4Humanities Advocacy Projects

4Humanities and its local chapters are at work on a variety of projects to create advocacy for the humanities and also to develop innovative research and materials to help drive such advocacy. Current ongoing projects include:

* “Shout Out for the Humanities” Student Prize Contest

* Humanities, Plain & Simple Initiative

* Backpack Mini-Documentaries

* Humanities Infographics

* Arts & Humanities in the 21st Century Workplace

* Humanities Showcase

* WhatEvery1OneSays Research Project

Electronic Literature Organization

Electronic Literature Organization to Partner with 4Humanities on Exhibiting Student Contest

4Humanities.org is delighted to announce that the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) will be its partner in promoting the results of the “Shout Out for the Humanities” student prize contest. With the assistance of students interested in electronic literature, digital humanities, and new media, Dene Grigar (President of ELO) and other members of ELO’s creative digital writing and arts community will work with the contest submissions once judging has occurred to create an innovative digital exhibit. (Contest submissions are made under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.)

Electronic Literature OrganizationThe exhibit will be showcased at the ELO 2016 conference to be held June 10-12, 2016, at the University of Victoria, Canada, in conjunction with this year’s Digital Humanities Summer institute. It will also be put online and promoted by both 4Humanities and ELO to help get the word out to the public about what students have to say when they “shout out for the humanities.”

Honorable Mention: Whitney Laycock — “Chile the Country, Not the Food”

Honorable Mention in “Shout Out for the Humanities” Contest: Whitney Laycock M. A. student in English, Weber State University (Ogden, Utah, United States) ▪ Contest Submission: “Chile the Country, Not the Food” (full text of essay) ▪ Biography Statement ▪ Web site: Whitney W. Laycock ▪ Twitter name: @wwlaycock Excerpts: Submission g16 for 4Humanities “Shout […]