ELMCIP is a 3-year collaborative research project running from 2010-2013 and a part of the HERA JRP: 'Humanities as a Source of Creativity and Innovation'

ELMCIP involves 7 European research partners and 1 non-academic partner who will investigate:

How creative communities of practitioners form within a transnational and transcultural context in a globalized and distributed communication environment

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ELMCIPCONSORTIUM

PARTNERS

PROJECT PARTNERS

¤ Understand how creative communities form and interact through distributed media

¤ Document and evaluate various models and forces of creative commuities in the field of electronic literature

¤ Examine how electronic literature communities benefit from current educational models and develop pedagogical tools

¤ Study how electronic literature manifests in conventional cultural contexts and evaluate the effects of distributing and exhibiting e-lit in such contexts.

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RESEARCH QUESTIONS & OBJECTIVES

In the USA, the ELO (Electronic Literature Organization) functions as a hub for practictioners and theoreticians of electronic literature.

While Europe is hosting key creative, theoretical and scholarly practitioners, events and communities of electronic literature – it still lacks a shared research infrastructure.

ELMCIP seeks to gather the multitude of practices and theories in electronic literature, existing in a multi-linguistic and multicultural Europe, in order to create a shared archive and research network.

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IMPACT & IMPORTANCE

¤ Series of case studies and research papers (for publications and conferences)

¤ Series of public seminars

¤ Online knowledge base (materials from seminars, project information and

an extensive bibliographic record of e-lit works)

¤ Pedagogy workshop and anthology (Resulting in extensive documentation, presented as an accessable website and DVD-ROM)

¤ International conference

¤ Public exhibition of electronic literature artworks and performances

¤ Openly distributed publications (conference proceedings, exhibition catalog, project documentation and a DVD anthology of e-lit works)

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OUTCOMES

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ORGANIZATION

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TIMELINE

Jan-Feb 2010

Mar-May 2010

Jun-Aug 2010

Sep-Dec 2010

Jan-March 2011

Apr-Jun 2011

Jul-Sep 2011

Oct-Dec 2011

Jan-Mar 2012

Apr-Jun 2012

Jul-Sep 2012

Oct-Dec 2012

Jan-Feb 2013

Ethnography Prepare case studies and field work

Liaison with e-litO, Nvivo training

Field work begins

Field work and Interim report

Field work Field work Field work complete

Ethnographic analysis

Draft analysis Conference preparation

Final report, conference presentation

Preparation of final report

Seminars UiB: E-Lit Communities

UA: Digital Poetics

UJ: E-Lit Publishing

BTH: E-Lit Pedagogy

UL: New Media Histories

UCF: Performing E-Lit

Online Knowledge Base (KB) and website

Appoint technician

Launch initial public version of KB, mailing lists.

Post UiB seminar docs, ethnography weblog

Beta-testing and final design of KB

Post UA seminar docs, full launch of KB

Post UJ seminar docs, E-Lit publishing Directory

Post BTH seminar docs, conference website launch

Post UL seminar docs, mid-project report, online anthology

Post outline conference programme

Post UCF seminar docs, conference registration interface

Post conference, exhibition, performance programme

Ethnography report online

Final report and conference docs online

DVD Anthology Appoint technician

Call for works Select works, design

Final editing Beta-testing Production Launch at conference

Distribution

Conference Programme meeting

Pre-publicity Final planning Call for papers / works

Peer review Completed papers

Finalise programme

Conference

Exhibition & Performance

Planning with NMS

Call for proposals

Peer review Final selection of works, performers

Production with NMS

Site visits and preparation

Exhibition and performances

Publications Draft E-Lit publishing report

Prep performance survey

Final E-Lit publishing report

Mid-project report

Conduct performance survey

Edit Slovenian Amfiteater journal

Design catalogue and proceedings

Edit Performance ResearchJournal

Publish catalogue and proceedings

Publish final report

Steering Committee

SC Meeting: Consortium Agreement

SC meeting: project launch at the SL

SC meeting: finalise mid-project reportSC

SA meeting: Project oversight

SC meeting: Finalise report

SC signs off accounts and report

Advisory Board Meeting

Meet to review activity plan

Mid-project review meeting

Oversight meeting

University of Bergen Blekinge Institute of Technology

University of Amsterdam

University of Ljubljana

University of Jyväskylä Edinburgh College of Art

University College Falmouth

6.UCF (UK)

5.UJ (FI)

3.UA (NL)2.BTH (SE)

1.UIB (NO)

7.ECA (UK)

4.UL (SI)

¤ Budget total: ≈ EUR 1 mill.¤ Partners from UIB, BTH and ECA have a larger budget share due to use of post-docs and a PhD student.

