Jörgen Schäfer

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Residency: 
Siegen
Germany
DE
Nationality: 
Germany
DE
Born: 
1967
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Jörgen Schäfer is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Siegen. He is currently completing a monograph on electronic literature. In recent years, he has been the author of Exquisite Dada: A Comprehensive Bibliography (2005) and the co-editor of Handbuch Medien der Literatur (‘Handbook Media of Literature’, 2013), Beyond the Screen: Transformations of Literary Structures, Genres and Interfaces (2010), Reading Moving Letters: Digital Literature in Research and Teaching (2010), Anderes als Kunst: Ästhetik und Techniken der Kommunikation (2010), The Aesthetics of Net Literature: Writing, Reading and Playing in Programmable Media (2007), E-Learning und Literatur (2007), Wissensprozesse in der Netzwerkgesellschaft (2005) and Pop-Literatur (2003).

Critical writing by this author:

Title Publication Type Publisher Year
From Mechanism to Subjectivity: The Posthumanist Performativity of Electronic Literature Conference panel or roundtable 2015
Netzliteratur Article or chapter in a book De Gruyter 2013
In Search of Sustainability: Institutional and Curricular Limitations of Teaching Electronic Literature Conference paper or presentation 2011
Literatur, Raum, Neue Medien: Eine Annäherung Article in a print journal Sprache und Literatur 2011
Taxonomies and Folksonomies in Databases Conference paper or presentation 2011
The Literary in Network-Based Writing and Reading Practices Conference paper or presentation 2011
Die bedingten Buchstaben: Sprachreflexion und kombinatorische Literatur Article or chapter in a book Wilhelm Fink Verlag 2010
In Urban Jungles: Literature and Locative Media Conference paper or presentation 2010
Net Literature in the Classroom: Teaching Practice at the University of Siegen Article or chapter in a book 2010
Reading (in) the Net: Aesthetic Experience in Computer-Based Media Article or chapter in a book 2010
Reassembling the Literary: Toward a Theoretical Framework for Literary Communication in Computer-Based Media Article or chapter in a book Transcript 2010
Verteiltes literarisches Handeln: Vorüberlegungen zu einer Theorie der Literatur in computerbasierten Medien Article or chapter in a book 2010
Looking Behind the Façade: Playing and Performing an Interactive Drama Article or chapter in a book, Conference paper or presentation 2009
Spielbare Konflikte: Gattungsstrukturen und Spielhandlungen im interaktiven Drama Article in a print journal Mitteilungen des Deutschen Germanistenverbandes 2008
Digitale Literatur und Kunst: Blended Learning zu ästhetischen Prozessen in und mit Informatiksystemen Article or chapter in a book 2007
Gutenberg Galaxy Revis(it)ed: A Brief History of Combinatory, Hypertextual and Collaborative Literature from the Baroque Period to the Present Article or chapter in a book 2007
Playing With Signs: Towards an Aesthetic Theory of Net Literature Article or chapter in a book 2007
Literary Machines Made in Germany. German Proto-Cybertexts from the Baroque Era to the Present Article in an online journal 2006
Von Literatur, Rechnern und Netzen: Anmerkungen zu drei wichtigen Büchern über Literatur in computergestützten Medien Review 2005
Alla ricerca di tracce: Letteratura nella rete, letteratura creata per la rete e la loro storia Article in a print journal Testo: Studi di teoria et storia della letteratura e della critica 2004

Events arranged:

Curator of:

Titlesort descending City Country Date
E-Learning und Literatur Siegen Germany September 17, 2007
Erasmus Intensive Program "European Digital Literatures" Madrid Spain June 25, 2012 to July 13, 2012
Literatur im Netz Siegen Germany December 5, 2002 to December 6, 2002
Netzliteratur: Umbrüche in der literarischen Kommunikation Siegen Germany November 25, 2004 to November 27, 2004

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