Authors and authorship
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Since the 1990s, authors have increasingly invaded the web, participating in the world of blogs and social networks and experimenting with new forms of hypermedia. Online communities and cooperatives of writers have led to an overt reconfiguration of the relationship between authorial, readerly and editorial instances. These new practices have a clear impact on the (until now poorly defined) notion of the literary institution as a scholarly institution, and in particular on the traditional editorial economic model. Faced with such mutations—which can be considered a type of editorialization—, we may be tempted to claim that the role of the author is weakening in favour of a multiplication of collective works which further challenge the institutional role of publishers. It is nevertheless possible to observe a simultaneous emergence of original writing practices online, where authorial figures depict themselves, playing with tensions between the author, the writer, the writer’s persona and the actual person. This paradox represents a starting point enabling reflection on the status of the author in the digital era, a consideration that aims to measure the real impact of new technology on the concept of authorship.
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Canadian Comparative Literature Association Annual Congress
June 22-23, 2022
From June 21 to 24, 2022, the annual congress of the Canadian Comparative Literature Association will take place on Zoom. The theme, this year, is "Divergence and Convergence in Comparative Literature". Antoine Fauchié, Margot Mellet and Marcello Vitali-Rosati will act as facilitators of the workshop "Inscription Practices/Play" on June 22, and the workshop "Inscription Reflections" on June 23. Links to come!
Events Content circulation Content legitimation Medias Publishing Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Digital platforms Paratexts Performativity Metaontology Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Marcello Vitali-Rosati Digital space Memory and Archive Virtual Open Access Digital community Public / private Technological determinism Margot Mellet Antoine Fauchié
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Conference "La connaissance intranquille" (Intranquil Knowledge)
June 3, 2022
On June 3, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. (EST), Margot Mellet gives a lecture titled "Le savoir intranquille du texte numérique : restituer une intimité avec son texte à l'écran" (The Un-Tranquil Knowledge of the Digital Text: Restituting Intimacy With One's Text on the Screen) at the conference "La connaissance intranquille" (Intranquil Knowledge) organised by l'Organon, a research and creative writing group put in place by the McConnell-Université de Montréal Chair on stories and writings surrounding care-providing and end-of-life.
Events Content production Medias Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Digital platforms Reflection planes Digital space Virtual Public / private Margot Mellet
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Annual Electronic Literature Organisation Conference
May 30 to June 1, 2022
From May 30 to June 1, 2022, Margot Mellet and Emmanuelle Lescouet will give talks at the annual Electronic Literature Organization conference. Registration to attend here
Events Content production Content circulation Content legitimation Medias Publishing Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Digital platforms Paratexts Performativity Metaontology Mediating conjunctures Marcello Vitali-Rosati Digital space Memory and Archive Open Access Digital community Public / private Technological determinism Margot Mellet Emmanuelle Lescouet
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ENCODE from the University of Bologna Project Conference
May 23, 2022
On May 23, 2022 at 10 a.m. (EST), Marcello Vitali-Rosati gives a lecture titled "Technical Thinking: the 'Greek Anthology Project' between Epistemological Choices and Code" at the 5th ENCODE Project Conference, which strives to bridge the gap between classical studies and digital competency. Registration required to attend!
Events Content circulation Content legitimation Medias Literature Authors and authorship Digital platforms Paratexts Metaontology Mediating conjunctures Marcello Vitali-Rosati Digital space Memory and Archive Open Access Public / private Technological determinism
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Humanistica Conference 2022
May 19-21, 2022
From May 19-21, 2022, the Canada Research Chair on Digital Textualities team will give multiple lectures and presentations as part of the annual conference organised by Humanistica, the francophone digital humanities association. Exact dates and links to come!