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BUDGET

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PARTNERS

UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN (NO)

Scott Rettberg- Associate Professor of Digital Culture(electronic literature, new media, co-founder of ELO)Jill Walker Rettberg-Associate Professor of Digital Culture(digital textuality, social networks, blogging)

Individual project: ¤ Overall project administration¤ Building the online knowledge base ¤ Spring 2010: Appoint UIB post-doc¤ Spring 2010: Seminar on Electronic Literature Communities ¤ Final report

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PARTNERS

BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (SE)

Maria Engberg- Associate Professor of English and Digital Media(experimental English literature, digital poetry and technologies)Talan Memmott-Associate Professor of English and Digital Media(new media artist and author, applied technology)

Individual project: ¤ Spring 2010: Appoint BTH post-doc Research on pedagogical models and electronic literature anthologies ¤ Spring 2011: Workshop on electronic literature in education¤ Autumn 2012: Production of DVD anthology on European electronic literature

Yra van Dijk- Assistant Professor of Modern Dutch Literature(modern and digital poetry, Dutch literature)

Individual project: ¤ Autumn 2011: Seminar on New Media and Literary History¤ Winter 2010/2011 Publication #1: The Analysis of Poetics in Digital Poetry¤ Winter 2011/2012 Publication #2: Poetics as a central factor in the formation of digital networks¤ Winter 2012 Publication #3: The recycling of European poetics in digital poetry

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PARTNERS

UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM (NL)

Janez Strehovec- Associate Professor of New Media Theory(cyberarts, digital literature and internet culture)

Individual project: ¤ Autumn 2011: Seminar on New Media Histories¤ Spring 2011: Case study on new media specificity of electronic literature¤ Winter 2012 Presentation at project conference on findings

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PARTNERS

UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA (SI)

Raine Sakari Koskimaa- Professor of Digital Culture/Vice Dean of the Faculty of Humanties(Digital culture, electronic literature and digital arts)

Individual project: ¤ Spring 2010 Electronic Literature Publishing survey¤ Spring 2011: Seminar on Electronic Literature Publishing and other venues

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PARTNERS

UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ (FI)

Jerome Fletcher- Senior Lecturer in Writing(writing, performing of digital and experimental texts)

Individual project: ¤ Spring 2011 Call for performance works ¤ Autumn 2011 Survey of performance contexts¤ Spring 2012 Seminar on Electronic Literature and Performance¤ Winter 2012: Curate and exhibit performance works at project conference

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PARTNERS

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FALMOUTH (UK)

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PARTNERS

EDINBURGH COLLEGE OF ART (UK)

Simon Biggs- Professor, artist, writer and curator(electronic arts, digital poetics and interactive systems)Penny Travlou- Post-doctoral Researcher(ethnography and digital culture)

Individual project:¤ Spring 2010 Appoint PhD-student¤ Autumn 2011 Ethnographic study of networked creative communities¤ Spring 2012 Ethnographic analysis of findings¤ Autumn 2012: Planning of project conference and curating exhibition¤ Winter 2012: Project conference and exhibition

Mark Daniels- Executive Director(contemporary art, new media producer and curator)

¤ Collaboration with Edinburgh College of Art and University College Falmouth to realize the exhibition and performance program at the project conference in Edinburgh winter 2012.

Tasks include: Co-curation, coordination and management of exhibition opening event, and maintenance of artworks and the exhibition space for the during of the exhibition (2 weeks)

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NON-ACADEMIC PARTNER

NEW MEDIA SCOTLAND (UK)