• Simon Frith: Crossover Critic
  Lindberg, Ulf; Gudmundsson, Gestur; Michelsen, Morten; Weisethaunet, Hans   Book chapter in Popular Music Matters: Essays in Honour of Simon Frith : Ashgate (2014)	Book chapter

• Philip Seargeant and Caroline Tagg (eds): The Language of Social Medi...
  Sauro, Shannon   Review article in Applied Linguistics;5 : Oxford University Press (2015)	Review article

• Aktionsforskande bibliotekarier : En rapport om läsfrämjande verksamhet
  Eds: Bergman, Lotta  : Region Skåne (2016)	Report

  

  

  Aktionsforskande bibliotekarier.pdf   (1.205Mb)

  https://utveckling.skane.se/publikationer/rapporter-analyser-och-prognoser/aktionsforskande-bibliotekarier--en-rapport-om-lasframjande-verksamhet/

• Läsning som passion och social praktik : Om läspraktiken i en bokcirkel
  Bergman, Lotta   Journal article in Educare - Vetenskapliga skrifter;2018:1 : Malmö universitet (2018)	Journal article

  

  

  English abstract:	This article deals with research on the reading practice of ordinary readers in a book club. The background is the increasing interest in book club activities, but also the growing gap between professional reading within the academy, characterized by critical distance and analysis, and ordinary readers reading, often considered as immersive, naïve and uncritical. The lack of research on ordinary readers reading has been noticed by several scholars (Felski, 2008, Miall, 2006; Persson, 2011). The purpose of the study is to understand the characteristic features of the reading practice and the meaning making processes that takes place within it. The case study was carried out in a book club with seven women who meet regularly to discuss fiction. The material consists of four documented meetings, interviews with all participants and notes taken in connection with the meetings. The result show a multifaceted reading practice characterized by, on the one hand, immersion and strong emotions and, on the other hand, critical reflections on both the fictional and the real world. The reading practices affects the participants’ reflections on their lives and their place in society in a decisive way. The result can provide important insights for the teaching of literature.
  Swedish abstract:	Den här artikeln bygger på forskning om läspraktiken i en bokcirkel med vardagliga läsare. Bakgrunden är det växande gapet mellan professionell läsning inom akademin, som ofta beskrivs som kritiskt distanserad och analytisk, och vardagliga läsares läsning, som ofta karaktäriseras som uppslukande, naiv och okritisk. Bristen på forskning på detta område har noterats av flera forskare (Felski, 2008, Miall, 2006; Persson, 2011). Syftet med studien är att förstå de karaktäristiska dragen i bokcirkelns läspraktik och det meningsskapande som sker i den. Fallstudien genomfördes i en bokcirkel med sju kvinnor som träffades regelbundet för att samtala om fiktion. Materialet består av dokumenterade träffar, intervjuer med samtliga deltagare och observationsanteckningar förda i när anslutning till träffarna. Resultatet visar en mångfacetterad läspraktik, å ena sidan präglad av uppslukande läsning kopplad till starka känslomässiga upplevelser, å andra sidan av reflektion och kritisk analys av både fiktionen och världen utanför den. Läspraktiken påverkar deltagarnas reflektioner över det egna livet och det samhälle de lever i på ett många gånger avgörande sätt. Resultatet kan ge värdefulla insikter också i ett litteraturdidaktiskt perspektiv.

  Artikel 2018 1.pdf   (905.9Kb)

  https://ojs.mau.se/index.php/educare/article/view/342

• Critical reading and ordinary reading - within and beyond the academy
  Persson, Magnus; Bergman, Lotta; Karlsson, Erik  : Schreibszene Frankfurt, Goethe Universität (2018) Between passion and profession : Idioms, performances and institutions of critique. (15-17 november 2018 : Frankfurt, Germany)	Conference contribution

  

  

  English abstract:	Critical reading is in crisis, it is said. It has run out of steam (Latour 2004), become formulaic (Hayles 2012), and it “singularly fails to surprise” (Felski 2009). This diagnosis can and should be questioned. What is really at stake in the current struggle over the reading practices of literary studies? In our presentation we will highlight some results from the research project The Dialectic of Immersion. Academic and ordinary reading practices in the new media landscape. We want to problematize the common assumption that reading within literary studies is characterized by critical distance whereas everyday reading practices are naïve and immersive. Our hypothesis is that the relationship between critique and immersion is far more complex and multifaceted than this dichotomy suggests, and that critique neither is “owned” by the academy, nor that immersion is absent from it. One way to bring this complexity into the light is to focus on the performative dimensions of reading, which, in its turn, forces us to work not just theoretically but also empirically. Based on ethnographic methodology, our project explores the way reading literature actually is carried out within literary studies (during a group of students’ first year), and within a number of arenas outside academia, e.g. private reading groups, live book clubs, and literary festivals. Theoretically, we draw on actor-network-theory, reception studies, and the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu and Ann Swidler. Central research questions are: Which different concrete reading practices can be discerned within literary studies on the one hand and in a number of arenas for reading outside academia on the other? Which are the most significant differences and similarities, and how can these be explained?
  Note:	Organized by Schribszene Frankfurt, Goethe Universität.

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