The DGI is a loosely organized network of fellow-thinking intellectuals, academics, and computer geeks. The goal of the Digital Genre Initiative (DGI) is to spur debate and thinking about the way that digital technology allows us to think and communicate with one another. The DGI is dedicated to the idea that some of the best thinking about new digital technologies comes from the people who make and use them even as academics and intellectuals provide a unique and valuable perspective. The DGI is committed to creating a space where the academy and the internet can cross-polinate. The DGI is dedicated to the idea that some of the best thinking about new digital technologies comes from the people who make and use them.

In the past the DGI has - among other things - partnered with Bridge Magazine to host an evening on game criticism, and has held a roundtable co-organized with The Renaissance Society which brang together sys admins, gamers, and art types to discuss the works of Chinese artist Feng Mengbo. Pretty soon we're going to get t-shirts.