Links of Interest

What follows is a "linkography" to an array of website resources that I currently find useful or intriguing for the definition and study of the areas I've chosen to include. They are by no means the only sites available that contextualize each topic, nor do I make any claims as to their currency. If you have suggestions for links that I should add, or if you happen upon a 'dead' link, please let me know at dgilfil-at-asu.edu.

Cyberculture

nettime-l - an effort to formulate an international, networked discourse that neither promotes a dominant euphoria (to sell products) nor continues the cynical pessimism, spread by journalists + intellectuals in the 'old' media who generalize about 'new' media with no clear understanding of their communication aspects. we have produced, + will continue to produce books, readers, + web sites in various languages so an 'immanent' net critique will circulate both on- + offline.

ctheory.net - an international journal of theory, technology, + culture. Edited by Arthur + Marilouise Kroker.

electronic book review - promoting PRINT/SCREEN transformations + weaving new modes of critical writing into the web.

Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies - an organization whose purpose is to research, study, teach, support, + create diverse + dynamic elements of cyberculture.

trAced Cyberculture and Theory links - another "linkography" focusing on the interarticulations between theory + cyberculture.

riding the meridian -- women and technology - the Internet is redefining our concept of literature, if not what it means to be "literate." and as might be best fitting in a medium that came of age at the end of the 20th century, women are very much at the forefront of technological developments in new literature.

German Studies

Das Auge - e-zine für Kultur, Kunst + Literatur im Netz

Berliner Zimmer - Der Salon im Netz - das Berliner Zimmer informiert mit seinen kommentierten Linklisten + theoretischen Texten über die deutschsprachige Literatur im Internet.

dichtung-digital//magazin zur digitalen ästhetik - contributions on digital aesthetics, ed. by roberto simanowski

Literatur zur deutschen Einheit - the Goethe-Institut in Bordeaux has produced a bibliography of literary texts dealing with German unification.

Sound- and CyberArt

Ars Electronica Center - a unique project which facilitates + implements the harmonious collaboration of art, technology + society.

Critical Art Ensemble - a collective of five artists dedicated to exploring the intersections between art, technology, radical politics, + critical theory.

KUNStRADiO - an "on air" gallery for live + recorded projects. Radio as the site, the content + the context of art. The exploration of radio as a constantly changing constituent medium in the contemporary mediascape.

Negativland "Over the Edge" Live Radio - a group of RadioArtists from Berkeley, California. Hear their broadcasts live here.

EYEBEAM | atelier - a not-for-profit new media arts organization established to provide access, education, + support for students, artists, + the general public in the field of art + technology

Hyperfiction

zur geschichte deutschsprachiger hyperfictions - kurze aber informationsreiche einführung zum buch hyperfiktion und interaktive narration im frühen entwicklungsstadium zu einem literarischen genre von beat suter. das essay ist auch hier erhältlich.

electronic literature directory - online directory + gateway to a wealth of electronic literature experiments. search by author, title or work description or browse by genre + technique.

Radio | Radio Art | Radio Studies

Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv - located in Frankfurt/Main + Babelsberg, the Rundfunkarchiv is currently working on some interesting digitization projects, including the archives "noise collection" [Geräuscharchiv].

AudioHyperspace - akustische kunst in netzwerken und datenräumen. the online-magazine of swr2: RadioArt + Hörspiel.

crossfade - sound travels on the web - contains audio/sound essays which review from different positions the relation between audio art + network technologies.

HörDat - Informationen zu mehr als 28638 Hörspielen vom ersten aus dem Jahr 1924 bis zu Hörspielen, die erst in der Zukunft zu hören sein werden. Beim Hörspiel-Hören kann Hördat allerdings nicht helfen: es gibt hier keine Sound-Dateien, stattdessen können Sie erfahren, wann wo welches Hörspiel im Radio gesendet wird.

Kunstradio - Radiokunst - founded in 1987, KUNSTRADIO is a weekly program on Österreich 1, the cultural channel of Austrian National Radio, ORF. Conceived as a space for radio art - i.e. an art that reflects the radio medium itself - this weekly program has almost from its beginnings become much more than just that: one of its main functions became that of serving as a point of access for international visual artists, media artists, composers, writers to both the production- and transmitting means of the ORF and the international exchange and cooperation infrastructure of National Public Radio worldwide.

Digital Representations of the Holocaust

shoah.de - das deutschsprachige internetportal zum thema shoah und holocaust.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - America's national institution for the documentation, study, + interpretation of Holocaust history, + serves as this country's memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust.

Yad Vashem - The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority. To perpetuate the legacy of the Holocaust to future generations so that the world never forgets the horrors + cruelty of the Holocaust.

Sources for German Film

German Language Video Center - Over 2000 rare and out-of-print classic German videos for sale or rent in the United States. NTSC format, but most without subtitles.

International Historical Films - Focusing on military, political and social history of the 20th century.

Humanities Computing

Association for Computers and the Humanities - an international professional organization. Since its establishment, it has been the major professional society for people working in computer-aided research in literature + language studies, history, philosophy, + other humanities disciplines, + especially research involving the manipulation + analysis of textual materials.

Humanist Discussion Group - an international electronic seminar on the application of computers to the humanities. Its primary aim is to provide a forum for discussion of intellectual, scholarly, pedagogical, + social issues + for exchange of information among members.

Bibliography of Humanities Computing - provides a selective list of notable + essential publications in humanities computing organized chiefly according to interdisciplinary methods + tools rather than by discipline. It is designed for the beginner rather than the specialist.

Digital Resources for the Humanities - a conference series whose goal is to bring together the creators, users, distributors, + custodians of digital resources in the humanities.

Computing in Non-Alphabetic Script

Installing Multilingual Components for Non-Western Languages in Windows 2000 - a step-by-step guide provided by the Center for Educational Technology at Middlebury College.

Using the Charset Value in the <meta> Tag to Autoset Encoding for Web Pages - also from the CET at Middlebury, these examples illustrate how to include a value in your HTML code so that your web browser automatically sets the appropriate setting. Remember, the machine you are browsing from must have the appropriate font sets installed as well.

Yamada Language Center Font Library - a non-English font archive covering 40 languages + including 112 fonts, in most cases, for both Windows + Mac platforms.

Alan Wood’s Unicode Resources - Unicode + multilingual support in HTML, fonts, web browsers + other applications. an excellent resource with thoughtful explanations, examples + test display pages to find out if the fonts, language kits + encoding settings you've chosen are working properly.

How to Enter Foreign Language Characters on Computers - Theory, charts + tips for inserting international characters into your word processing documents.