We spent the day getting ready for MLA 2020 which is taking place in Seattle, WA this year. Our session, #594 Making, Preserving, and Curating Born-Digital Literature, is included in the ELO’s special session and features the work we have been doing in the lab for the last year. The program describes the session as:
This session features interactive demonstrations about the creation, preservation, and curation of digital literary works that take advantage of the specific affordances of digital environments; participants discuss tools and strategies for making digital literature and integrating it into the literature or language classroom.
Time: 3:30 PM–4:45 PM Jan 11, 2020
Place: WSCC – Chelan 2
https://mla20.org/event/member/630023
Station 1: “Preserving Electronic Literature in a Media Archaeology Lab”
- Dene Grigar, Professor and Director, Electronic Literature Lab; Board Member, Electronic Literature Organization: Rebooting Electronic Literature, Volumes 1-3
- Nicholas Schiller, Associate Director, Electronic Literature Lab; Coordinator, Electronic Literature Organization: Collecting and archiving electronic literature in the Electronic Literature Repository
- Holly Slocum, Project Manager, Electronic Literature Lab: Restoring Deena Larsen’s Kanjis & the TrAce Online Writing Centre
- Kathleen Zoller: Restoring The Progressive Dinner Party
- Mariah Gwin: Curating electronic literature exhibits
- Monica Roath: Recording flash works in the Afterflash project
- Andrew Nevue: Capturing mobile literary app experiences
Station 2: “Anthologizing Electronic Literature as a Field Building Activity”
- Leonardo Flores, Appalachian State U: President, Electronic Literature Organization
Station 3: “Making and Preserving Egypt: The Book of Going Forth by Day”
- Marjorie Luesebrink: Board Member, Electronic Literature Organization
Station 4: “Tech and Text/iles: Engaging Materiality in Electronic Literature”
- Anastasia Salter, U of Central Florida: Board Member, Electronic Literature Organization
Station 5: “Documenting a Graduate Course in Electronic Literature with Scalar”
- Richard Snyder, PhD Candidate, Washington State U, Pullman
- Julian Ankney, Washington State U, Pullman
- Nicholas Binford, Washington State U, Pullman
- Nazua Idris, Washington State U, Pullman
- Kathryn Manis, Washington State U, Pullman
- Ricardo Ramirez, Washington State U, Pullman
- Troy Rowden, Washington State U, Pullman
- Rosamond Thalken, Washington State U, Pullman