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).

Critical writing by this author:

Titlesort ascending Publication Type Publisher Year
L’escriptura literària en l’era digital Article in an online journal Generalitat de Catalunya 2010
Lit[art]ure: la literatura en tiempos de Internet Article in a print journal Quimera 2008
Literatura i tecnologia. Ha perdut els papers, la literatura? Article or chapter in a book Universitat de les Illes Balears 2009
Literatura Digital 2010. La Incubadora Article in a print journal Quimera 2010
Libros informáticos, libros posinformáticos: formas de lo literario en la era digital. Muestra de tecnologías literarias catalanas contemporáneas Article in a print journal Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2009
Leer literatura (en) digital: una historia de intermediaciones, desplazamientos y contaminaciones Article in a print journal Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies 2010
Leed, leed, malditos. Notas para una hermenéutica de la lectura hipertextual Article or chapter in a book Marenostrum 2003
Lector in machina Article or chapter in a book University Cambridge Press 2007
La revolución biotecnológica-comunicacional. Nuevas formas literarias, nuevas miradas y viejos memes Article or chapter in a book 2007
La literatura electrónica Article in a print journal Imán 2009
La creació literària digital i les textualitats electròniques des d’un observatori anomenat Hermeneia Article in a print journal Fundació Espais d’Art Contemporani 2006
Investigación en teoría de la literatura y tecnologías digitales Article or chapter in a book Universidad de Jaén 2002
Introduzione Article or chapter in a book Edizioni B.A. Graphis 2006
Internet i literatura avui: el fil d’Ariadna Article in an online journal 2001
International Electronic LIterature Conference panel or roundtable 2007
Growing up Digital: The Emergence of E-Lit Communities in Spain. The Case of Catalonia “And the Rest is Literature” Article in an online journal 2012
Geo-locative narratives and e-lit: A Literary Positioning Conference panel or roundtable 2010
Género y ciberespacio. Ciberfeminismo y cibercultura Article or chapter in a book Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2008
Género y ciberespacio. Ciberfeminismo y cibercultura Article or chapter in a book Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2008
From ‘words, words, words’ to ‘birds, birds, birds’: Literature between the representation and the presentation Article in a print journal Journal of Writing in Creative Practice 2011

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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