12b Electronic literature: where is it? Dene Grigar

This recommendation concerning the use of digital information and technology in the humanities is among 10 such suggestions put forth by the Association of American Universities as a way to “reinvigorat[e] the Humanities”. Interestingly, it appears before the recommendation for “sustaining . . . book publishing” and below the suggestion to “emphasize to . . . the broader community the fundamental importance of the humanities” (iv), suggesting, perhaps, an emphasis on digital texts as a way for the humanities to attract the growing number of technologysavvy students and supporters.