• 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.

• Leaving Literacy for (Modes of) Mediacy
  Elmfeldt, Johan Eds: Asplund Carlsson, Maj; Lovland, Anne; Malmgren, Gun   Book chapter in Multimodality: Text, Culture, and Use. Proceedings from the 2nd International Conference on Multimodality May 14-16, 2004, Kristiansand, Norway : Högskolen i Agder. Kristiansand: HoyskoleForlaget (2005)	Book chapter

• Att läsa och skriva i medieekologin
  Elmfeldt, Johan   Magazine article in Skolverket, Lärportalen; : Skolverket (2016)	Magazine article

  

  

  Swedish abstract:	I artikeln presenteras begreppen medieekologi, delningskultur och litteracitet med syfte att stimulera kollegial diskussion mellan lärare i alla ämnen i gymnasieskolan om undervisning och lärande i digitala miljöer.

  https://larportalen.skolverket.se/#/modul/5-las-skriv/Gymnasieskola/022_textarb-i-digitala/del_01/

• Review/recension Åse Hedemark & Maria Karlsson (red.: Unga läser : Lä...
  Elmfeldt, Johan   Review article in Barnboken: Tidskrift för barnlitteraturforskning; : Svenska barnboksinstitutet (2018)	Review article

  

  

  Barnboken Vol 41 2018.pdf   (224.1Kb)

  http://dx.doi.org/10.14811/clr.v41i0.298

• Centralt upprättad kanon har spelat ut sin roll
  Elmfeldt, Johan   Magazine article in Svenskläraren;1 : Svensklärarföreningen (2017)	Magazine article

  

  

  Swedish abstract:	Globalisering, digitalisering och feministisk litteraturkritik har förändrat förutsättningarna för en kanon och vad som läses i skolan. Det är svenskläraren som måste välja vad som ska läsas.

  Svenskläraren_nr1_2017 s. 16-17.pdf   (84.76Kb)

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