2012
6 Timelines That Explain America's Persistent Gun Culture - Politics - The Atlantic Cities
by sbrothier
As we start to reopen a national conversation on gun policy in the wake of Friday's shocking mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, it's as important now to understand the geography of guns as the actual trend lines of gun-related crime over time in the past several decades.
2008
Mumbo Jumbo Daily!
by jdrsantos
thoughts and reflections on culture, art, music, movies, media, politics, religion, and the best of the internet.
2007
2006
U.S. Copyright Office issues new rights - Yahoo! News
by jlesage
Film professors can copy snippets from DVDs for educational compilations.
Offscreen.com :: Volume 10, Issue 10
by jlesage & 2 others
Canadian film journal online since 1997, wide coverage of independent and international film; many resources
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
PublicRadioFan.com
by jlesage & 9 others
a radio listening site: schedule listings for thousands of public radio stations and programs around the world
Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
by jlesage & 4 others
portal to essays, museums, art work web reproductions
Modern Ruins, Photographic Essays - Shaun and Wendy O'Boyle
by jlesage
Traces, in the sense of Walter Benjamin's Arcades project, mark visual culture and always tell a story, if we take the time to notice
Welcome to Transparency
by jlesage & 1 other
"interprets and critiques movies and television, news and political rhetoric, theme parks and advertising, computer games and the Internet, and other creations of contemporary culture"
Picture This: Literary Theory and the Study of Visual Culture
by jlesage
by Paul Jay, Univ. of Chicago
Nicholas Mirzoeff : An Introduction to Visual Culture (Routledge, 1999)
by jlesage
Introduction to book, tells basic concepts, history
Changing Approaches to Cultural Landscapes
by jlesage
good overview of shifts in theory and focus of studies
Design Observer: writings about design & culture
by jlesage & 1 other
very well written blog; as I have commented before, knowing about space and place is crucial for thoughtful mediamakers
Bruce B. Janz Home Page
by jlesage
very large academic resources collection for arts, humanities, social theory, philosophy
