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Laura Piippo @laurapiippo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Is AI-generated writing inherently experimental, or does the logic of platform economies push it toward homogenization? In our new article, Tuuli Hongisto and I look at how LLMs and platformization influence literary output, contrasting the "AI slop" with the conceptual rigor of digital collage.

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Reimagining Literature? AI, Textual Collage, and Literary Experimentation

This essay explores how large language models (LLMs) and digital platforms reshape literary practices through two contrasting case studies: AI Imagines: Classic Literature (2023) and Things of Interne...

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

The next biennial ENN (European Narratology Network) conference, titled “Narrative and Authority,” will take place in Tampere University on June 17–19, 2027! The CFP is out now, and the deadline for proposals is October 31, 2026. Spread the word – we hope to see you in Tampere next year!

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Call for papers | Narrative and Authority: 9th Conference of the European Narratology Network (ENN) | Tampere Universities

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

AUTOSTORY tänään ja huomenna Oulussa Kirjallisuudentutkimuksen päivillä! www.kirjallisuudentutkimus.fi/ajankohtaist...

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Maria Mäkelä @mariamakela.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Apply to The Netherlands Winter School on Narrative: NARRATIVE AND AUTHORITY and meet P. Dawson, A. Georgakopoulou, A. Gibbons, S. Kjerkegaard and many others! Our AUTOSTORY project is proud and happy to co-organize this. DL for applications November 20, 2026. Winter School January 18–22, 2027.

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Narrative and Authority

Teaming up with the AUTOSTORY project, the Netherlands Winter School on Narrative offers a one-week course consisting of lectures and workshops in which...

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Interested in narrative approaches in research, teaching, or society? The University of Groningen’s Narrative Winter School offers an intensive opportunity to engage with narrative methods in an international, interdisciplinary setting. More information and application details:

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Narrative and Authority

Teaming up with the AUTOSTORY project, the Netherlands Winter School on Narrative offers a one-week course consisting of lectures and workshops in which...

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Kirjallisuudentutkimuksen aikakauslehti Avain special issue on whiteness in literary studies, edited by Maïmouna Matikainen-Soreau & Iida Pöllänen from AUTOSTORY is out in open access! journal.fi/avain/issue/...

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Making sure you're not a bot!

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

"[K]irjallisuuskeskustelu valuu yhä enemmän sosiaalisen median alustoille, kuten blogeihin, Instagramiin ja Tiktokiin. Niiden logiikka perustuu nopeaan reagointiin, tunteiden herättämiseen ja näkyvyyden maksimointiin." www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/ar...

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Kolumni | Kirjallisuus mukautuu somen logiikkaan

Muotoseikat vaikuttavat siihen, mistä ja miten kirjoitetaan, ja muotoa muovaa usein sosiaalinen media.

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Turun yliopisto - University of Turku @utu.fi · 04/05/2026

According to researchers Markku Lehtimäki and Laura Piippo, social media creates a subtle pressure for the authors to 🔸 simplify content, 🔸 amplify its emotional impact, 🔸 erase multidimensionality or ambiguity. 👉 Read more: www.utu.fi/en/news/auro...

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Ten questions: How does social media influence literature?

The consortium “Autostory – Authors of the Story Economy”, which is funded by the Research Council of Finland, studies the impact of social media on 21st-century literature and authors.

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We are participating in the Narrative Winter School 2027 at the University of Groningen. The winter school "Narrative and Authority" focuses on the role of narratives in knowledge production, technology, and society, with particular attention to authority. Maybe we’ll see you there, too?

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Narrative and Authority

Teaming up with the AUTOSTORY project, the Netherlands Winter School on Narrative offers a one-week course consisting of lectures and workshops in which...

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Special issue of Frontiers of Narrative Studies 11/2 (Brill/De Gruyter), titled Narratives of Scandal and Shock: Transgression, Media, and Cultural Response is now out! Check out the articles by AUTOSTORY affiliates Hanna Lahdenperä, Tero Eljas Vanhanen, and Ville Hämäläinen!

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Special lssue: Narratives of scandal and shock: Transgression, media, and cultural response

Volume 11, issue 2 of the journal Frontiers of Narrative Studies was published in 2025.

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

@mariamakela.bsky.social on postdigital authorship, transmedial authorial ethos, story economy, social mobility as narrative capital & Édouard Louis. Check out the new article!

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Maria Mäkelä @mariamakela.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

A boundary 2 online special issue on literary value out now, after an unprecedentedly quick editing and peer-review process. I wrote on postdigital authorship, transmedial authorial ethos, story economy, social mobility as narrative capital & Édouard Louis: www.boundary2.org/the-question...

