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T H E O R Y a n d C R I T I C I S M D I R E C T O R I E S Analysis of Visual Images course on contemporary theory by Ross Woodrow (University of Newcastle, Australia) recommended resource for theory and methodology, and a tutorial on writing critical essays http://www.newcastle.edu.au/department/fad/fi/woodrow/analysis.htm K.I.S.S. of the panopticon: cultural theory and new media (K.I.S.S. = Keep It Simple Stupid) http://carmen.artsci.washington.edu/panop/home.htm Cultural Studies and Critical Theory index of online texts organized by authors and subjects http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu/theory Everything Postmodern links to postmodern theory http://people.goplay.com/broquard Philosophy in Cyberspace index of websites prepared by Dey Alexander, Monash Univeristy http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/~dey/phil Guide to Philosophy on the Internet searchable index prepared by Peter Suber, Earlham College http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/philinks.htm Public Domain: Theory Links http://noel.pd.org/topos/theory/theory-links-frame.html Spoon Collective searchable index of theory based discussion groups/lists http://lists.village.virginia.edu/~spoons A R C H I V E S a n d B I B L I O G R A P H I E S Aesthetics On-Line American Society for Aesthetics and British Society for Aesthetics http://www.aesthetics-online.org Bibliography of Pictorial and Other Kinds of Visual Semiotics Goran Sonesson, Department of Cultural Semiotics, Lund University, Sweden http://www.fl.ulaval.ca/hst/visio/biblio.htm Bibliography of Postmodernism and Critical Theory searchable bibliographic database http://www.iath.virginia.edu/pmc/bibliography.html Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought University of Colorado at Denver, School of Education Extensive searchable database for resources, readings and profiles of prominent critics http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/postmodern.html Critica Archives de la critique d'art a network of art critics and art world institutions organized by Rennes 2 University Library and Research Center for Art Criticism and Contemporary Art History a searchable bibliography of printed documents, CD-ROMS, Internet sites http://www.uhb.fr/alc/aca/welcome_eng.html Critical Theory Archives Carnegie Mellon University Philosophy Server http://english-www.hss.cmu.edu The Marx and Engels Archive http://csf.colorado.edu/psn/marx Noesis: Philosophical Research Online http://noesis.evansvill.edu Semiotics University of Colorado at Denver, School of Education searchable database http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/postmodern.html The UC Irvine Critical Theory Resource http://sun3.lib.uci.edu/~scctr/online.html Women in Philosophy "Noema: The Collaborative Bibliography of Women in Philosophy" searchable database http://billyboy.ius.indiana.edu/WomeninPhilosophy/WomeninPhilo.html T H E O R Y a n d T H I N K E R S Note: this is not a comprehensive list. Use a search engine such as Alta Vista or use a multi-engine search such as Dogpile to find an artist or group Roland Barthes Web page http://we.got.net/~tuttle/index.html Georges Bataille biographical notes http://www.fringeware.com/subcult/Georges_Bataille.html Baudrillard on the Web http://www.uta.edu/english/apt/collab/baudweb.html The Walter Benjamin Research Syndicate this is a good place to start for WB http://www.wbenjamin.org Walter Benjamin: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction http://pixels.filmtv.ucla.edu/community/julian_scaff/benjamin/benjamin.html Derrida and Deconstruction D. Arnason http://130.179.92.25/Arnason_DE/Derrida.html Writing in Reserve: Deconstruction on the Net: Jacques Derrida Online http://www.hydra.umn.edu/derrida The Umberto Eco Page http://www4.ncsu.edu/eos/users/m/mcmesser/www/eco.html Centre Michel Foucault (in French) http://www.fnet.fr/CMF Foucault Links http://www.qut.edu.au/edu/cpol/foucault/links.htm Illuminations critical theory web site focused on the Frankfurt School http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations Julia Kristeva: A Bibliography compiled by Helene Volat (State University of New York at Stoneybrook) http://www.sunysb.edu/library/kristeva.htm Marxism Page http://www.anu.edu.au/polsci/marx/marx.html C. S. Peirce http://www.peirce.org Saussure and the Sign D. Arnason http://130.179.92.25/Arnason_DE/Saussure.html Semiotics for Beginners online text by Daniel Chandler http://www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc/sem01.html Surrealist Writers links to major surrealist writers and artists (included here because of its direct influence on much contemporary thought) http://www.creative.net/~alang/lit/surreal/writers.sht J O U R N A L S Art Criticism: A Journal of Contemporary Writing Donald Kuspit, editor (SUNY at Stoney Brook) http://www.creview.com/artcrit Artforum http://www.artforum.com City of Bits William Mitchell (Dean, School of Architecture and Planning, MIT) a digital book on "architecture and urbanism in the context of the digital telecommunications revolution" http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-books/City_of_Bits Critical Inquiry http://www2.uchicago.edu/jnl-crit-inq Critical Review Exhibition Reviews, NYC and beyond http://www.creview.com CrossConnect electronic journal for contemporary art and writing at University of Pennsylvania http://tech1.dccs.upenn.edu/~xconnect C-theory http://www.ctheory.com Feminista http://www.feminista.com Iconomania studies in visual culture and theory http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/Icono/IMhome.htm In[ ]Visible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visual Studies http://www.rochester.edu/in_visible_culture Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism http://athena.louisville.edu/a-s/philosophy/#JA Journal of Contemporary Art http://www.thing.net/jca The Journal of Deconstruction http://www.cas.usf.edu/journal/index.html LIVEculture http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/live_culture/lc1/index.html New Art Examiner http://www.tezcat.com/~examiner October http://mitpress.mit.edu/journal-home.tcl?issn=01622870 Part Art History Program at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York online magazine on art and visual culture http://Brickhaus.com/amoore/magazine/Welcome.html Postmodern Culture An Electronic Journal of Interdisciplinary Criticism http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/postmodern_culture Qui Parle: An Interdisciplinary Journal http://garnet.berkeley.edu/~quiparle Representations cross disciplinary critical journal Michael Fried calls it "essential reading" http://violet.berkeley.edu:7000 Social Text http://www.nyu.edu/pubs/socialtext Trans http://www.echonyc.com/~trans Visual Anthropology Review http://etext.virginia.edu/VAR T E R M I N O L O G Y Words of Art extensive hyper-texted glossary of terms related to critical art theory Robert Belton http://www.arts.ouc.bc.ca/fiar/glossary/gloshome.html |
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