Interstory: A Study of Reader Participation and Networked Narrative in Media Convergence

Recently we have seen the proliferation of narratives developing in media convergence: simultaneously on websites, blogs, multimedia platforms, books, magazines, etc. In this thesis, I propose the term interstory to characterize this narrative tendency. Interstory is a narrative constituted by a network of story pieces published in different media and compiled by readers. To illustrate the concept of interstory I take as a study case Hernán Casciari’s and Christian Basilis’ Orsai, which in two years has incorporated into its narrative three blogs, a print magazine, and a web magazine. Orsai has been a successful project thanks to the formation of a solid online/offline community of readers around it. Because of the media characteristics and large-scale of the object under examination, I propose a methodology for the study of narrative as a network composed of authors, texts, media of publication, readers, and readers’ input. This has allowed the exploration of which narrative contents are encompassed by the project, where they are published, when and where, as well as how the readers’ respond to them. A methodology for the study of readers’ practices in Orsai’s different media was also developed. I propose that narrative is by no means in crisis in the digital age. As a matter of fact, readers are avid participants of narrative enterprises building a highly prosocial environment of interaction. Nonetheless, as I show in this thesis, the expectations of readers and the media currently available are having an impact on how narrative is created, distributed and consumed

Towards a digital geography of Hispanic Baroque art

In this article we propose an approach to the study of art history based on geog-raphy of Hispanic Baroque art by digital means that showcase the multiplicity of possible places of art. Our study advances four elements of a digital geography of art (communities, semantic maps, areas, and flows)—a methodology that can be expanded in future Digital Humanities research

Random Borges | Infinite E-Lit

<p>These are the slides for my presentation at the Hall Center for the Humanities at the University of Kansas on March 25th, 2015.</p> <p>The work presented here is part of the larger collaborative project <em>Hispanic Legacies in Electronic Literature</em> with Alexandra Saum-Pascual.</p> <p> </p

Data from A Digital Humanities 2014 Survey

<br>This fileset contains two spreadsheets including the data collected through two online surveys about <br><br>a) the cost of attending the 2014 Digital Humanities conference (DH2014) in Lausanne, Switzerland, 7-12 July 2014 and<br><br>b) the reasons for not attending the 2014 Digital Humanities conference (DH2014) that took place in Lausanne, Switzerland, 7-12 July 2014.  <br><br>Those attending DH2014 were asked to complete an online survey in order to find out approximately how much it costed them individually to do so. <br><br>A second survey sought to gain insights from those in the DH community who said not to be attending the conference.<br><br>The two datasets include partially unrefined response data from a total of 214 unique and complete responses to both surveys (113 for the first survey and 101 for the second survey).   <br><br>The two datasets also share initial summaries of results through refined data tables as separate sheets.<br><br>The data collection templates were designed to obtain additional information regarding country of nationality, native language, country where respondents were based on, whether visas were required and diversity of expenses and sources of funding in order to highlight the international, multicultural and geopolitical dimension of attending the conference. <br><br>Any financial data included in the datasets must be understood to be rough estimates and is shared for indicative purposes only.<br><br>This fileset does not contain personal information that may identify individuals nor any senstitive information. Responses were anonymous and provided voluntarily with informed consent for open research purposes and data sharing.<br><br>The data was originally collected between 25/06/2014 17:26:53 GMT and 10/08/2014 11:08:27 GMT.<br><br>Ernesto Priego and Élika Ortega designed the data collection and template, promoted the survey, responded to immediate online feedback, collected data, aggregated, refined and visualised data and are currently authoring draft papers. <br><br>This was an independent research survey and it was not associated with nor sponsored by the 2014 Digital Humanities conference, other Digital Humanities conferences or their organisers. <br><br><br

PRONUNCIAMIENTO DE MEXICANOS EN EL EXTRANJERO

<p>Este es un pronunciamiento de mexicanos que residen en el extranjero en respuesta a los eventos que han sucedido en México desde septiembre de 2014.</p> <p>Las firmas que lleva este pronunciamiento se recolectaron entre el 17 y el 21 de noviembre.</p

OPEN LETTER TO THE MEXICAN AND THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETIES

<p>This is an open letter signed by Mexican citizens living abroad in response to the events taking place in Mexico since September 2014. It collected signatures the week of the November 17 to 21.</p