Laura Borràs Castanyer

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Barcelona
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Spain
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Laura Borràs Castanyer, Ph.D. in Romance Philology (1997) from the UB, has attained the qualification of European Doctor (1997) and has been awarded the Special Ph.D. Prize (1998) in Social Sciences at the same university. Is an associate professor on Comparative Literature and Literary Theory at the University of Barcelona. She devoted the last 12 years to develop the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) on the literary field –mainly on Comparative Literature and Digital Literature as well. Member of the Literary Advisory Board of the ELO, from 2000, she directs and is the main investigator of the International Research Group HERMENEIA, made up of professors and investigators from various European and American universities, whose mission is to study connections between Literary Studies and Digital Technologies. Academic Director of the M.A. Programme on Literature in the Digital Age at the University of Barcelona. She has organized the e-poetry festival 2009 in Barcelona. With Rita Raley, Brian Kim Stefans and Talan Memmott, she has been editor of the Electronic Literature Collection, vol. II (2008-2010).

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Critical writing by this author:

Titlesort ascending Publication Type Publisher Year
¿Pero hay realmente un cambio de paradigma? Un análisis apresurado mientras la literatura pierde los papeles Article or chapter in a book Anthropos 2008
Works, Works? Works! Conference paper or presentation 2011
Witnessing Poetry: Mismidad y Alteridad de la Lectura en Poemas no Meio do Caminho de Rui Torres Article (other medium), Collection on Disc, CD-ROM, DVD Edições UFP 2012
Wiki Notes on International Electronic Literature from the 2007 ELO Symposium Panel on International Electronic LIterature Notes and Drafts 2007
Translating Digital Literature. The Example of “I’m simply saying” Article or chapter in a book, Conference paper or presentation Atelier Multimediale Edizioni 2011
The Vinaròs Prize for Electronic Literature Conference paper or presentation 2011
The Risk of Reading in Digital Literary Creation Conference paper or presentation 2008
The magnificent 7 Conference paper or presentation 2010
The Global Poetic System: A System of Poetic Positioning Article or chapter in a book 2010
The Global Poetic System. A system of Poetical Positioning Article or chapter in a book Transcript 2010
Textualidades electrónicas: Presentación Article or chapter in a book EDIUOC 2005
Testualità elettroniche. Nuovi scenari per la letteratura Other Edizioni B.A. Graphis 2006
Teorie letterarie e sfide digitali Article or chapter in a book Edizioni B.A. Graphis 2006
Teorías literarias y retos digitales Article or chapter in a book EDIUOC 2005
Teaching Literature in a Virtual University: A Way to Enhance Imagination! Article or chapter in a book 2006
Teaching Literature in a Virtual Campus:The UOC Experience, 1998-2005 Article or chapter in a book 2006
Ramon Dachs, un cas d'ergodicitat intersticial / Ramon Dachs, a case of interstitial ergodicity Article or chapter in a book University of Jyväskylä 2007
Programming words Article in a print journal Barcelona INK 2010
Poiesis and technologie. E-learning material development in Literature Article or chapter in a book WEBIST 2007
Nicolas Clauss' Art if I want Article in an online journal Dichtung Digital 2005

Events arranged:

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E-Poetry 2009 Barcelona 23.05.2009 Festival

Curator of:

Titlesort ascending City Country Date
Erasmus Intensive Program "European Digital Literatures" Madrid Spain June 25, 2012 to July 13, 2012
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Laura Borràs Castanyer
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