Papers by Gabriele Rebagliati
Multifaceted Autoethnography: Theoretical Advancements, Practical Considerations and Field Illustrations, 2018
The aim of this chapter is to analyze the nature and concept of authorship in the context of digi... more The aim of this chapter is to analyze the nature and concept of authorship in the context of digital fiction and how they have changed in the context of the affordances of twenty-first century . The fieldwork of the chapter will show that is an effective tool in underscoring the changes in roles the author on the run must play as she/he is immersed in the project of writing a digital novel. The social dynamics of a digital collaborative platform affect the creation of the novel itself. The autoethnography will furthermore prove valuable in showing how these effects are based on the nature of collaboration itself and/or are merely reflections of how the Internet really works, how writing by the twenty-first century author has evolved while being perpetually digitally connected, and how the contemporary author engages in role- and identity-play while in a constant state of movement and engagement of Internet culture.
Journal of Organizational Ethnography, 2016
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how autoethnography applied to digital f... more Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how autoethnography applied to digital fiction can give
us deep insights into collaborative writing through a case study of a Japanese mobile novel platform.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the author’s autoethnographic fieldwork
as an ethnographer and a writer, arguing that the autoethnographic method is an effective tool for the
understanding of digital fiction.
Findings – Through this approach the researcher, could not only reflect on the possibility of
autoethnography as a methodology, but he could also enter into the dynamics of how the community of
people surrounding a digital novel and his/her author is organized.
Originality/value – Despite the fact that Japan has been a pioneer in the development of mobile
novels, almost nothing has been written on the topic in languages other than Japanese. This paper is an
invitation for further investigation that could foster comparative studies between the Japanese case
and those in other countries.
Keywords Information systems, Autoethnography, Collaborative writing, Ethnographer/author,
Mobile novels
Paper type Research paper
This paper aims to illustrate one of the possible scenarios that can unfold in the development of... more This paper aims to illustrate one of the possible scenarios that can unfold in the development of the relation between the author and the reader in the digital era by taking the Italian platform of digital fiction “The Incipit” as a case study. Due to the current debates on book digitalization, an analysis of the phenomenon of online collaborative writing may help propose interesting hypotheses about the future of the book and of literature at large in the age of social media, and investigate significant changes in the relationship between the author and his readers.
本論文は、ケータイ小説という社会・文化・文学的現象をメディア論的な立場から取り上げるものである。そして、本論文の目的は、ケータイ小説という媒体を通して如何に作者と読者との関係性が形成されているか... more 本論文は、ケータイ小説という社会・文化・文学的現象をメディア論的な立場から取り上げるものである。そして、本論文の目的は、ケータイ小説という媒体を通して如何に作者と読者との関係性が形成されているかを考察することである。そこが「匿名性」により「親密な関係性」が生じうることを筆者が仮説として立てており、それを立証するためにはケータイ小説の掲示板である「魔法のiらんど」を取り上げながら、実際にケータイ小説家への聞き取り調査を行う。
Abstract This paper aims to investigate the relationship between author and reader in the digital... more Abstract This paper aims to investigate the relationship between author and reader in the digital era, using Japanese mobile novels as a concrete example of this change. With the ongoing fervent debate over books’ digitization, an analysis of the phenomenon of the mobile novels (Keitai Shosetsu) in Japan may be helpful in making significant statements concerning the future of the book, and of literature in general, in the era of new media and investigating important changes in the relationship
between the author and the reader.
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Papers by Gabriele Rebagliati
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how autoethnography applied to digital fiction can give
us deep insights into collaborative writing through a case study of a Japanese mobile novel platform.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the author’s autoethnographic fieldwork
as an ethnographer and a writer, arguing that the autoethnographic method is an effective tool for the
understanding of digital fiction.
Findings – Through this approach the researcher, could not only reflect on the possibility of
autoethnography as a methodology, but he could also enter into the dynamics of how the community of
people surrounding a digital novel and his/her author is organized.
Originality/value – Despite the fact that Japan has been a pioneer in the development of mobile
novels, almost nothing has been written on the topic in languages other than Japanese. This paper is an
invitation for further investigation that could foster comparative studies between the Japanese case
and those in other countries.
Keywords Information systems, Autoethnography, Collaborative writing, Ethnographer/author,
Mobile novels
Paper type Research paper
between the author and the reader.
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how autoethnography applied to digital fiction can give
us deep insights into collaborative writing through a case study of a Japanese mobile novel platform.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on the author’s autoethnographic fieldwork
as an ethnographer and a writer, arguing that the autoethnographic method is an effective tool for the
understanding of digital fiction.
Findings – Through this approach the researcher, could not only reflect on the possibility of
autoethnography as a methodology, but he could also enter into the dynamics of how the community of
people surrounding a digital novel and his/her author is organized.
Originality/value – Despite the fact that Japan has been a pioneer in the development of mobile
novels, almost nothing has been written on the topic in languages other than Japanese. This paper is an
invitation for further investigation that could foster comparative studies between the Japanese case
and those in other countries.
Keywords Information systems, Autoethnography, Collaborative writing, Ethnographer/author,
Mobile novels
Paper type Research paper
between the author and the reader.