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The Electronic Literature Lab at Washington State University Vancouver

Documenting Born Digital Creative and Scholarly Works for Access and Preservation
by Dene Grigar, Nicholas Schiller, and Vanessa Rhodes, WSUV

This course focuses on the theory and practice of preserving born digital such as electronic literature, digital essays and blog posts, video games, mobile apps, and virtual worlds. It is built on the foundation of humanities and art-based curatorial practices and involves hands-on experience with documenting through photography, videography, sound recording, and ekphratic and critical writing. Participants will learn how to organize archival materials for presentation at library archival exhibits and for publication on platforms like Scalar. Read more

Monday, June 11: Obsolescence, Memory, and Material/Digital Culture

10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Focus: Introduction challenges to documenting multimedia, interactive works; modes of preservation

Experience:

Discuss:

Do:

 

1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Focus: Obsolescence and the challenges of preserving works

Do:

Presenting Your Research Topic
Directions: In no more than 5 minutes explain to the participants in this class the research you are currently pursuing. Include the following information:

 

Experience:

Discuss:

 

Tuesday, June 12: Documentation Modes & Methods for Access & Study

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. 

Focus: Affordances and constraints of various modes of documentation

Experience:

Discuss:

Do:

 

1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

Focus: A method for documenting multimedia, interactive works

Experience:

Discuss:

Do:

 

Wednesday, June 13: Doing Documentation

Focus: All day hands-on workshop for documenting works of participants’ choice

Experience:

 

Thursday, June 14: Publishing Practices for Presenting Preserved Works

Focus: All day hands-on workshop for creating an open-source, online documentation book

Experience:

 

Friday, June 15: Curatorial Practices for Presenting Documentation

Focus: Theory and practice of curating; final presentation of documentation project

Experience:

Do:

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We end at noon today.