When Todd and I started the Tar River Writing Project at ECU, we knew we would be starting it as a “born digital” project. Where some sites — including the two that I had been part of in Georgia and Illinois — had started years earlier, before ubiquitous internet and digital tools, and had had to retool themselves to think about how they would change from some more traditional Invitational Summer Institute models, we knew that starting as a digital site would mean we’d be able to redesign the summer institute from the ground up.
Of course, that’s easier said that done. Here, I want to outline some of the changes we built into our initial SI model, as well as some of the challenges. Part of this recounting is about my remember our history and how we developed our site, but another part of it is also about demonstrating how my scholarly and pedagogical work have both always been connected to digital remediation practices. My work grows out of these embodied experiences with technology and space.
*FORTHCOMING*
