http://vectors.usc.edu/issues Fall 2013 Volume 4 1 Vectors proudly takes the next step in its evolution as a publisher and distributor of leading edge digital scholarship. Since Vectors launched in 2005, many more scholars have the capacity to produce multimodal research, and the number of venues for such work has slowly expanded. Thus, it is no longer necessary for our team to produce collaborative projects through the fellowship model with which we began nearly 10 years ago. Although we are now only occasionally creating in-house collaborative projects for the journal, Vectors continues to offer a platform for experimenting with the forms and potentials of online scholarship. In conjunction with its sibling project, the authoring platform Scalar, which shifts conceptualization of a project's basic interaction design and information architecture into the hands of scholars, Vectors will continue its role of pushing the boundaries of research in the arts, humanities and social sciences. As always, our goal is to showcase work that is not easily contained by the conventions - often still limited to portable documents and embedded video files - of contemporary electronic publication.

Vectors will also continue its commitment to publishing work that is subjected to rigorous, but mutable and multiple, forms of peer review, actively engaging questions of how best to ensure scholarly excellence in work that experiments with both form and content. Likewise, Vectors remains resolutely committed to remain free and open access, favoring work that speaks across disciplinary boundaries and with relevance beyond the virtual, physical and metaphorical walls of the academy. This transition in the Vectors workflow includes the shedding of print-based conventions of themed "issues" and numbered "volumes" in favor of the more agile format of rolling submissions and projects released individually or in clusters throughout the year. We therefore welcome completed project submissions on any topic, at any time, and in any format. We also encourage submissions of curated clusters and will continue to aggregate (with permission) various online contributions, as we always have. We look forward to continuing to publish and promote scholarly work that challenges, inspires, disrupts or expands scholarly discourse in new and unexpected directions.]]> 0 0 Vectors. Andrea Foster writes, "ThoughtMesh is a Web site that tags open-access scholarly papers with key words. Visitors can jump to passages in papers that contain those words. And they can see others' papers, throughout academe, tagged with the same words. A "cloud" of tagged words hovers above each paper."]]> Vectors, "Blue Velvet" enables users to submerge themselves in a poetic wordscape describing the contours of American racial politics post-Katrina.]]> Vectors' fellow Kim Christen was recently interviewed on the BBC's Digital Planet about her continued work developing innovative archives with indigenous peoples.

Kim's Vectors' project, "Digital Dynamics Across Cultures" (in the Ephemera issue), was an early effort in this regard. She has gone on to receive numerous grants and to continue to work with Vectors' team member, Craig Deitrich.]]> Vectors' Perception issue, explores issues of women's incarceration.

As a festival for art and digital culture, transmediale presents advanced artistic positions reflecting on the socio-cultural impact of new technologies. It seeks out artistic practices that not only respond to scientific or technical developments, but that try to shape the way in which we think about and experience these technologies. transmediale understands media technologies as cultural techniques which need to be embraced in order to comprehend, critique, and shape our contemporary society.]]> Congratulations to Vectors Fellow Sharon Daniel and Co-Creative Director, Erik Loyer!

Vectors has received a Webby Honoree Award in the Activism category for their piece, "Public Secrets". The piece, a sophisticated and powerful exploration of the incarceration of women in California, is part of the latest issue of Vectors on the theme of "Perception" and was created as part of the Vectors Fellowship Competition.

The Official Honoree distinction is awarded to work that scores in the top 15% of all work entered into the Webby Awards. With over 8,000 entries received from all 50 states and over 60 countries, this is an outstanding accomplishment for Sharon and Erik.]]>