Dear members and affiliates of IMS Affect,
I hope this finds you well. Ahead of the upcoming get-together of the cluster, I am re-sending the link to the folder with shared readings as it has now been updated with the set texts for next time. The theme of this meeting is affect, aesthetics and intermediality. The aim is to discuss how intermediality could be fruitfully brought together with current work on cognition, affect and aesthetics.
There are three texts, but I've indicated selected sections that will be particularly essential for the discussion if you're short on time. There's a document in the folder that specifies these sections. The document also includes a few questions to think about if you prefer having such prompts when reading. These are only suggestions for what we might discuss -- we want these reading seminars to be an open space for thinking together!
You are especially welcome to relate the readings to whatever primary material you are working with.
I'll send a reminder about the meeting, along with the Zoom link, closer to the time.
Link to readings (go to the subfolder for June): [https://res.public.onecdn.static.microsoft/assets/fluentui-resources/1.1.0/app-min/assets/item-types/24/folder.png]IMS Affect<https://linnaeus-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/anpaac_lnu_se/IgDQaqeH6rR…>
All best wishes,
Anne & Niklas
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Dr. Anne Holm
Associate Professor of English
Deputy Head of Department
Department of Languages
Linnaeus University
https://lnu.se/en/staff/anne.holm/
Linnaeus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies<https://lnu.se/en/research/searchresearch/linnaeus-university-centre-for-in…>
Dear IMS Affect members and affiliates,
Following up from the kick-off meeting last week, we'll continue the work with shaping the cluster through joint discussion of affect and intermediality on 9 June 10.15-12 (CEST). As most of you know, this exceptional meeting time is a one-off - normally we get together on the last Wednesday of every other month.
Attendance is possible both in person and on Zoom. I've booked Dacke (Fe3016) and the Zoom details will be sent out (again) closer to the time. I tried to accommodate those of you who expressed specific preferences, but since this is a busy period, the time is necessarily a compromise. That said, I have 10 June (15.15-17) and 12 June (10.15 or 13.15) as back-up options if it turns out that many of you can't attend on the 9th. Please email me directly (anne.holm(a)lnu.se) if that is the case.
The seminar is going to address aesthetics in relation to affect and intermediality. We'll read excerpts from relevant recent theorisations of affective responses to media aesthetics and discuss our takes on the readings in light of our own research. The aim is to more precisely articulate the cluster's approach to affect across artistic media.
To this end, I've set up a shared folder where the readings will be made available. I'll inform you when the full reading package is there, I hope in early May the latest. In the meantime, you can find previously discussed readings in said folder: [https://res.public.onecdn.static.microsoft/assets/fluentui-resources/1.1.0/app-min/assets/item-types/24/folder.png]IMS Affect<https://linnaeus-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/anpaac_lnu_se/IgDQaqeH6rR…> . Please do not distribute the link to anyone outside of the cluster.
Besides the set seminar readings, we can all add materials in the folder as we go so that everyone may read up on things at their leisure. Alternatively, feel free to approach me with suggestions (thanks, Per B, for already doing so!).
Any other ideas and tips for events etc. are of course also welcome; keep in touch!
All best wishes,
Anne & Niklas
______________________
Dr. Anne Holm
Associate Professor of English
Deputy Head of Department
Department of Languages
Linnaeus University
https://lnu.se/en/staff/anne.holm/
Linnaeus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies<https://lnu.se/en/research/searchresearch/linnaeus-university-centre-for-in…>
Dear IMS Affect members and affiliates,
Next Wednesday it's time to come together for the first official meeting of the IMS Affect cluster. We'll be in Dacke (Fe3016) and on Zoom, https://lnu-se.zoom.us/j/62629349099?pwd=0AcmvybBGSKzibYUfbWBo1m6ujb1Gn.1 (passcode 847399). We'll use the same link for all meetings.
The agenda of the meeting is quite loose to allow for an open exchange. We'll start with reaffirming the mission of the cluster, including any thoughts on refining it that may have emerged since the launching of the cluster's website. We'll then update each other on news regarding relevant on-going or future research (core members) and research ideas or projects that could be relevant to the cluster (affiliates). Lastly, we'll talk about future activities, and particularly ideas for readings that we could discuss together.
Please feel free to share the meeting place/link with people who might be interested in joining and whom you trust. If you know of someone who may want to join the mailing list, you can direct them to me.
Look forward to seeing you soon!
Best wishes,
Anne & Niklas
______________________
Dr. Anne Holm
Associate Professor of English
Deputy Head of Department
Department of Languages
Linnaeus University
https://lnu.se/en/staff/anne.holm/
Linnaeus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies<https://lnu.se/en/research/searchresearch/linnaeus-university-centre-for-in…>
