Future developments


The projects that made possible the creation of the PO.EX Digital Archive ended in February 2012. And thus, funding from FCT and EU, which has allowed us to contract services, human resources (scholarships, consultants), and dissemination (missions) has ended as well. While new forms of funding does not arise, maintenance and ongoing management of this Archive is guaranteed by Rui Torres, with the unconditional support, friendship and patience of the authors represented here. (Thank you!)


Po-ex.net is a member of CELL-Consortium on Electronic Literature, of the ELO-Electronic Literature Organization. The Consortium on Electronic Literature is an initiative aimed at developing partnerships among organizations, universities, and publishers for the purpose of sharing research in the area of electronic literature. CELL stems from a desire to establish cooperative communication among databases devoted to electronic literature worldwide. In a word, the goal of CELL is interoperability.

Members of CELL :

  • ebr – Electronic Book Review
  • ELMCIP – Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice
  • Hermeneia – The Literary Studies and Digital Technologies Research Group
  • I ♥ E-Poetry
  • LIKUMED – LIteratur KUnst und neue MEDien
  • NT2 – The Canadian Directory of Electronic Literatures
  • PO.EX – PO.EX’70-80 – Digital Archive of Portuguese Experimental Literature

Representants of Po-ex.net in CELL:


This project also has the institutional support of the Gabinete de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento da Investigação of UFP.


And what now, José? > Now we are motivated to continue. So we are interested in finding new partnerships and fundings in order to ensure a sustainable development of this Digital Archive…


Interested in knowing more about this project? Read some of the recommendations, reviews and references we are receiving. Or build a list of all the articles available here with references to the PO.EX Archive.


Credits, Funding, Copyright


FCT/EU projects team > Principal Researcher: Rui Torres | Researchers: Pedro Reis, Pedro Barbosa, Maria do Carmo Castelo Branco, Elisa Costa, Elsa Simões, José Manuel Torres, Nuno M. Ribeiro, Ana C. Moutinho, Eduardo Paz Barroso, Manuel Portela, Débora Silva, Fabiano Correa da Silva, João Donga and Maria do Céu Melro | Consultants: E. M. de Melo e Castro, Sérgio Bairon, Fernando Aguiar, Jorge Luiz Antonio, Pedro Barbosa, Johanna Drucker and Christopher Funkhouser | Research Fellows > Raquel Monteiro, Rodrigo Melo, Ciro Miranda, André Seixas, Andreia Alexandra Nogueira, Diogo Gomes, Helena Marinho, Alexandre Rocha and André Carvalho.


Po-ex.net team >


Partners >


Friends of the project > In addition to the authors, researchers, consultants and scholarship holders of the projects, we would like to thank some people who have contributed positively to the development of Po-ex.net: Alckmar dos Santos, Alegna Cammarano, Alexandra Antunes, Anabela G. e Bruno C. (and family of Abílio-José Santos), Ana Santos (LabTV – UFP), aranhiças & elefantes, Audrei de Carvalho, Catarina Figueiredo Cardoso, Charles Baldwin, Cláudio Fajardo, Claus Cluver, Daniel Pires (Maus Hábitos), Eugenio Tisselli, Eunice Ribeiro, Friedrich W. Block, Gloria Bordons, Isabel Basto, João Fernandes, José Bacelar, Laura Borràs, Lis Costa, Luís Aly, Luís Carlos Petry, Mandrágora, Marcos Aragão Correia (son of António Aragão), Miguel Azguime, Nuno F. Ferreira, Nuno M Cardoso, Philippe Bootz, Salette Brandão (daughter of Salette Tavares, Scott Rettberg, Sónia Oliveira (Serralves Library) and University Fernando Pessoa.


Copyright > The documents available in the PO.EX Digital Archive [texts, images, sounds, videos, software] are digital representations of works with clearly identified authors. These authors, or their legal representatives, have authorized the reproduction/presentation of those documents here, but they are the only legal copyright holders of the works. The (re)use of works reproduced here thus implies an explicit authorization by the authors that you, dear reader, must get. While we can, in some cases, assist you and facilitate such contacts, we hold no liability for unauthorized publications.