December 2006
Art, Design, and Visual Thinking
by jlesage & 3 others
a basic design text for art students, complete text and exercises onlin
November 2006
James Elkins - Syllabi
by jlesage
many of this teacher's lectures on art, visual culture, and social issues are here, along with his syllabi
media teacher's home page, lots of resouces, links pages
by jlesage
"news and journalism, film, TV, media policy, media reform activism, philosophy and social theory, urban history, contemporary American politics--\perspective informed by media history, political economy and social and cultural theory."
Geography courses with websites Valparaiso University
by jlesage
Geography 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.
Visual Culture and the Contemporary City
by jlesage
extensive course lectures with special attention to Georg Simmel and Walter Benjamin's concepts, especially Benjamin on the flaneur.
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
by jlesage
large American Studies web portal, organized into Communities | Curriculum | Technology & Learning | Reference & Research
Dave Harris and Colleagues
by jlesage
large collection of work, lectures, course materials in media studies, leisure studies, sociology
RCCS: Course List of Cyberculture Studies
by jlesage
Site is a center of such studies; course list regularly updaged
Teaching Art in the Context of Everyday Life
by jlesage
a useful essay for all production teachers who want students to see the world around them anew
Syllabus - SOC 4391 - Social Theory
by jlesage
value of the course outline is that there are links to chapters of most classics in social theory, reproduced as full text chapters and extensive excerpts
October 2006
lecturelinks of Mary Klages
by jlesage
extensive lecture notes on major cultural figures and critical concepts for course Modern Critical Thought
Hugh McCarney
by jlesage
list of his courses, each of which has many film and communications studies essays available in full text form
ideas site - craig stroupe
by jlesage
ideas explored to aid in teaching culture, web design, writing
Composing Cyberspace, by Rich Holeton
by jlesage
website for book, with sections on knowledge, community, and identity; does not have text of book but many useful questions, links, and resources
rutgers english: cyberlit
by jlesage
attractive website for course, including online versions of student projects
Mark Sullivan on Music Composition, Computer Music, the Arts, and Society
by jlesage
Look up links to Courses and to Tangents
Main Page - ParticipatoryMedia
by jlesage
wiki for course on Participatory Media and Collective Action
course outline on space, place, and landscape in contemporary art
by jlesage
You will need to cut and paste URLs into your browser, but there is much here to followup on in terms of bibliography and links.
course outline on social construction of space
by jlesage
understanding this topic is crucial for folks in the visual arts, especially documentarians
July 2006
course directory : Media and Film : University of Sussex
by jlesage
a large list of media courses taught at Sussex, can be traced out to see syllabi and bibliography; not a lot of links to online readings
Cyberculture
by jlesage
Sunka Simon's course on Cyberculture at Swarthmore, spring 2005. Excellent resources, links. Attractive graphic design.
June 2006
H2O Playlist: Digital Video and Independent Movies
by jlesage
links site in a academic vein, oriented here toward lowbudget producers
MIT OpenCourseWare | OCW Home
by jlesage & 48 others
pioneering program to publish MIT course materials; study a course or refer to course materials on your own; a wide list of topics
