Off Center18 Juni 2024

Episode 22: Platformization and COVID E-LIT with Søren Pold

Scott Rettberg is back with another episode of the podcast ‘Off Center’. This time he is joined by Søren Pold, Associate professor of Digital Design at Aarhus University. They discuss digital literature, platformazation, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

This episode also includes a new AI update with David Jhave Johnston. Together with Scott, he will bring you up to date about recent AI medical advances. The AI update starts at 18:13.

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Nacher, Anna, Rettberg, Scott, Pold, Søren Bro & Steele, Ashleigh. 2022. COVID E-LIT: Digital Art During the Pandemic. Documentary. 44 min., 12 sec.

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This work was partially supported by the Research Council of Norway Centres of Excellence, project number 332643, Center for Digital Narrative.

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