Electronic Literature Organization
Encyclopedia
The Electronic Literature Organisation (ELO) is a nonprofit organization "established in 1999 to promote and facilitate the writing, publishing, and reading of electronic literature
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, and Jeff Ballowe, the ELO moved from Chicago
to UCLA in 2001 where it was supported by UCLA's English, SINAPSE, and Design|Media Arts departments. It moved to its current location at the University of Maryland, College Park
in 2006 and is currently supported by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
(under the direction of Matthew Kirschenbaum).
Electronic literature
Electronic literature is a literary genre consisting of works of literature that originate within digital environments.-Definitions:N. Katherine Hayles discusses the topic in the online article...
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History
Founded by Scott Rettberg, Robert CooverRobert Coover
Robert Lowell Coover is an American author and professor in the Literary Arts program at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction.-Life and works:...
, and Jeff Ballowe, the ELO moved from Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
to UCLA in 2001 where it was supported by UCLA's English, SINAPSE, and Design|Media Arts departments. It moved to its current location at the University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
in 2006 and is currently supported by the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities is an internationally recognized, rapidly growing research center that is helping to transform the humanities in an era of new media and global information...
(under the direction of Matthew Kirschenbaum).
Activities
The activities of the organisation include:- Maintaining the Electronic Literature Directory, a listing of electronic works and their authors.
- Publishing the Electronic Literature Collection, an edited anthology of electronic literature. The first volume was released under a Creative CommonsCreative CommonsCreative Commons is a non-profit organization headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons...
licence in 2006. - Preservation, Archiving, and Dissemination (PAD) project to archiveArchiveAn archive is a collection of historical records, or the physical place they are located. Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime, and are kept to show the function of an organization...
notable and threatened works. - Holding the 2001 Electronic Literature Awards for fiction and poetry.
- Hosting readings, symposia and other outreach events such as the MACHINE series (since 2004) to publicise electronic literature.
See also
- Jay David BolterJay David BolterJay David Bolter is the Wesley Chair of New Media and a professor in the School of Literature, Communication and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Some of his main points of study include the evolution of media, the usage of technology in education, and the role of computers in the...
- Robert CooverRobert CooverRobert Lowell Coover is an American author and professor in the Literary Arts program at Brown University. He is generally considered a writer of fabulation and metafiction.-Life and works:...
- J. Yellowlees Douglas
- N. Katherine HaylesN. Katherine HaylesN. Katherine Hayles is a postmodern literary critic, most notable for her contribution to the fields of literature and science, electronic literature, and American literature. She is professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Program in Literature at Duke University. -Background:Hayles was...
- Shelley JacksonShelley JacksonShelley Jackson is a writer and artist known for her cross-genre experiments, including her groundbreaking work of hyperfiction, Patchwork Girl...
- Michael Joyce
- George LandowGeorge Landow (professor)George Landow is Professor of English and Art History at Brown University. He is one of the leading authorities on Victorian literature, art, and culture, as well as a pioneer in criticism and theory of Electronic literature, hypertext and hypermedia...
- Lev ManovichLev ManovichLev Manovich is an author of new media books, professor of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego, U.S. and European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, where he teaches new media art and theory, software studies, and digital humanities...
- Stuart MoulthropStuart MoulthropStuart Moulthrop is an innovator of electronic literature and hypertext fiction, both as a theoretician and as a writer. He is author of the hypertext fiction works Victory Garden , which was on the front-page of the New York Times Book Review in 1993, Reagan Library , and Hegirascope , amongst...
- Stephanie StricklandStephanie StricklandStephanie Strickland is an American poet, and was 2002 McEver Chair in Writing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.She grew up in Chicago....