The workshop on Ecochronotopes in Transmedial Fictions from the Americas will explore how ecocritical narratives and their spatiotemporal structures can be read spatially across different media, including literature, graphic novels, digital fiction, and video games.
A key focus of the workshop will be the methodological challenges posed by audiovisual and procedural narratives. Unlike traditional traditional print fiction, comics, graphic novels and digital-born fictions rely on interactivity, spatial immersion, and dynamic image-text designs, raising crucial questions about how ecological themes and chronotopes are constructed and perceived. How do spatial storytelling techniques differ between text-based and multimodal forms? What role do algorithmic and generative elements play in shaping eco-fictional chronotopes?
To address these questions, we are pleased to welcome three distinguished guest speakers:
• Prof. Dr. Manuel Burghardt (Universität Leipzig)
• Prof. Dr. Anastasia Glawion (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg)
• Prof. Dr. Julian Schröter (LMU München)
The workshop will foster an interdisciplinary dialogue between scholars from Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Media Studies, and Area Studies. The workshop will be held in German. You can find a poster of the workshop here.
Workshop-Ablauf:
9:00-9:15h Begrüßung und Einführung (Astrid Ensslin)
9:15-9:55h Mareike Schumacher, "Skaling up: Vom ersten Öko-Roman zum Auffinden von Eco-Chronotopes in großen Textsammlungen"
9:55-10.10h Kaffeepause
10:10-10:45h Anne Brüske, "Öko-Fiction und Öko-Chronotopoi in Comics und Graphic Novels aus Lateinamerika und der Karibik"
10:45-11:20h Astrid Ensslin, "Öko-Chronotopoi in digitalen Eco-Fictions: medienspezifische Herausforderungen räumlich-medialen Distanz-Lesens"
11:20-12:00h Manuel Burghardt, "Eco-Chronotopes in Play: Using Computational Tools to Study Ecology in Video Games"
12:00h-13:00h Mittagspause
13:00-13:40h Julian Schröter, "Computergestützte Spannungserkennung"
13:40-14:20h Anastasia Glawion, "Emotionsspuren im Text: Eyetracking und peripherphysiologische Messungen als Methoden der Literaturwissenschaft"
14:20-14:30h Schlussbemerkungen