Events Content production Content circulation Content legitimation Medias Publishing Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Intermedial practices Digital platforms Paratexts Performativity Metaontology Imaginary-reality Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Marcello Vitali-Rosati Digital space Memory and Archive Virtual Open Access Digital community Public / private Intermediality Technological determinism Publishing platforms Servanne Monjour Nicolas Sauret Margot Mellet Philosophy Antoine Fauchié Emmanuelle Lescouet Mathilde Verstraete Luiz Capelo Giulia Ferretti Roch Delannay
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Conference "DH Unbound" by the Association for Computers and the Humanities and the Canadian Society of Digital Humanities
May 17-19, 2022
From May 17-19, 2022, the Canada Research Chair on Digital Textualities team will give multiple talks and presentations in the context of the annual conference "DH Unbound". Exact dates and links to come!
Events Content production Content circulation Content legitimation Medias Publishing Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Intermedial practices Digital platforms Paratexts Reflection planes Performativity Imaginary-reality Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Marcello Vitali-Rosati Digital space Memory and Archive Virtual Open Access Digital community Public / private Intermediality Technological determinism Publishing platforms Presence Margot Mellet Philosophy Antoine Fauchié Emmanuelle Lescouet
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Carrefour de culture et création numériques roundtable
May 16, 2022
The Carrefour de culture et création numériques (C3N) of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Montreal holds a roundtable on May 16, 2022 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Roch Delannay, Antoine Fauchié and Margot Mellet will give a presentation on the text-editing tool Stylo. Only in person, link to attend in the event description!
Events Content production Content circulation Medias Publishing Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Digital platforms Paratexts Metaontology Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Digital space Memory and Archive Open Access Digital community Public / private Technological determinism Publishing platforms Margot Mellet Antoine Fauchié Roch Delannay
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89th Acfas Congress
May 9-10, 2022
On May 9, 2022, PhD candidates Roch Delannay, Giulia Ferretti and Mathilde Verstraete will give lectures as part of the "Prix étudiants" (Student Awards) period of the conference "Le numérique dans les sciences humaines : Édition et visualisation" (The Digital in the Humanities: Edition and Visualisation) at the 89th Acfas Congress at 3:45 p.m.
On May 10, 2022 at 9:30 a.m., Marcello Vitali-Rosati will preside the 4th session of the same conference. Online only, link to come!
Events Content production Content circulation Medias Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Digital platforms Paratexts Reflection planes Metaontology Marcello Vitali-Rosati Michael E. Sinatra Digital space Digital community Technological determinism Philosophy Mathilde Verstraete Giulia Ferretti Roch Delannay
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International colloquium
May 6, 2022
On May 6, 2022, Mathilde Verstraete gives a lecture titled "Les figures de l'auteur au sein du projet d'édition numérique collaborative de l'Anthologie grecque" (Authorial Figures in the Collaborative Digital Edition of the Greek Anthology) at 9 a.m. (EST) at the international colloquium organised by the French Studies section of the Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies of the University of Rome La Sapienza. Live on YouTube
Events Content circulation Content legitimation Medias Publishing Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Digital platforms Paratexts Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Memory and Archive Open Access Digital community Public / private Technological determinism Publishing platforms Philosophy Mathilde Verstraete
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International colloquium « L'écrivain et la machine. Figures de l'auteur à l'ère du numérique » (The Writer and the Machine. Authorial Figures in the Digital Era)
May 6, 2022
On May 6, 2022, Mathilde Verstraete gives a lecture titled "Les figures de l'auteur au sein du projet d'édition numérique collaborative de l'Anthologie grecque" (Authorial Figures in the Collaborative Digital Edition of the Greek Anthology) at 9 a.m. (EST) at the international colloquium organised by the French Studies section of the Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies of the University of Rome La Sapienza. Live on YouTube
Events Content legitimation Medias Publishing Literature Digital identities and profiles Authors and authorship Digital platforms Paratexts Editorialization Mediating conjunctures Digital space Memory and Archive Open Access Public / private Technological determinism Publishing platforms Mathilde Verstraete