Prof. Dr. Petra Löffler

Petra Löffler is a Media and Material Culture Theorist.

She has been Professor for Theory and History of Contemporary Media at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg since May 2020. From 2019–2020 she was Research Associate in the project Filtering at the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«.

Petra Löffler has held research and teaching positions at the Universities of Cologne, Regensburg, Vienna, Weimar and Lüneburg and was Guest Professor for Media History and Visual Culture at University of Siegen, for Media Philosophy at Bauhaus University, Weimar and Guest Professor at the Institute for Cultural Theory and History of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

She is author of several edited volumes and books on Media archaeology, Ecology and Media practices: the monograph »Verteilte Aufmerksamkeit. Eine Mediengeschichte der Zerstreuung« (2014) and the collaboration »Bilder verteilen. Fotografische Praktiken in der digitalen Kultur« (2018) among others. 2008–2019 she was editor of »Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft«.

Field
Cultural History & Theory
Projects
Filtering (Associated Member)
Email Address
petra.loeffler [​at​] uol.de
Website
https://uol.de/kunst/lehrende/prof-i-r-und-ehemalige/prof-dr-petra-loeffler
Address

Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Ammerländer Heerstr. 114–118
Oldenburg

Publications

Monographs & Books

Gerling, W., Holschbach, S., Löffler, P. 2018. Bilder verteilen. Fotografische Praktiken in der digitalen Kultur. Bielefeld: transcript.

Edited Volumes & Exhibition Catalogues

Gal, R. P., Löffler, P. eds. 2021. Earth and Beyond in Tumultuous Times. A Critical Atlas of the Anthropocene. Future Ecologies Series, edited by Löffler, P.; Mareis, C.; Sprenger, F. Lüneburg: meson press. https://doi.org/10.14619/1891

Krause Wahl, A., Löffler, P., Söll, Ä. eds. 2021. Materials, Practics and Politics of Shine in Modern Art and Popular Culture. New York; London: Bloomsbury.

Friedrich, A., Löffler, P., Schrape, N., Sprenger, F. eds. 2018. Ökologien der Erde – Geschichte und Aktualität der Gaia-Hypothese. Lüneburg: Meson-Press. https://doi.org/10.14619/1204

Articles in Edited Volumes

Löffler, P. 2021. »Colonizing the Ocean: Coral Reef Histories in the Anthropocene.« In Earth and Beyond in Tumultuous Times. A Critical Atlas of the Anthropocene, edited by Gál, R. P. Löffler, P. Lüneburg: meson press, 185-213. https://doi.org/10.14619/1891

Löffler, P. 2021. »Flickering Lights. Shine and Diversion in Weimar Cinema.« In Materials, Practics and Politics of Shine in Modern Art and Popular Culture, edited by Krause Wahl, A., Löffler, P., Söll, Ä. New York; London: Bloomsbury,

Löffler, P. 2020. »Counter-Media-Environments. Ästhetik und Geopolitik nach McLuhan.« In Milieu Fragmente - Technologische und Ästhetische Perspektiven, edited by Ladewig, R. Seppi, A. Leipzig: Spector Books, 367-376.

Löffler, P. 2019. »Molekulare Montage und verteilte Aufmerksamkeit. Zu Leviathan von Lucien Castaing-Taylor und Véréna Paravel.« In Cutting Edge! Postionen zur Filmmontage, edited by Doll, M. Berlin: Bertz+Fischer, 25-38.

Löffler, P. 2019. »Ökologien medialer Praktiken.« In Materialität der Kooperation, edited by Gießmann, S., Röhl, T., Trischler, R. Berlin: De Gryuter, 373-398.

Löffler, P. 2018. »Gaia’s Fortune. Kosmopolitik und Ökologie der Praktiken bei Latour und Stengers.« In Ökologien der Erde – Geschichte und Aktualität der Gaia-Hypothese, edited by Friedrich, A., Löffler, P., Schrape, N., Sprenger, F. Lüneburg: Meson-Press, 95-121. https://doi.org/10.14619/1204

Articles

Löffler, P., Perraudin, L., Schneider, B. 2020. »Making Things otherwise. An Interview with Jennifer Gabrys and Kathryn Yusoff about Feminist Criticism of the Anthropocene, Decolonizing Geology and Sensing Media Environments.« Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft (ZfM), 23, Zirkulationen, 138–151. https://zfmedienwissenschaft.de/online/making-things-otherwise

Talks & Events

Talks & Presentations

Löffler, P. Times of Waste Symposium. Panel Presentation at Symposium. Times of Waste, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst FHNW, Basel, Cluster MoA, Berlin, Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin. Virtual. 17 June 2021. https://times-of-waste.ch

Events & Workshops

Krauthausen, K., Löffler, P. Membranes as Matters of Activity: Mathias Grote & Jürgen Rabe. Workshop. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin. 10 January 2020.

Löffler, P., Ribault, P, Müller, M. im/Perfection, Im/ perfect Figurations in Nature. Lecture series. Department of Cultural History and Theory, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. With contributions by Löffler, P., Ribault, P, Müller, M., Bublitz, H., Tikka, E., Kassung, C., De Visscher, E., Quinz, E., Schäffner, W., Bruns, C., Wehrli, P., Allen, J., Lang, C. 18 April 2019 - 11 July 2019.

Awards & Funding

External Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships & Residencies

Löffler, P. 2017. Senior Fellow at the MECS Leuphana-University Lüneburg. DFG, Fellowship. https://www.leuphana.de/dfg-programme/mecs.html

Löffler, P. 2015. Senior Fellow at the IKKM, Bauhaus-University Weimar. BMBF, Fellowship. https://ikkm-weimar.de

Networks

Editorial Works

Löffler, P. 2008- 2019. Editor of "Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft". Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft. https://zfmedienwissenschaft.de

Memberships

Löffler, P. Since 2008. Member of the German Society for Media Studies. https://gfmedienwissenschaft.de/home