21 November 2006
Travel Photos - The Great Mirror
by jlesage"a large and sprawling collection of photographs of cultural or humanized landscapes. The images are arranged geographically and are narratively sequenced and captioned to reflect the interests of a geographer."
Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University
by jlesageGeography courses, both present and past, with exercises, links, bibliography. Also see Urban Studies and American Indian Studies. Understanding place as cultural should inform both fiction and non-fiction film.
19 November 2006
Code Z: Black Visual Culture Now
by jlesagemany categories, including fine art, design, fashion, film, architecture, publishing, digital media, public policy; attractively designed site, starting Aug. 06
18 November 2006
Journal E: Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
by jlesageone of the most important exhibitions of our time, also raising questions about the ethics of exhibiting violence in our media culture today
16 November 2006
13 November 2006
Anthro.Net Research Engine: Anthropology and Archaeology
by jlesage & 2 otherslarge portal, includes cultural geography, ethnic studies, visual arts, postmodern anthropology
Difference, Diversity and Nomadic Subjectivity
by jlesageBraidotti is a theorist combining the insights of Donna Haraway with postcolonial theory; this earlier (1998) essay still has relevance today. Useful in teaching.
Vectors Journal of Culture and Technology in a Dynamic Vernacular
by jlesage"multiple contours of daily life in an unevenly digital era... how technology shapes, transforms, reconfigures, and/or impedes social relations...including issues of globalization, mobility, power, and access"
11 November 2006
BibliOdyssey's bookmarks on del.icio.us
by jlesagecollects links to archives of historical collections of images from around the world and across history
06 November 2006
Photoethnography.com - Photoethnographers
by jlesagebibliography with many links to historically important photographers
Uneven Development: Nature, Capital and the Production of Space by Neil Smith
by jlesageentire book by major left social geographer available in three downloads
Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society
by jlesagevery large bibliography on Critical Whiteness Studies, broken down into various categories; not interactive and does not lead to full text essays; worth going to the library to follow up on
The geopolitics of knowledge and the colonial difference
by jlesageby Walter Mignolo; "'modernity' is not a strictly European but a planetary phenomenon to which the "excluded barbarians" have contributed, although their contribution has not been acknowledged."
02 November 2006
"Cyberfeminism with a difference" by Rosi Braidotti
by jlesagean 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.
Place: Cultural, Disability, Ethnic, Media, Postcolonial, Race Studies
by jlesagehuge multi-page database of links on space and place in cultural geography as applicable to interdisciplinary studies
01 November 2006
Project Premises : Sed : A Trail of Thirst
by jlesagehypertext and visual arts project on southwest US and politics of the border; extensive essay with incorporated artistic material; new vision of documentary media, visual ethnography
24 October 2006
one small project
by jlesagelearning from those who "claim leftover spaces in cities and live in unauthorized dwellings made of scavenged, leftover materials"; solicits contributions
22 October 2006
MediaStorm: A Multimedia Production Studio Founded by Brian Storm - Multimedia, Photojournalism, Photography, Video, Audio, Storytelling
by jlesageaudio/slideshows with international stories by accomplished photojournalists
21 October 2006
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by jlesageartist and teacher's web site; under "digital storytelling" are wonderful quicktime movies, often from South America or in Latino USA, with subtitles; an exemplar of documentaries on the Internet
Thamyris/Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race
by jlesagecurrent issue has free articles, progressive social geography
18 October 2006
Movement by Grigorio Agamben
by jlesageauthor traces concept of movement from Aristotle and asks us to "rethink the concept of movement and its relation to biopolitics."
Professor Stephen Graham - Writing & Publication
by jlesageleft urban geographer, with many online writings, often with an international focus
17 October 2006
TRANSFORMATIONS
by jlesage"different modes of life embodied within local domains, yet globally interconnected at the same time"
multilingual web journal
by jlesagecheck out sections to left on main page, and also writings listed under "correspondence"