Texts, Affects and Teenagers: (im)Material Transmissions Across France and Ireland

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Taylor Still, Université Rennes 2Follow

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Abstract

This article examines the circulation of texts between people, spaces and cultural perspectives, addressing disparate mediums from virtual transmission, including social media channels; to physical or material transmission in public space(s). Central to the internationalised transmission of texts, the recent emergence and popularity of channels such as TikTok and Instagram have allowed for more innovative, creative and collaborative literary practices. Focusing on young publics in particular, we interrogate how “viral” transmissive practices can work to re-produce, re-appropriate, and re-interpret literary texts. This article also focuses on the affective experience of these transmissive textual practices, and how the (non-)human interactions can provoke affective and emotional reactions of those involved. It relies on the affect theory and the concept of ‘networked affect’ proposed by S. Paasonen, K. Hillis and M. Petit (Networked Affect, 2015) in an attempt to shed light on what may emerge between youth groups who engage with sharing and circulating texts. We investigate this concept using a case study of an international project carried out with young people in Rennes (FR) and Cork (IRE). It assesses the inter-cultural transmission of creative literary texts between two groups of teenagers, and the networked affects which emerge from it.

Recommended Citation

Still, Taylor (2024) "Texts, Affects and Teenagers: (im)Material Transmissions Across France and Ireland," Journal of Franco-Irish Studies: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 6.
Available at: https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jofis/vol8/iss1/6