Jill Walker Rettberg

Person

Residency: 
Bergen
Norway
Nationality: 
Australia
Record Status: 
Born: 
1971
Short biography: 

Jill Walker Rettberg is professor of Digital Culture at the University of Bergen. Her research focus is on how we tell stories online, and she has a particular interest in social media and personal narratives. She has published several articles on early hypertext fiction, electronic literature, digital art and social media, as well as the book Blogging (Polity Press, 2008). She also co-edited an anthology of scholarship on World of Warcraft (Digital Culture, Play, and Identity, MIT Press, 2008). Jill has been blogging at jilltxt.net for a decade, and tweets as @jilltxt.

Note: Works published before 2007 under name Jill Walker.

Critical writing by this author:

Title Publication Type Yearsort descending
Hypertextual Criticism: Comparative Readings of Three Web Hypertexts About Literature and Film Book (dissertation) 1998
Tripp trapp tresko i cyberspace Article in an online journal 1999
Piecing Together and Tearing Apart: Finding the Story in afternoon Conference paper or presentation 1999
SurREAL: Dramatis Personae on the Digital Stage Conference paper or presentation 2000
Do You Think You're Part of This? Digital Texts and the Second Person Address Article or chapter in a book 2000
A Child's Game Confused Article in an online journal 2001
Hypertext Criticism: Writing about Hypertext Article in an online journal 2003
Fiction and Interaction: How Clicking a Mouse Can Make You Part of a Fictional World Book (dissertation) 2003
Cavewriting Article in an online journal, Interview 2004
Distributed Narrative: Telling Stories Across Networks Article or chapter in a book 2005
Feral Hypertext: When Hypertext Literature Escapes Control Conference paper or presentation 2005
How I Was Played by Online Caroline Article or chapter in a book 2006
International Electronic LIterature Conference panel or roundtable 2007
Notes on N. Katherine Hayles: Literature and the Literary: Why Electronic Literature is Key to Their Future Notes and Drafts, Weblog 2007
Personal Narratives, Corporate Templates Conference paper or presentation 2009
Hypertext Fiction from 1987-1999 Conference paper or presentation 2010
Digital Media Article or chapter in a book 2010
The Genealogy of a Creative Community: Why is Afternoon the "Grandaddy" of Hypertext Fiction? Conference paper or presentation 2011
Student Research Using the ELMCIP Knowledge Base Conference paper or presentation 2011
Electronic Literature Seen from a Distance: The Beginnings of a Field Article in an online journal 2012
Workshop on Curating and Exhibiting Electronic Literature Weblog 2012
Mining the Knowledge Base: Exploring Methodologies for Analysing the Field of Electronic Literature Conference paper or presentation 2013

Events arranged:

Event City Date Event type Edit link
ELMCIP Seminar on Electronic Literature Communities Bergen 20.09.2010 to 21.09.2010 Reading, Seminar

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