{"id":54,"date":"2022-03-21T12:31:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T12:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discojournal.com\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2024-05-22T14:48:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T14:48:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/discojournal.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Studies Collective"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-x-large-font-size\">The Digital Studies Collective (DiSCo) is an interdisciplinary network of PhD researchers founded on the premise that to grapple with humanity\u2019s increasing seduction of the digital, we need to organise collectively and continuously learn, lament, celebrate and critique the digitisation of the everyday. To date, we have organised nine training works in digital methodologies and we are curating the experimental publication DiSCo Journal. DiSCo is funded by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chase.ac.uk\/\">CHASE<\/a> (Consortium for the Humanities and the Arts South-East England).<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" src=\"http:\/\/discojournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spark-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-189\" style=\"width:138px;height:86px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discojournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spark-1.gif 36w, https:\/\/discojournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spark-1-24x24.gif 24w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 36px) 100vw, 36px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"36\" height=\"36\" src=\"http:\/\/discojournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spark-2.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-190\" style=\"width:86px;height:86px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/discojournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spark-2.gif 36w, https:\/\/discojournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/spark-2-24x24.gif 24w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 36px) 100vw, 36px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-x-large-font-size\">The DiSCo Journal is an annual online publication exploring digital art, culture and methods.\u00a0Rather than get stuck in tired dystopian\/utopian debates, the journal&#8217;s aim is to host a critical space to probe and question what digitalisation means to you. Given the rapid spread of digital culture worldwide, we are surprised by the dearth of artistic and academic commentary, especially here in London. We see the journal as filling an important hole. That said, the hole remains gaping and we welcome collaboration, rivalries and criticism.\u00a0The Managing Editors, <a href=\"https:\/\/sandydiyu.com\/\">Sandy Di Yu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/havc.ucsc.edu\/people\/sarah-hwang\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/havc.ucsc.edu\/people\/sarah-hwang\">Sarah Hwang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soas.ac.uk\/about\/tanvi-kanchan\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.soas.ac.uk\/about\/tanvi-kanchan\">Tanvi Kanchan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ryder_withawhy\">Craig Ryder<\/a>, hope you are inspired to contribute to the journal or simply want to enjoy it.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"40\" src=\"http:\/\/discojournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/email-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-x-large-font-size\">Lots of love,<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-x-large-font-size\">DiSCo \ud83d\udc83\ud83c\udffd\ud83e\udea9\ud83e\udea9\ud83e\udea9<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"20\" src=\"http:\/\/discojournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Love__2_red_hearts_prv-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-193\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Digital Studies Collective (DiSCo) is an interdisciplinary network of PhD researchers founded on the premise that to grapple with humanity\u2019s increasing seduction of the digital, we need to organise collectively and continuously learn, lament, celebrate and critique the digitisation of the everyday. 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