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By Rui Torres, 21 February, 2021
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In this speculative text some cyberliterature works are presented in a pedagogical perspective located in an uncertain future (this: 2029). Parodic fiction, it results, on the one hand, from experiences in teaching electronic literature seminars, courses and workshops and, on the other, from creative practice involving digital poems. It starts with the hypothesis that in the scope of electronic writing there is no essential difference between pedagogical and creative practice, rather explorations or creative investigations: writing and reading activities that use the means of communication available in their time to understand their limits and potentialities in the light of a reflective didactic perspective. Therefore, a future is envisaged in which the Portuguese National Reading Plan 2027 finally comes into play.

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Neste texto especulativo apresentam-se alguns trabalhos de ciberliteratura numa perspectiva pedagógica situada num futuro incerto (este: 2029). Ficção paródica, resulta, por um lado, de experiências na docência de seminários, cursos e oficinas de literatura electrónica e, por outro, de prática criativa envolvendo poemas digitais. Parte-se da hipótese de que no âmbito das escritas electrónicas não há uma diferença essencial entre prática pedagógica e criativa, antes explorações ou investigações criativas: actividades de escrita e leitura que usam os meios de comunicação disponíveis no seu tempo para entender os seus limites e potencialidades à luz de uma perspectiva didáctica reflexiva. Imagina-se por isso um futuro no qual o Plano Nacional de Leitura 2027 entra, finalmente, em vigor.

By Arngeir Enåsen, 14 October, 2013
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Au milieu des années 90 le développement du web a suscité beaucoup d'espérance de la part des poètes expérimentaux, qu'ils y voient la possibilité d'une diffusion de leurs travaux ou qu'ils envisagent des formes créatives nouvelles tirant parti des spécificités du réseau; en 97-98 était publié un numéro spécial de la revue DOC(K)S consacré au web: "un notre web", complété par un CD contenant des oeuvres numériques trouvées en ligne. Il s'agit aujourd'hui de faire le point et sur les auteurs présents dans ce numéro, sur les sites qu'ils animaient alors, sur les transformations intervenues, et surtout sur l'enthousiasme utopique de ces années en se demandant quelle place, dans la zone française, occupent aujourd'hui les poésies numériques en ligne. Au final, l'enquête conduite, sur la base d'une recherche systématique, manifeste le peu de visibilité de ces travaux et tente d'en analyser les causes.

(Source: Author's abstract from ELO 2013)

By Stig Andreassen, 26 September, 2013
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The Digital Humanities are in. The trendy scholarly practice for the tech-savvy literati, the DH has generated manifestos, grievances, enthusiasm, grammatical controversy (plural or singular concord?), and conferences. Said to possess both a “dark side” and a utopian core, it is humanities plus media. Humanities in media – but have the humanities ever existed outside a medium of inscription?

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