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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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