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:

Title City Country Datesort descending
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
E-Learning und Literatur Siegen Germany September 17, 2007
Erasmus Intensive Program "European Digital Literatures" Madrid Spain June 25, 2012 to July 13, 2012

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