DigitAggro is Donezo (for now)
Founded during a roundtable session during the 2018 Computers and Writing Conference, the Digital Aggression Working group sought to inform scholars and teachers of the risks of researching digital aggression and teaching about "woke" topics, with the goal of providing both with the tools necessary to protect themselves when doing so while also informing administrators of best practices for response. However, despite the initial high interest for this group at its first meeting at the 2019 Computers and Writing Conference, the 2020 COVID pandemic shut the working group down for two years. Unfortunately, we did not have enough momentum to weather this storm.
After attempts at the 2023 and 2024 Computers and Writing Conferences to revive the group, I have decided that I will no longer reserve space for our group. Instead, I encourage interested folks to check out the Digital Rhetorical Privacy Collective, which does similar work to what DigitAggro hoped to. Sorry y'all - I'm tired and burnt out, and I can't prioritize an endeavor that isn't giving anything back to me. Huge thanks to Rachael Sullivan for sticking with me and helping me try to keep the group active!
After attempts at the 2023 and 2024 Computers and Writing Conferences to revive the group, I have decided that I will no longer reserve space for our group. Instead, I encourage interested folks to check out the Digital Rhetorical Privacy Collective, which does similar work to what DigitAggro hoped to. Sorry y'all - I'm tired and burnt out, and I can't prioritize an endeavor that isn't giving anything back to me. Huge thanks to Rachael Sullivan for sticking with me and helping me try to keep the group active!
About the DigitAggro Archive
As part of DigitAggro's goals, we conceptualized a website that would compile resources for academic researchers, teachers, and administrators who are or may be the subject of digital aggression because of what they research or teach. In the summer of 2021, I spent several days setting up the shell of the website and generating content for some of the pages. These efforts comprise this archive, which I migrated here from its own website. Although the information is a few years old, much of it remains highly relevant. However, most of the pages are incomplete and/or have no information; it is my naive hope that someday someone else will be interested in helping complete and maintain this resource guide.