Naji, Jeneen (2018) The Posthuman Poetics of Instagram Poetry. In: EVA Copenhagen 2018 - Politics of the Machines - Art and After.

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Abstract

Technological developments and constraints have always influenced and shaped human cultural artefacts such as poetry, stories and music (Emerson, 2014: ix) and the same is true of the vast variations of the digital apparatus. As a result, the forward momentum of the contemporary explosi on of online cultural content has far reaching implications on human subjectivities in cyberspace (Hayles, 1999). The construction and analysis of new digital literary artefacts with regards their impact on literary expression and reception is a timely ven ture that can help us begin to understand, anticipate, and drive the changing shape of human culture. For example, Instagram poetry, a type of digital poetry is, as the name implies, poetry that is produced for distribution through the social media platfor m Instagram and most usually incorporates creative typography with bite size verses. Instagram poets such as @atticuspoetry (517k followers) @christopherpoindexter (325k followers) and @rupikaur_ (1.8 million followers) have in fact proven to be so popular that their work also appears as best -selling print books. Insta gram poetry can demonstrate the cultural impact of a posthuman cyborgian fluidity of borders and forms in that we essentially find ourselves left with anthropophagic texts - cannibalistic texts that remix, reuse and re-appropriate content. This paper will examine existing and con temporary examples towards the goal of a deeper understanding of Instagram poetry as a posthuman literary artefact.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Additional Information:	This paper has emanated from research conducted with the financial support of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) under Grant Number 15/IA/3090.
Keywords:	Posthuman Poetics; Instagram Poetry;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Arts & Humanities > School of English, Media & Theatre Studies > Media Studies
Item ID:	10468
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.14236/ewic/EVAC18.1
Depositing User:	Jeneen Naji
Date Deposited:	04 Feb 2019 14:58
Refereed:	Yes
Funders:	Science Foundation Ireland
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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