Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)

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Assistant Prof. of Spanish at CU Boulder. I’m interested in digital literature and media, cultural hybridity, and book studies.
My book _Binding Media. Hybrid, Print-Digital Literature from across the Americas_ is coming out early next year.
Dog person, Mexican in the US. Posts in Spanglish
Websitehttp://elikaortega.net
I post aboutteaching, research, dogs, plants, and hikes.
Latest pubhttp://muse.jhu.edu/article/866488
LocationsDenver, Colorado + Ciudad de México
Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Nov 26, 2024
Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Nov 25, 2024
I accidentally neglected to share over here that my book Binding Media. Hybrid Print-Digital Literature from across the Americas is live on the SUP website! Check out the gorgeous cover designed by Hollis Duncan, blurbs, and ToC 👇🏽
Out 03/2025
https://www.sup.org/books/binding-media
Binding Media | Stanford University Press

Far from causing the "death of the book," the publishing industry's adoption of digital technologies has generated a multitude of new works that push the boundaries of literature and its presentation. In this fascinating new work, Élika Ortega proposes the notion of "binding media" — a practice where authors and publishers "fasten together" a codex and electronic or digital media to create literary works in the form of hybrid print-digital objects.

Stanford University Press
Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Nov 25, 2024
I accidentally neglected to share over here that my book Binding Media. Hybrid Print-Digital Literature from across the Americas is live on the SUP website! Check out the gorgeous cover designed by Hollis Duncan, blurbs, and ToC 👇🏽
Out 03/2025
https://www.sup.org/books/binding-media
Binding Media | Stanford University Press

Far from causing the "death of the book," the publishing industry's adoption of digital technologies has generated a multitude of new works that push the boundaries of literature and its presentation. In this fascinating new work, Élika Ortega proposes the notion of "binding media" — a practice where authors and publishers "fasten together" a codex and electronic or digital media to create literary works in the form of hybrid print-digital objects.

Stanford University Press
Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Sep 21, 2024
JournalofElectronicPublishingSep 20, 2024
We at @JEPub are incredibly excited to announce the publication of our new special issue on Multilingual Publishing & Scholarship, co-edited by Janneke Adema (@openreflections), Alyssa Arbuckle (@alyssaarbuckle), and Élika Ortega (@elikaortega)! https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/262/info/
The Journal of Electronic Publishing | Issue: Issue: 1(27) Special Issue: Multilingual Publishing and Scholarship (2024)

Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Sep 21, 2024
JournalofElectronicPublishingSep 20, 2024
Nous sommes très heureux d'annoncer la publication de notre nouveau numéro spécial sur l'édition et la recherche multilingues, coédité par Janneke Adema (@openreflections), Alyssa Arbuckle (@alyssaarbuckle), et Élika Ortega (@elikaortega)! https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/262/info/
Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Sep 21, 2024
JournalofElectronicPublishingSep 20, 2024
En @JEPub estamos muy emocionadas de anunciar la publicación de nuestro nuevo número especial dedicado a la Edición e Investigación Multilingüe coeditado por anneke Adema (@openreflections), Alyssa Arbuckle (@alyssaarbuckle), y Élika Ortega (@elikaortega)! https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/262/info/
Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Sep 19, 2024
Modern Language AssociationSep 18, 2024
The MLA's Committee on Information Technology has just published Guidelines for Evaluating Digital Scholarship. The new guidelines aim to help depts. & scholars implement effective and fair evaluation procedures for hiring, reappointment, tenure, and promotion. https://www.mla.org/Digital-Scholarship
Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Sep 19, 2024
Show threadAlan LiuSep 16, 2024
Glad to be able to cap my career by helping to pass on what I have learned about digital scholarship, & about the profession, in the MLA’s new “Guidelines for Evaluating Digital Scholarship”: https://www.mla.org/About-Us/Governance/Committees/Committee-Listings/Professional-Issues/Committee-on-Information-Technology/Guidelines-for-Evaluating-Digital-Scholarship.
Guidelines for Evaluating Digital Scholarship

Published by the Committee on Information Technology in 2024, these MLA guidelines are designed to help departments and scholars implement effective and fair evaluation procedures for hiring, reappointment, tenure, and promotion. They may also assist in...

Modern Language Association
Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Sep 19, 2024
Show threadAlan LiuSep 16, 2024
Additional sections provide guidance on * developing a professional online presence * ensuring digital scholarship is ethical * enabling professional development & support for staff members who produce digital scholarship * framing humanities digital work in comparison to that in other disciplines.
Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Sep 19, 2024
Show threadAlan LiuSep 16, 2024
Other interventions: extended or new recommendations regarding * documentation & explanation of digital work * “evergreen” digital work * peer-reviewing of digital work * collaboration & public humanities in digital work * digital teaching; * digital service.
Élika Ortega (she, her, ella)Sep 19, 2024
Show threadAlan LiuSep 16, 2024
Key interventions of MLA’s new “Guidelines for Evaluating Digital Scholarship” include: * expansion of scope to include a broader, deeper community of those who engage extensively in digital work (including but not limited to DH) & those in hybrid scholar/staff roles.