About us
We're a small think-and-do tank investigating the evolution of intellectual discourse as it shifts from printed pages to networked screens. We are funded generously by the MacArthur Foundation, and affiliated with the University of Southern California. We are located in Brooklyn, NY and London, UK.
Read our mission statement »
Projects
A list of our projects (roughly chronological)
- Expressive Processing »
- The Googlization of Everything »
- Sophie »
- CommentPress »
- Gamer Theory »
- MediaCommons »
- HASTAC digital learning report »
- Operation Iraqi Quagmire »
- The Holy of Holies »
- Without Gods »
- IT IN place »
The Golden Notebook
In October 2008, we are launching a world-wide, interactive reading group for Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook. To keep in touch with this project, a collaboration with Apt Studio supported by Arts Council England, register here.
if:book
if:book is our blog, the daily record of our inquiry into a wide range of topics, all in some way fitting into the techno-cultural puzzle that is the future of reading and writing.
if:book london
The Institute's sister organisation in the UK is now a registered charity exploring the creative potential of new media for writers and readers.
Click here to download read:write, a research report for Arts Council England on digital possibilities for literature and to find out more about our activities and future plans.