Fall Symposium 07

The fall 2007 symposium, Hypothesis, took place on November 30th. Hypothesis was organized by Toni Magyar and William Patrick Wend under the advisement of Dr. Lisa Vetere. Graduate students in various stages of thesis development and writing presented their ideas to a captivated room of attendees from both the English department faculty and student body.

In the days after Hypothesis numerous attendees inquired about further information pertaining to student research. That information can be found below. If you have further questions, please consult with the individual graduate student.

William got us started:

As promised last night, here is William’s list of links!

 

Electronic Literature Organization

• Was founded in 1999 and has a great website

• The 2007 symposium The Future Of Electronic Literature took place in early May on the campus of the University of Maryland. William’s blog has a series of notes,etc

• The 2008 symposium Visionary Landscapes will take place in late May on the campus of Washington State University in Vancouver, Washington

Kate Hayles:

• Teaches at UCLA

• Her essay Electronic Literature: What Is It? will be very helpful for those interested in learning about electronic literature

• William has posted notes on his blog from her keynote. Jill Walker-Rettberg has much more detailed notes on her blog.

Matthew Kirschenbaum

• Teaches and blogs at the University Of Maryland

• His definition of electronic literature can also be found on his blog

Hypertext

• Michael Joyce’s Afternoon, A Story

• Caitlin Fisher’s These Waves Of Girls

• Shelley Jackson’s Patchwork Girl

Interactive Fiction

• Nick Montfort’s Book & Volume

• Emily Short’s Galatea

• Emily Short also has a blog which focuses on interactive fiction

• Read more about IF in general on Wikipedia

Distributed Narrative

• Defined in 2004 by Jill Walker-Rettberg

• Dr. Walker’s research page for DN

Implementation

• Was written in 2004 by Nick Montfort and Scott Rettberg

• Implementation slide show

Some of William’s pictures…

• Critical Code Studies was briefly mentioned last night

• One of the most prominent New Media blogs is Grand Text Auto, which is partially run by Rettberg and Montfort.