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Central Switzerland in Fiction (Documentary)
Literarische Innerschweiz – eine filmische Annäherung von Claudia Schmid (2011) Die Vierwaldstättersee-Gotthard-Region ist zweifellos eine der am dichtesten beschriebenen Literaturlandschaften Europas. Barbara Piatti, Literaturwissenschaftlerin Die spektakuläre Landschaft der Vierwaldstättersee-Region mit ihren Tälern und Berggipfeln hat literarische Spuren hinterlassen. Namhafte Autorinnen und Autoren der Weltliteratur sowie zahlreiche lokal verankerte Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller haben sich schreibend mit [...]
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Berlin Novels and Urban Topography
Giannina Leonie Widmer: » "over the Wall" and the hole in the middle of Berlin. Berlin literature before and after the reunification – from a literary geography perspective« (Master thesis, University of Basel 2010) Map 2a: Peter Schneider »Der Mauerspringer« (1982) Frame story layer © Giannina Widmer, Basel Map 2b: Peter Schneider »Der Mauerspringer« (1982) [...]
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LENDEMAINS: Literary Landscapes
Barbara Piatti, with visualisations by Anne-Kathrin Reuschel Rendering visible literary landscapes. A Plea for Experiments between Cartography and Literary Studies (Original Title: Rendre visible les paysages littéraires: plaidoyer pour des expériences entre la cartographie et les études littéraires) Provided below are the colour illustrations of a forthcoming article (in french), which is published in black [...]
Prague as phantom-city
Barbara Piatti Towards a Literary-Geographical System. Some Remarks about Prague as Phantom-City within “A Literary Atlas of Europe” (Original title: Auf dem Weg zu einem literaturgeographischen System. Mit einigen Bemerkungen zu Prag als ville-mirage im Rahmen eines ›Literarischen Atlas Europas‹) Piatti, Barbara (2010): »Auf dem Weg zu einem literaturgeographischen System. Mit einigen Bemerkungen zu Prag [...]
Towards a Geography of Fiction
Barbara Piatti, Anne-Kathrin Reuschel, Hans Rudolf Bär, William Cartwright, Lorenz Hurni Mapping Literature. Towards a Geography of Fiction → Download at the bottom of the page Abstract: Modern cartography has the ability to map almost any phenomenon for which spatial relationships are of primary relevance. While existing cartographic products cover already an enormous variety of [...]
Invisible Settings
Barbara Piatti »›The Hotel of Eduard and Florence does not exist.‹ About the Possibilities of Fiction to create Invisible Settings« (Original Title: »›Das Hotel von Eduard und Florence (…) gibt es nicht.‹ Von den Möglichkeiten der Literatur, unsichtbare Schauplätze zu schaffen.«) → Download at the bottom of the page Piatti, B. (2007): »›Das Hotel von [...]
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New Book Publication: May, 2013:
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Barbara Piatti: Es lächelt der See
(in german) Rotpunktverlag - Vernissage: Wednesday, June 19th, 2013, 7:30p.m., at: Allgemeine Lesegesellschaft Basel
- Vernissage: Tuesday, August 6th, 2013, 7:30p.m., at: Zentral- & Hochschulbibliothek Luzern
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New publications 2012: - From the text to the map – Literary geography an impulse generator
- Rendering visible literary landscapes. A Plea for Experiments between Cartography and Literary Studies
- Reading with Maps. Plea for a viualised Geography of Fiction
- Cartography & Narratives
Workshop in Zurich, June 11th-13th, 2012:
POSTER SESSION
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Special Issue: The Cartographic Journal
The Cartographic Journal 'Cartographies of Fictional Worlds', Volume 48, Number 4, November 2011
»This special issue of the Cartographic Journal on 'Cartographies of Fictional Worlds' is made up of fascinating stories, exotic places, original concepts, and a series of media that ranges from artistic collages to high tech geospatial applications. This diversity demonstrates the enthusiasm that prevails within literary cartography, as well as the complex relationships that exist between maps, narratives and places.«
»These examples provide a conceptual, methodological and practical base that can serve to engage in the development of original and relevant ways of merging the conceptual space of the map with the experiential places of the narratives.«
Sébastien Caquard: Conclusive Remarks, S.224/225
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