Stephen Duncombe: Notes from Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture, 2nd ed (1997/2008)
Filed under book | Tags: · alternative culture, magazine, publishing
Much history and theory is uncovered here in the first comprehensive study of zine publishing. From their origins in early 20th century science fiction cults, their more proximate roots in ‘60s counter-culture and their rapid proliferation in the wake of punk rock, Stephen Duncombe pays full due to the political importance of zines as a vital network of popular culture. He also analyzes how zines measure up to their utopian and escapist outlook in achieving fundamental social change. Packed with extracts and illustrations, he provides a useful overview of the contemporary underground in all its splendor and misery.
Edition 2
First published by Verso, 1997
Publisher Microcosm Publishing, 2008
ISBN 1934620378, 9781934620373
256 pages
PDF (no OCR; updated on 2012-11-4)
Comment (0)Timothy W. Luke, Jeremy Hunsinger (eds.): Putting Knowledge to Work and Letting Information Play: The Center for Digital Discourse and Culture (2009)
Filed under book | Tags: · computing, internet, publishing, research
The volume confronts many of the issues in contemporary academia as it meets the internet and computing in all of its spheres with many specific contributions on academic publishing, e-research, the history of the center, and related topics.
Publisher: Center for Digital Discourse and Culture, Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA, December 2009
ISBN: 978-1-933217-00-0
A freely distributable, copyable, and downloadable digital e-dition in honor of the 10th anniversary of the
Center for Digital Discourse and Culture.
289 pages
Nicola Mullenger, Annette Wolfsberger (eds.): Cultural Bloggers Interviewed (2010)
Filed under book | Tags: · blogging, culture, internet, journalism, publishing
Cultural blogging is not (yet) a well-known category within the blogosphere and LabforCulture wanted to find out more. Who blogs? What are they blogging about? Which audiences and communities are being engaged? What are the economic models and how sustainable are they? These are some of the questions that are explored in the new Cultural Bloggers Interviewed publication.
With Annette Wolfsberger, we delved into the cultural blogging scene in a series of interviews with nine renowned European bloggers including: Anne Helmond, Robert Misik, Alek Tarkowski, Marta Peirano and José de Vicente, Alessandro Ludovico and Régine de Batty.
The bloggers were interviewed in 2009 and were challenged to answer questions about their motivation, business models and subsequent opportunities that came from starting their blogs. With a thought-provoking introduction about the role of blogs by Guardian journalist and blogger Mercedes Bunz, this publication is a must for anyone considering the future role of cultural bloggers and online publishing.
Interviews: Annette Wolfsberger
Idea: Angela Plohman
Editors: Nicola Mullenger and Annette Wolfsberger
Publisher: LabforCulture, Amsterdam 2010
ISBN 978-1-906496-50-0
Published under Creative Commons Licence 3 (Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported).