Lots of news from me today, and all about transliteracy. A new website, a new forum, and a One Day Conference!
Since
transliteracy research began at DMU in 2005 under the umbrella of PART
(Production & Research in Transliteracy), group members have
produced a significant range of projects, events, presentations and
publications, stimulating an informal research network around the
theory and practice of transliteracy.
Kate
Pullinger and I have now established The Transliteracy Research Group with
the aim of focusing PART's work yet more closely. TRG will continue to
draw in a broad coalition of theorists and practitioners, both from DMU
and other international institutions and organizations, whilst
continuing to develop our already strong links with business, local
community, and the broader cultural sector. A major strength of
transliteracy events at DMU is that participants have come from
academia, the arts, information sciences, pedagogical researchers, and
the creative industries, and this has impacted in many different areas.
The
Transliteracy Research Group (TRG), is a research-focussed think-tank
and creative laboratory. The public face of the group resides here, on a new blog run by Kate and I, with regular contributions from the following De
Montfort staff, Phd students, and graduates of the online MA in
Creative Writing and New Media: Tia Azulay, Heather Conboy, Gareth
Howell, Anietie Isong, Jess Laccetti, Kirsty McGill, and Christine
Wilks.
Please join us as we develop this new field of academic
research. You can contribute via comments to the blog or join the
forum community 'Transliteracy Notes', designed by Gareth Howell.
As well as the new research group, we would like to bring to your attention a new resource, the Creative Writing and New Media Archive,
an archive of all the Guest Lectures given during the four years of the
online MA in Creative Writing and New Media. This archive contains
lectures from theorists and practitioners as varied as Christy Dena,
Rita Raley, Alan Sondheim, Caitlin Fisher, and John Cayley. Created by
CWNM graduate and digital artist Christine Wilks, this resource will be
of value to practitioners, students and academics with an interest in
transliteracy, digital fiction, digital art, e-poetry, and
cross-media. Please feel free to use this archive and discuss it in
'Transliteracy Notes'.
We will be hosting a day-long
Transliteracy Conference on Tuesday 9 Feb, 2010, at the brand-new
Phoenix Square Digital Media Centre, Leicester, UK. Please watch for
our Call for Presentations, going out next week.
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