„Across“ nebo „In-between“? O stavu a perspektivách intermediálních studií
‘Across’ or ‘In-between’? The state and prospects of intermedia studies

Summary/Abstract: This reflection on the state and prospects of intermedia studies is inspired by a discussion among representatives of the field from around the world, organized as a series of online mee-tings by Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil, in September 2021. The presentations made by leading intermedialists always included contextualization and conceptualization: i.e. setting their own research within the context of the discipline’s development and the syn-chronic study of culture, and defending old concepts or proposing new ones. The key term ‘in-between’ expresses one of the trends in theatre and film production, whose output does not establish relations to other media, but is created at the intersection of media. In our exposi-tion, we add the historical context of intermedial discourse and relate it to the Czech envi-ronment. We assess both novel and frequently debated concepts in terms of their analytical and educational potential. It turns out that intermedia studies enable us inter alia to clarify how and why changes are currently taking place in the position of literature, which other me-dia can seemingly overshadow, but also absorb and refresh.

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