the production of contemporary goods

influence of Henri Lefevre

Stuart Elden traces influence of Lefevre's concept of space on contemporary theorists like Castells

re-public: re.imagining democracy

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

August 2006

Autonomy & Solidarity | Autonomy & Solidarity Network

left journal: change comes from self organization of workers and oppressed groups

Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net

interesting left theory online journal--"exploring culture and politics after the net"

Main Page - MarxWiki

developed by a class taught by Kathleen Fitzpatrick

July 2006

Welcome to Landscapes of Capital

how space/time (speed), capital and globalization are represented in corporate television advertising, one of the best academic web sites in scope, graphic design, and visual analysis

Cineaste

long running left film journal; many of its reviews online; good links page

Douglas Kellner site

important writer on critical theory, cultural studies