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Center for Digital Narrative

Center for Digital Narrative

Humanities-driven research in electronic literature, games studies, digital culture, and computation to advance understanding of digital narrative.

CDN is a Norwegian Centre of Research Excellence funded by the Norwegian Research Council from 2023-2033. CDN focuses on algorithmic narrativity, new environments and materialities, and shifting cultural contexts. We will investigate how the interactions of human authors with non-human agents result in new narrative forms, how the materiality of digital narratives have changed, and how cultural contexts are reshaping the use and function of digital narrative.

News
Jill Walker Rettberg

ERC wants to see what shapes the stories AI tells us

Professor Jill Walker Rettberg receives an ERC Advanced Grant to see how narrative archetypes influence the future of artificial intelligence.

Guests
Kate McDowell and Ben Grosser

New CDN guests: Kate McDowell and Ben Grosser

Two University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty are guest researchers at the Center for Digital Narrative.

Podcast
Kristine Jørgensen episode of Off Center – CDN

Episode 17: Transgressive Games and Understanding Male Gamers with Kristine Jørgensen

In this episode Scott Rettberg is joined by Kristine Jørgensen, professor of media studies and PI at the Center for Digital Narrative. They talk about male gaming culture, transgressive games, and understanding male gamers.
News
CDN Director, Scott Rettberg

The Economist on "Cyborg authorship" and collective writing

Professor Scott Rettberg comments on collaborating with machines in literature.

CDN
Petter Helgesen og Benedicte Løseth i Forskingsrådet overleverer SFF-plakett til senterleiarane Scott Rettberg og Jill Walker Rettberg.

"Be a light house, and show the way forward"

CDN opening on December 11th, with Rector, Research Council and Drummer Boys.

Norwegian Centre of Excellence

A Centre of Excellence – Senter for fremragende forskning – Funded by the Norwegian Research Council and the University of Bergen. Project no. 332643