The meeting brings together international scholars who work in transmediality studies and/or transculturality studies, and aims to coordinate and extend research which investigates and applies the terms and theories of transmediality and transculturality.

Regarding transculturality studies, the international discussion does not yet seem to have successfully bridged the gap between, among others, the disciplines of social philosophy, American studies, and Romance or Latin-American studies, which have a history of applying the term. The term transmediality as it is being developed in media studies, narratology, art history, and aesthetics, on the other hand, currently competes with the terms remediation and adaptation. A more systematic understanding of the types and typologies of change and process which are connoted by transmediality and transculturality may prove enriching for the critical usefulness of both terms as well as for the various disciplinary approaches involved.

The meeting is designed as a research colloquium, with emphasis on critical discussion. Funding includes the publication of a volume with selected conference contributions and results. Plenary presentations are scheduled for one hour each, with 30 to 35 minutes per presentation and the remaining time for discussion. Presentations in parallel workshops are scheduled for 15 minutes with the same time for discussion, and should focus on a critical issue. There will be separate sections for discussion and critical summary during the conference and at its closing. The conference language is English.

 

publication forthcoming 2008

Olms Verlag, Series Passagen/Passages:

Transdisziplinäre Kulturperspektiven/Transdisciplinary Cultural Perspectives