Dear all,
next week Marco Maggi (Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano) joins us on zoom to give a presentation. I hope to see many of you there in Dacke!
Captioned landscapes: from iconology to the ecomedial turn
Marco Maggi
Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland
marco.maggi(a)usi.ch
Abstract:
The presence of writing in natural environments is perhaps as ancient as literature itself. Traditionally, these “captioned landscapes” have been studied from an iconological or reception-aesthetic perspective; in all cases, the approach adopted is “correlationalist”, in the sense indicated by Richard Grusin of considering nature as an object opposed to the human subject.
Examining “captioned landscapes” in light of the latest advances in the field of intermedial ecocriticism allows us to overcome this one-sidedness, enabling us to grasp the intertwining of human and non-human mediality that characterises them.
Bio:
Marco Maggi is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Literary Theory and Director of the Master's programme in Italian Language, Literature and Civilisation at the Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland.
His studies focus on the intermedial relations of literature, particularly with the visual, from a theoretical, historical and critical perspective. His most recent publication is the proceedings of the national conference of the Swiss Association of General and Comparative Literature entitled On the Edge of the Visible: Comparative Literature and Visuality.
He is currently engaged in a project on the Italian genealogies of inter-arts studies funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (20th Century Italian Studies of Literature and Arts). Another recent aspect of his work concerns intermedial ecocriticism; a multi-author work in two volumes entitled Captioned Landscapes: Intermedial Combinations Beyond the Human, edited by him, is due to be
We meet in Dacke 10.15-12 or in Zoom on the link below:
https://lnu-se.zoom.us/j/8060837779
Meeting ID: 806 083 7779
Passcode: 2547
Best wishes,
Erik
Dear All, not sure whether we need to confirm our participation by replying but if that’s the case, here’s my reply. Many thanks for sorting this out.
Have a great day, everyone. All best / Ola
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Ola Ståhl (PhD)
Professor of Design with a focus on Creative Critical Practice
The Department of Design
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Linnaeus University
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Coordinator IMS Green: Mediations of Climate and Ecological Emergency (IMS Green: MEDEM)
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Contact:
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Dr Maxim Shadurski
Asst. Professor / Adiunkt
Institute of Linguistics and Literary Studies / Instytut Językoznawstwa i
Literaturoznawstwa
University of Siedlce / Uniwersytet w Siedlcach
Managing Editor and Committee Member: *The Wellsian
<http://hgwellssociety.com/wellsian/>*
Żytnia 39, Room 3.37
Siedlce 08-110, Poland / Polska
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maxim_Shadurski/research
Dears,
Thanks for adding me to this mailing list. I am looking forward to hearing
about the seminars.
Thanks for your consideration.
Best regards,
Yasamin
Ph.D. Student Environmental Communication- Water Crisis & Common Pool
Resources| Circular Environmental Sustainability and Well-being - Università
di Ferrara
<http://www.unife.it/studenti/dottorato/it/corsi/riforma/environmental-susta…>
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Ahmadi, M., &* Molana, Y. *(2024). A Tale of Iranian Women Athletes: Elite
Female Athletes Share Their Perspectives of Barriers and Consequences of
Media Coverage.
<https://dpublication.com/journal/jsmm/article/view/1247>*Journal
of Social Media Marketing*, *3*(1), 35–47.
https://doi.org/10.33422/jsmm.v3i1.1247.
Ahmadi, M., &* Molana, Y.* (2023). *Conceptual Model of Media Coverage of
Iranian Female Athletes <https://jsm.ut.ac.ir/article_85076.html?lang=en>*
*.* *Sport Management Journal*, *15*(3), 149-128. doi:
10.22059/jsm.2021.331555.2825
Ahmadi, M., &* Mowlana, Y. *(2021). The Effect of Instagram on Lifestyle:
Body Image, Eating Disorders and Fashion (Case: Women Aged 20 to 70 Years
Living in Tabriz). <https://cr.iribresearch.ir/article_247105.html?lang=en>
Communication Research, 28(107), 161-185. doi: 10.22082/cr.2021.526506.2160
*LinkedIn*: www.linkedin.com/in/yasamin-molana-027a1698
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