Maria Engberg

Person

Residency: 
Karlskrona
Sweden
Nationality: 
Sweden
Record Status: 
Born: 
1971
Short biography: 

Maria Engberg holds a Ph.D. in English from Uppsala University. At present she is Universitetslektor (Associate Professor) at Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH), and Research Affiliate at the Augmented Environments Lab at Georgia Institute of Technology (US). Engberg’s research focuses on digital media theory and practice, contemporary experimental literatures, visual culture, and the impact of digital technologies on literature and culture with particular focus on digital literature. She also design digital media experiences with particular focus on mixed reality and mobile media. Currently she works on two major AR narrative projects with Jay David Bolter and Michael Joyce.

Her doctoral dissertation on digital poetry, "Born Digital: Writing Poetry in the Age of New Media" (2007) investigated the impact of digital technology on the creation, dissemination, and reception of poetry. She teaches media studies, writing, and digital culture at Blekinge Tekniska Högskola in Sweden. Engberg is currently working on a book on digital culture, titled Polyaesthetics: Experiencing Digital Cultures. Engberg is a Fulbright alumnus (2003-2004) and has received support for her research from foundations including the Birgit and Gad Rausing Foundation for Humanistic Research and the Wenner-Gren Foundations.

Engberg is a member of the editorial group of the Electronic Literature Directory, and a Principal Investigator of the ELMCIP project.

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Critical writing by this author:

Titlesort descending Publication Type Year
Aesthetics of Visual Noise in Digital Literary Arts Other 2010
An interview with Maria Engberg Interview 2011
Born Digital: Writing Poetry in the Age of New Media Book (Ph.D. dissertation) 2007
Digital literary arts, pedagogy and the issue of disciplinarity Conference paper or presentation 2013
Digital Literature and the Modernist Problem Article in an online journal 2011
Digital Literature and the Modernist Problem Conference paper or presentation 2010
Discussion of processes and issues for ELMCIP anthology Conference paper or presentation 2010
Flash points: Reading electronic literature as a metaphor for creativity Article in an online journal 2012
Genre, Form, and Cultural Practice in Contemporary Electronic Literature Conference paper or presentation 2008
Light & Dust: Polyaesthetic Experiences with Locative Augmented Reality Conference paper or presentation 2011
Media studies, mobile augmented reality, and interaction design Article in a print journal 2013
Polyaesthetics in Digital Literary Arts: Steve Tomasula's TOC and Multimedia Fiction Conference paper or presentation 2010
Polyaesthetics: Designing and Experiencing Digital Narratives Invited lecture 2012
Presentation of the ELMCIP Anthology of European Electronic Literature (Rap version) Conference paper or presentation 2012
Stepping Into the River: Experiencing John Cayley's riverIsland Article in an online journal 2005
Stepping Into the River: Experiencing riverIsland Article in an online journal 2006
Touch and Gesture as Aesthetic Experience: Performing 5 Apps Conference paper or presentation 2012
Writing on the World: Augmented Reading Environments Article in a print journal 2011

Events arranged:

Event City Datesort descending Event type Edit link
ELMCIP Electronic Literature and Pedagogy Workshop Karlskrona 14.06.2011 to 17.06.2011 Workshop

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Elisabeth Nesheim