Overview

Media Study's digital poetics curriculum, benefiting from the resources of Electronic Poetry Center (EPC) and the activities of the Digital Media Poetics visiting artist and E-Poetry series, is unique to the field. It is particular in scope and methodology, employing an experimental literature-based approach, complementing the activities of UB's Poetics Program, and its location in the Media Study Department, which gives it a specific practitioner perspective. These programs are one of the strengths of the University at Buffalo.

An integral part of our courses is provided by the Digital Media Poetics series of digital events where, in conjunction with primary and secondary works covered in the classroom, individual digital practitioners and theorists are invited to the Buffalo campus. Examples of these include Jean-Pierre Balpe and the Cybertext Yearbook symposia, the Language and Encoding Symposium and visits by numerous individual practitioners, such as Bill Lavender, Jaap Blonk, Christian Bök, Paul Dutton, and Steve McCaffery, among many others. Our E-Poetry series of digital poetry festivals have also provided key classroom support including, especially for graduate students, opportunities to develop and present research and original works of art at this professional conference. Each E-Poetry festival has brought approximately 50 digital poets from 20 countries, and provides examples of a wide range of digital practice. Videos of the events are being put in the EPC archive to be made available for courses in digital literature.

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