Almost thirty years ago, W. J. T. Mitchell's Iconology helped launch the interdisciplinary study of visual media, now a central feature of the humanities. ...
According to W. J. T. Mitchell, we need to reckon with images not just as inert objects that convey meaning but as animated beings with desires, needs, appetite...
"[Mitchell] undertakes to explore the nature of images by comparing them with words, or, more precisely, by looking at them from the viewpoint of verbal languag...
Communications, philosophy, film and video, digital culture: media studies straddles an astounding array of fields and disciplines and produces a vocabulary th...
byW. Mitchell,Michael Taussig,Bernard Harcourt
Mic check! Mic check! Lacking amplification in Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street protestors addressed one another by repeating and echoing speeches throughout t...
byWilliam Stokoe, H-Dirksen L. Bauman,Heidi Rose,Jennifer Nelson,W. Mitchell
This unique collection of essays at last brings a dazzling view of the literary, social, and performative aspects of American Sign Language to a wide audience. ...
byErika Balsom,Kenneth Berger,Susie Bright,Alex Bush,Alec Butler,Noel Carroll,Mel Chen,Jonathan Crary,Abigail Kosnik,Samuel England,Mattias Frey,Peter Geimer,Michael Gillespie,Asbjørn Grønstad,Boris Groys,Frances Guerin,Jack Halberstam,Barbara Hammer,Julian Hanich,Stefano Harney,J. Hoberman,Lynne Joyrich,Alexandra Juhasz,E. Kaplan,Katariina Kyrölä,Nathan Lee,Akira Lippit,Jennifer Malkowski, W.J.T. Mitchell,Brandy Monk-Payton,Fred Moten,Bill Nichols,Jan Olsson,Danielle Peers,Raul Perez,Mauro Resmini,B. Rich,Elif Rongen-Kaynakçi,Jonathan Rosenbaum,Rebecca Schneider,Jeffrey Sconce,Jared Sexton,Philipp Stiasny,Meghan Sutherland,Bennet Togler,Leshu Torchin,Alok Vaid-Menon,Christophe Wall-Romana,Meir Wigoder,Emily Wills,Federico Windhausen,Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa,Genevieve Yue,Alenka Zupancic,Poulomi Saha,Vivian Sobchack
We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks to viral vid...
According to W. J. T. Mitchell, a color-blind post-racial world is neither achievable nor desirable. Against popular claims that race is an outmoded constru...