On April 22, @BSU_English and @BSUDLR invite the digital humanities community to the Schwartz Digital Viewing Complex to celebrate and explore its ongoing project, The Digital Literature Review. Founded on an immersive learning grant, the project has been directed this spring by Professors Adam Beach and Deborah Mix.
According to Mix, digital humanities projects occurring on and off campus provided inspiration for DLR, including Professor Miranda Garno Nesler’s blog “Performing Humanity” and ongoing series produced by Bedford/St. Martin’s. The goal was to use digital platforms to push students “to think about research not just as a kind of hothouse flower for the classroom but as something interesting and relevant to audiences outside the classroom context.” To this end, Beach and Mix oversaw the students’ creation of cultural contexts editions of public domain ghost stories and related critical essays, and they encouraged the students to see themselves as the producers rather than simply the consumers of editions.
The DLR will debut on April 22. The team invites participation, attendance, and feedback on what they envision as a long-term and continuing project.
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