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the question of literary value | special issue

Artwork by Lieke Verreussel, relation, ship (2025). Photo by Arne De Boever. b2o: an online journal is an online-only, free-to-read, peer-reviewed journal published by the boundary 2 editorial collec...

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

"Onko kirjailija messujen teuras, lypsylehmä vai hevonen?" @mariamakela.bsky.social ja Eleonoora Riihinen vierailivat kirjamessuilla ja etsivät syyllisiä sivistyksen rappioon.

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

@mariamakela.bsky.social kirjailijabrändeistä ja tarinataloudesta Piirissä.

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Next week, AUTOSTORY and SELMA Centre will co-organize a three-day symposium “The Return of Moral Didacticism?: Authority, Ethos, and Instruction” at the University of Turku, Finland. Keynote will be given by James Phelan, Distinguished Professor of English at Ohio State University, USA. Welcome!

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Symposium 16.-18.10. The Return of Moral Didacticism? | SelmaCentre

In October 2025, the research project AUTOSTORY: Narrative and Digital Capital in the 21st-Century Literary Field (funded by the Research Council of Finland ...

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

The first collaborative outcome of the project AUTOSTORY is out! "Social media and the value of literature" in TfL's latest issue written by @mariamakela.bsky.social, K. Malmio, @laurapiippo.bsky.social, M. Kangaskoski, and M. Lehtimäki is now available at publicera.kb.se/tfl/article/...

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

CDN Summer School keynote by our PI @mariamakela.bsky.social is now available online!

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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

First keynote from the 2025 CDN PhD Summer School is online! Highly recommended for anyone interested in how narrative theory can help understand social media. This is a toolkit that will be super useful for researchers!

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Active conference spring underway: The AUTOSTORY project has presented its preliminary ideas at both the Narrative Conference in Miami and Narrative Matters in Paris. The discussion continues, next up: Nordisk litteratursociologi (NOLS) 2025 in Helsinki!

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Laura Piippo @laurapiippo.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Tänään saimme viimein sanoa, että kyllä, saa laittaa painokoneet pyörimään, juhuu! Kirjan ovat toimittaneet Elina Arminen, Ralf Kauranen, Markku Lehtimäki, Hanna-Leena Määttä ja minä. Teos tulee saataville sekä painettuna että vapaasti verkossa @sksfinlit.bsky.social. Juhuu sillekin! #SKS 🎩📚

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Romaanin tieto

Minkälaista tietoa romaani voi tuottaa? Millä tavalla romaanikirjailija osallistuu yhteiskunnalliseen keskusteluun? Millaisia ovat sekä kirjamuodon että kirjailijan työn muuttuvat muodot digitaalisen ...

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The submission deadline has been extended to March 10. Still a few more days to submit your proposal for our panel!

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

@mariamakela.bsky.social vieraili helmikuun lopulla Riikka Pulkkisen vetämällä Nöyrän viisauden klubilla keskustelemassa teatteriohjaaja ja Q-teatterin taiteellinen johtaja Juho Mantereen kanssa mm. kysymyksestä onko sosiaalinen media muuttanut sitä, miten tulkitsemme taidetta, ja jos, niin miten.

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Nöyrän viisauden klubi ja metamodernismi

YouTube video by Sivullisen lava

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Here's the recording of last Tuesday's session of Narrare's seminar for those of you who missed it. @mariamakela.bsky.social: "Authors of The Story Economy: Narrative and Digital Capital in the 21st-Century Literary Field". The recording is available this week.

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The CFP for 8th conference of the ENN is now open, submission deadline is March 1. The conference will take place from September 29 to October 2, 2025 at the University of Wuppertal (GER). AUTOSTORY Project hosts the panel “Authors against the story economy”. Further information and submission:

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European Narratology Network Conference - ENN8

The 8th conference of the European Narratology Network is held in Wuppertal from 29.09.2025-02.10.2025.

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Recent publications of the project: @laurapiippo.bsky.social's article "The Voice of the Platform" in Routledge Handbook of AI and Literature (2024, eds. Will Slocombe & Genevieve Liveley). 📚

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The voice of the platform | 12 | The Routledge Handbook of AI and Lite

This chapter explores the concept of the voice of the platform and how it emerges from the intersections of authors, audiences, and the user interface of

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AUTOSTORY Project @autostory.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

AUTOSTORY Project is now on Bluesky! Stay tuned for news on our research, events, and publications. More on our webpage! AUTOSTORY-hanke on nyt myös Blueskyssa! Kerromme täällä tutkimuksen etenemisen ohella esimerkiksi tulevista tapahtumista ja tuoreista julkaisuista. Lisää sivuillamme!

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Authors of the Story Economy: Narrative and Digital Capital in the 21st-Century Literary Field

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