The Virtual Shakespeare Consortium
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- What one thing would you want the Virtual Shakespeare Consortium to achieve?
- Opportunities for students of Shakespeare to meet & greet the characters from the plays
- About Me:
- RL: JJ Jacobson, library consultant, MSI 2005 University of Michigan School of Information
SL: JJ Drinkwater, director of the Caledon Library, founder of the Alexandrian Free Library (a consortium of community-based SL libraries, currently serving Winterfell, Steelhead, New Toulouse & Caledon), Factotum General for the Librarium in Abitibi.
Interests: History of everyday life, narrative engagement, metadata and the presentation of information, interdisciplinary librarianship, self-organizing virtual communities, relationship between roleplay and research...oh, yeah, and Shakespeare.
- Relevant Projects:
- "Shakesperare Summer" in Second Life, produced by Radio Riel in cooperation with the Caledon Library. Discussions and themed social events for 3 plays.
June: A Midsummer Night's Dream
July: Romeo & Juliet
August: The Tempest
JJ Drinkwater's Blog
"Shakespeare Summer" - Radio Riel & the Caledon Library
Radio Riel has been given a grant by the Foundation for Rich Content to produce a Shakespeare Summer in Caledon (& elsewhere). This is sort of the SL equivalent of a summer "Shakespeare in the Parks" program, only, of course, because it originates in Caledon, it involves dancing.
As you all probably know, the Victorians were downright wacky about the Bard, and the 19th c saw the creation of numerous literary and theatrical interpretations and reinterpretations of the plays. That is the tack… Continue
As you all probably know, the Victorians were downright wacky about the Bard, and the 19th c saw the creation of numerous literary and theatrical interpretations and reinterpretations of the plays. That is the tack… Continue
Posted on June 4, 2008 at 1:31pm —
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I'm hoping to spread word of this group to get all interested in virtual-Shakespeare projects together. Please help spread the word, and thank you for bringing your talents and enthusiasm to this new and interdisciplinary group!