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Hola Marina, Mira como andas por los lares. Que gusto me da saber que hay aliados en todos los rincones, Raul >Hola: >Soy Marina Zerbarini. Vivo en Sudamérica, Argentina. >Soy artista, trabajo con obras de Netart y actualmente exploro las >interfases físicas y la programación para Internet. También soy Profesora en >el Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte y en la Universidad de Tres de >Febrero, en materias como Digitalización de Imágenes, Multimedia y Artes >Electrónicas. >Mi sitio: www.marina-zerbarini.com.ar >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sue Thomas" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 5:31 PM >Subject: [WRITING-AND-THE-DIGITAL-LIFE] This list is now open for >conversation > > >> Welcome to Writing and the Digital Life. >> >> This list is now open. You are warmly invited to introduce yourself and >your >> projects. Where are you based? What is your interest in Writing and the >> Digital Life? What are the burning issues for you? What would you like us >> to talk about? >> >> There will be a new discussion topic on or around the first of each month, >> but you are also free to post news and other items of interest. The first >> topic will be announced on 1st May 2005. >> >> _What is the purpose of this list? >> Text, in whatever language or script, is the passport to digital life. >> Without it we cannot use email, web content, chat, discussion boards, or >> instant messaging. In the ecology of global connectedness it is vital we >> understand how writing and reading are being used, extended and changed. >> >> This list will explore the impact of digital technologies upon writing and >> lived experience within an interdisciplinary context. We will talk about >the >> relationship of writing and reading in the context of many subjects >> including 'new and old' media; craft, art, process and practice; social >> networks; cooperation and collaboration; narrative and memory; human >> computer interaction; imagination; nature; mind; body, and spirit. >> Contributions related to research, writing and teaching in the arts, >> sciences, and humanities are all welcome. >> >> _Isn't that rather ambitious? Can't you narrow it down a little? >> No. The field is enormous but if we try to limit the focus important >> connections will be lost. The list operates on the principle of the >> cornucopia of the commons where - to quote from Dan Bricklin >> http://www.bricklin.com/cornucopia.htm - 'use brings abundance', i.e. the >> more you put in, the more you get out. Please note, however, that I >reserve >> the right to delete irrelevant, offensive or abusive posts. >> >> _So what is of interest to the list? >> Anything that addresses the impact of digital technologies upon writing >and >> lived experience, from vague, barely expressible notions to passionate >> manifestos. This is the place for conjecture, imaginings, mappings and >> propositions. >> >> _What will I get out of it? >> With luck we will birth some inventive projects, successful >collaborations, >> and unusual networks. Our conversations will stimulate innovative grant >> proposals and help locate specialist courses, external examiners and PhD >> supervisors. Researchers will find it invaluable as a place to discuss >> ideas and pose questions. Writers and artists can obtain feedback on their >> work and glean inspiration from the mass of information collected here. >> >> _How this list operates >> As host, I intend to keep a low profile and allow the list to develop its >> own tempo. I will, however, provide a rough structure in the form of a >> monthly theme to provide a focus, and I will interject where useful or >> necessary. >> >> _Is there an RSS feed? >> Not yet, although I understand that JISC are working on one. I considered >> starting this discussion on a blog but in the end decided to use a >JISClist >> because it is fast and functions very smoothly on a range of platforms. I >> also rather like the idea of this very basic interface which is easy to >use >> and accessible by both email and web. >> >> _Is there a web archive for this list? >> http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/writing-and-the-digital-life.html >> >> _Will there be more than this? Website, events, perhaps a blog? >> Grant applications are in progress now. More as I know it. >> >> _Who manages this list? >> My name is Sue Thomas and I live in Leicester, in the Midlands of England. >> In 1995 at Nottingham Trent University I founded the trAce Online Writing >> Centre http://trace.ntu.ac.uk where I was Artistic Director until December >> 2004. In January 2005 I took up a new post as Professor of New Media in >the >> Faculty of Humanities at De Montfort University. I am also the author of >> several books, most recently 'Hello World: travels in virtuality' >> http://travelsinvirtuality.typepad.com Contact me at [log in to unmask] >> for information about postgraduate study, research projects at the >> forthcoming DMU Centre for Creative Technologies, or any other enquiries. >> >> Sue Thomas >> Professor of New Media >> School of Media and Cultural Production >> Faculty of Humanities >> De Montfort University >> The Gateway >> Leicester >> LE1 9BH, UK >> +44 (0)116 207 8266 >> [log in to unmask] >> http://travelsinvirtuality.typepad.com/ >> -- Raúl Moarquech Ferrera-Balanquet MFA Curador Ejecutivo/ Arte Nuevo InteractivA http://www.cartodigital.org/interactiva [log in to unmask]