Philosophy

To understand and negotiate the profound transformations unleashed by Information Technologies.

Mission

To use digital technologies creatively to make specialized knowledge relevant and accessible in the public commons for debate and empathetic dialogue to support open-ended inquiry and social innovation.

Strategy

To connect artists, activists, educators, entrepreneurs, and community and business leaders—and anyone with a passion for innovation, collaboration, and hard work—to find creative solutions to effect productive change.

Values

Maine Digital Collaborative

seeks to revitalize the digital public commons:
for the people, by the people, of the people.

We at MDC believe that people, regardless of educational pedigree, official authority, institutional title, disciplinary orientation, cultural background, personal identity, and geographical location, have the right to freely express themselves in the public commons for the greater common good. Thinking, writing, exploring, questioning, creating, and sharing are the arts of liberal democracy.

Partner with us to revitalize the

digital public commons

Content

We seek multimodal content; that is, we do not privilege a mode of communication but seek to combine the textual with the visual, the aural, the spatial, or the gestural. Text should be between 2000 and 2500 words, submitted as multimodal content, which will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Submissions

We urge you to become familiar with the journal by reviewing its content. Get a feel for what we do and how we do it. See if your work fits with our goals and style. Ask yourself if you would like to try something new and be creative and rigorous in thinking and pushing the boundaries of mainstream discourse, common sense, reigning orthodoxies.

We seek work by people who are unafraid to raise tough questions while making a sincere attempt to address them in order to revitalize online spaces as the public commons: for the people, by the people, of the people.

  • If you have material that is ready for review, feel free to email or call us. Please do not send or email us your submission. Make a pitch first.

  • If invited to contribute, be prepared for tough editorial reviews and to work hard at revising and editing.

  • Be open-minded to re-think, revise, and consider new approaches.

  • Because we value collaboration and a commitment to intellectual integrity, we will work closely with you to sharpen arguments and clarify ideas.

  • Responsibility to check and substantiate with evidence or resources rests with the author/creator.

  • We reserve the right to change titles, edit content, and innovate with multimodal communication.

  • Final decisions are made by the editor.

# Cover image by Kristina Delp at Unsplash

An MDC publication does not mean an endorsement of its content, perspectives, ideas, or arguments.

Thinking, writing, exploring, questioning, creating, and sharing are the arts of liberal democracy, especially when they go against consensus, question authority, rattle ideological strongholds, subject all ideas to fair scrutiny, draw from diverse perspectives, foreground historical and cultural multidimensionality, find creative solutions, and dare to turn dreams into reality.

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