3Vote!
The Plashing Vole (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Amidst all the excitement yesterday, I failed to mark the passing of Claude Lévi-Strauss , without whom linguists, anthropologists, literary critics and many others would simply be wandering around describing everything as 'nice' or 'interesting'. Astonishingly, having died at the age of 100, the inventor of structuralism (alongside the structural linguists) outlived not only his own theory,...
6Vote!
Mind Hacks (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
There's a comprehensive and compelling introduction to neuroanthropology over at the blog of the same name that outlines why we can't fully understand the brain or culture while thinking of them as separate entities. The Neuroanthropology blog is run by two of the main researchers in the field and this recent article was written to launch their recent conference 'The Encultured Brain'. The article...
6Vote!
Strange Horizons Reviews (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
It seems likely that this volume will remain more at home in the seminar rooms of cultural studies departments than on the bookshelves of interested lay-persons.
7Vote!
Marketime (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
Nonviolence of Nonmetaphysics An Interview with Daniel Gustav Anderson . Daniel Gustav Anderson is presently a graduate student in Cultural Studies at George Mason University. His interests include critical theory, ecology, and European and South Asian traditions of dialectical thinking. He is the author of " Of Syntheses and Surprises: Toward a Critical Integral Theory " and " Such...
5Vote!
Urban Science Adventures! (c) (Free subscription) | 04/21/2009
Announcement #1: Aquatic Adventures Student a Finalist for the Cox Conserves Heroes Award! A few years ago I met a very dynamic woman, Shara Fisler , the founder of Aquatic Adventures - an urban science education program for inner city teens. Kindred, I know. We discussed possibilities of me working with her and her program in San Diego. Though my timing has been way off, she and her program are still...
6Vote!
Hindu (Free subscription) | 03/04/2009
BELLARY: The Abheyraj Baldota Jaina Chair of Cultural Studies in Kannada University, Hampi, in association with the Karnataka Jain Association, Bangalore, is organising a two-day seminar on “Kannada Literary Traditions and Jaina ...
5Vote!
k-punk (Free subscription) | 03/02/2009
The Hardcore Continuum? A discussion Presented by the Centre for Cultural Studies Research, University of East London In association with The Wire (www.thewire.co.uk) UEL Docklands Campus (Cyprus DLR) April 29th 2009 2:00pm-6:00pm Simon Reynolds' commentary on the ‘'hardcore continuum'' -...
3Vote!
Who Walk In Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 02/25/2009
Australian Peter Bishop— writer, scholar, traveler and jazz buff—is a fascinating guy. Currently an Associate Professor in Communication & Cultural Studies at the University of South Australia (UniSA) in Adelaide, Peter is also the author of Bridge (Reaktion Books). Don’t be swayed by the plain title, lacking even the article of Hart Crane gave us; [...]
6Vote!
Nouslife (Free subscription) | 02/18/2009
I guess we knew from reading history that conceptions of love vary from society to society. And this article Spaniards Prefer Love To Be Passionate, Study Shows tells of some recent research in Europe giving a bit of a cross-cultural study: "Spaniards of all ages, in the main, have a 'romantic' conception of love. They see it as an irresistible passion, which involves great intimacy and a strong...
6Vote!
Planet of the Blind (Free subscription) | 02/17/2009
One of the prevailing assumptions in identity studies or cultural studies or performance theory or any of the associated alterities one can lay handle to is the premise that human beings are shackled by what for lack of a better...
7Vote!
Jess (Free subscription) | 02/14/2009
An interesting position for someone with a ph.d in digital culture or with wider experience in recent developments in cultural studies. It's only for a year but seems as though there's possibility for renewal: Interdisciplinary Research Fellow in Digital Culture The Cultures of the Digital Economy Research Institute Faculty of Arts, Law, and Social Sciences Ref: 6109 Based in Cambridge Fixed term contract...
4Vote!
All Free Download Links (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Post-Marxism Versus Cultural Studies: Theory, Politics and Intervention Edinburgh University Press | 2007 | ISBN: 0748617620 | Pages: 248 | PDF | 1.85 MB
3Vote!
ReadySteadyBlog (Free subscription) | 02/09/2009
A friend of mine argues that the collapse of Cultural Studies as an academic discipline in the UK was because of its own omnipresence. It seems that every broadsheet supplement you pick up now has an article speculating on fandom, consumption, people at play, etc... But, sadly, they’re not written by anyone of the calibre of Raymond Williams. Mind body spirit publisher O books have a courageous...
6Vote!
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Okay stress of essaywriting has rendered the prospect of any kind of writing absolutely abhorrent. That doesn't even make sense.But anyway we had a cultural studies trip to Oxford and then the next weekend we went to the Kelvedon Cold War Bunker for Philosophy Class.No time to elaborate. Will have photos of Paris and Brussels the next time I update Which will be after my Economics midterm and
7Vote!
Maud Newton (Free subscription) | 02/05/2009
I’ll be at Penn State next Monday to discuss blogging and the arts with American literature and cultural studies professor Michael Bérubé as part of the university’s Arts in Public Life series. If you’re in town, it’d be great to see you.
Videos