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Jesper Olsson is a Professor in Literary Studies at the Department of Literature and Rhetoric, Uppsala University. His academic work bridges literature, media theory, and cultural studies with a focus on how media functions as ecologies and infrastructures in culture, society, and everyday life.
- Full professor with extensive publication record
- Specializes in media archaeology and media ecology
- Active researcher in post-digital culture and avant-garde studies
Olsson's research interests span across multiple disciplinary boundaries. His work explores literature, art, and media from historical perspectives (gramophones, tape recorders) to contemporary digital networks. He approaches media as interconnected systems that shape cultural production and reception. His research particularly focuses on visual poetry, concrete poetry, sound studies, and the intersections between literary production and technological mediation. Olsson has made significant contributions to understanding how media technologies transform literary practices and how literary forms adapt to new media environments.
His publications reveal a consistent engagement with Nordic avant-garde movements, particularly Swedish experimental writing from the 1960s, while connecting these historical practices to contemporary digital culture. Recent work examines posthuman ecologies in literature, AI-generated text, and the implications of large language models for literary production. His scholarship demonstrates how historical media practices inform our understanding of current digital transformations.
- Media archaeology as method
- Post-digital literary theory
- Sound as cultural infrastructure
- Ecological approaches to media
As a prolific scholar, Olsson has advised numerous doctoral students and contributed to major collaborative projects in the digital humanities. His work has been influential in shaping how literary scholars approach media technologies and their historical development. He has also been active in public scholarship, regularly contributing to Swedish media with commentary on contemporary literary and cultural issues.
Olsson has participated in several significant editorial projects, including co-editing the three-volume A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries. His monograph Postdigital litteratur (2022) represents a major contribution to understanding literature in the contemporary digital age. His scholarly work consistently bridges historical analysis with theoretical innovation, demonstrating how past media practices illuminate our current media landscape.
