Cris Ortega

@cris-ortega.bsky.social

They/He PhD Fellow at the RTG @grk2806.bsky.social @dhssfau.bsky.social @fau.de Researching corporeality in poetry slam with a multimodal corpus-based approach Author, Slam Poet, Activist I advocate for intersectional, queer, migrant & disabled voices

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GRK 2806 »Literatur und Öffentlichkeit«@grk2806.bsky.social · 2w ago

Unsere beiden Promovierenden @cris-ortega.bsky.social und Luisa Prager informieren in unserem Newsletter regelmäßig über die Aktivitäten und Forschung des GRKs. Wer den Newsletter erhalten möchte, gerne via grk2806-newsletter[at]fau.de anmelden. @fauphil.bsky.social

Today is #DiversityDay at @fau.de! The bureau for gender and diversity organized a symposium with panel discussions, keynotes and networking opportunities. I'm excited to see so many people working hard on making academia a more diverse and inclusive space - a future of academia I want to be part of

Harriet Ziegler (Coordinador for Gender and Diversity at FAU) is standing in front of the title slide of her and her colleagues presentation on "How to: Vom Bedarf zur Community - Neurodiversität unterstützen mit digitaler Kommunikation"

Es war Luise und mir ein Vergnügen gemeinsam bei @radihum20.bsky.social über die #DHd2026 zu reflektieren! Danke an das Team und @nfdi4culture.bsky.social für die Reisestipendien, die uns den Konferenzbesuch ermöglicht haben. @grk2806.bsky.social @dhssfau.bsky.social #DigitalHumanities #DH

RaDiHum20 – Das Radio für Digital Humanities@radihum20.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Vielen Dank an @cris-ortega.bsky.social und Luise Prager für das Interview zu ihren Eindrücken von der #DHd2026! Es war ein super spannendes Interview mit euch! radihum20.de/dhd26-radihu... Das ist die letzte DHd2026-Folge – Danke an alle Mitwirkenden! #Podcast #DH #DigitalHumanities #WissKomm #Wien

Kann's kaum erwarten! Meine Kollegin vom @grk2806.bsky.social und ich hatten ein interessantes und kurzweiliges Gespräch mit den Hosts von @radihum20.bsky.social zur #DHd2026 und was es bedeutet in den #DH Early-Career Researcher zu sein. Morgen steht das Ergebnis für alle zum nachhören bereit 🎉

RaDiHum20 – Das Radio für Digital Humanities@radihum20.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Morgen kommt das Interview mit Luise Prager und @cris-ortega.bsky.social zu ihren Eindrücken von der #DHd2026 als Gewinner:innen von Reisestipendien und als early career researcher! Mit der Folge schließen wir die Staffel zur #DHd2026 ab. Stay tuned! #Podcast #DH #DigitalHumanities #WissKomm #Wien

6 months in and it still feels exciting that I can do this research as part of the @grk2806.bsky.social

GRK 2806 »Literatur und Öffentlichkeit«@grk2806.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Meet @cris-ortega.bsky.social 👋 Researcher & slam poet! Cris uses a multimodal corpus to study how embodiment & audience interaction work in Poetry Slam. What does it mean to build a public through performance? More: www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de/faudir/crist... #DigitalHumanities

2 Doktorand*innen aus dem #GRK2806 berichten von ihrer ersten DH-Konferenz: Was bedeutet es, zwischen Fächern zu forschen, und wer gehört eigentlich zur DHd-Community? @cris-ortega.bsky.social & Luise Prager im @dhdkonferenz.bsky.social-Blog: 🔗 dhd-blog.org?p=23518 #DHd2026 #LiteraturOeffentlichkeit

Nicht nur Text, nicht nur Daten – die DHd Community | DHd-Blog

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Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · 6mo ago

@cris-ortega.bsky.social and Luise Prager are providing a glimpse into the DHd community in their conference report and reflect on disciplinary boundaries in #DigitalHumanities. Worth a read! @dhdkonferenz.bsky.social dhd-blog.org?p=23518

It was a pleasure to contribute to an episode of SonicLit by @katherinemcleod.bsky.social and Jason Camlot, which aired in Montreal last Dec, about the conference "Poetry Off the Page Around the Globe" by @poetryoffthepage.bsky.social where they interviewed some of the poet-researchers attending ✨

DHSS FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg@dhssfau.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🎙️ On CJLO Radio @cris-ortega.bsky.social, a PhD fellow at the RTG @grk2806.bsky.social featured on Sonic Lit: A SpokenWeb Radio Show as part of “Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe”. Listen now: 🎧 cjlo.com/shows/sonic-... #DHSSFAU #FAU #DigitalHumanities #CJLO #SonicLit #Poetry #GRK2806

SLAM25, the international German-speaking poetry slam championship, took place two weeks ago! I was happy to toast with Denise Bretz from Lektora to celebrate their successful data donation for the creation of a poetry slam corpus of over 3,800 poetry slam texts for my master's thesis last summer 🎉

Selfie of Denise Bretz and me in front of the official banner of the publisher Lektora

I'm happy to announce that I am now a fellow of the RTG Literature and the Public Sphere at FAU! 🎉 In my PhD project I'm taking a multimodal approach to corpus creation & slam performance, investigating the role of corporeality in poetry slam. #DH #CLS @grk2806.bsky.social @dhssfau.bsky.social

Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · 11mo ago

That means we’re welcoming not 11, but 12 (!) new PhD candidates, including three #DigitalHumanities projects that I’m lucky to be involved in: Cris Ortega (multimodal poetry slam corpus) Charlotte Panušková (digital social reading in the Czech Republic) Luise Prager (stylometry & literary prizes)

I really enjoyed Jack Halberstam's lecture on anarchitecture & its relation to trans* bodies at @fau.de today! Material & social cutting of bodies as part of trans* experiences & the use of anarchitectural language to form imaginaries, deeply resonated with me. Can't wait for tomorrow's masterclass!

Foto of Jack Halberstam speaking at his lecture, behind him a slide of his presentation showcasing the artwork "Fixed Crane" (2024) by Nicole Eisenman
FAU PHIL@fauphil.bsky.social · last yr.

Join us at @fau.de for an open lecture by Prof. Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) – leading thinker in queer & gender studies. Topic: “Broken Windows: The Art of Demolition” June 30, 18 h, Alter Senatssaal, Erlangen and two more events! More information: www.angam.phil.fau.de/2025/05/25/r...

I'm happy that I could share my passion for poetry slam & the potential for scientific exploration in DH, and introduce my corpus of German poetry slam texts at today's presentation! The lively discussion and the exciting Ideas for further use cases will be a massive enrichment for further studies!

Anastasia Glawion @anastasiaglawion.bsky.social · last yr.

So excited for today! Cris Ortega is writing his MA-thesis on poetry slam texts with me and Sabine Lang. Today's talk is going to give an insight into the textual data and the research questions that he is exploring in his thesis. @sabinelang.bsky.social @cris-ortega.bsky.social