August 2008
February 2007
December 2006
Trinh T. Minh-ha essay
by jlesageNot You/Like You: Post-Colonial Women and the Interlocking Questions of Identity and Difference, by Trinh T. Minh-ha
November 2006
Miradas--in Spanish
by jlesageextensive critical discussion of Latin American film and TV; Cuban site
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.
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
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
Senses of Cinema
by jlesageone of the best online film journals; exhaustive and regularly updated links page
Third Coast International Audio Festival // Chicago Public Radio
by jlesageone of the best sources for audio documentaries; here also are many how-to sessions
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"
MIT--media in transition 05: the work of stories
by jlesagemuch of the conference is available in av form or papers or abstracts.
Homi Bhabha - Excerpts
by jlesageexcerpts from postcolonial scholar's major works, also bibliography, links, other material
BibliOdyssey's bookmarks on del.icio.us
by jlesagecollects links to archives of historical collections of images from around the world and across history
SF Gate: Sex trafficking from South Korea to US
by jlesageDuring their trip to South Korea, Chronicle reporter Meredith May and staff photographer Deanne Fitzmaurice found that while the public sex industry has slowed, parts of the business has gone underground and is still alive and well. Audio/slideshow in 4 p
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."
"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.