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Is internet archiving a specific problem of fandom?

Recently, I attended an internet archiving vocational training held by our National Library. Most of the other attendees came from libraries – I did, too. We all had somewhat different experiences regarding internet archiving. The National Library is doing complete

Szabo Dorottya 16/03/202316/03/2023 No Comments Read more

Emotional Connotation of Ao3 Fanfiction Tags

A student researcher is researching emotional responses to fanwork tagging. The research has been approved by their institution and all participant information is confidential. The survey is open to any AO3 readers 13 or above. To take part or signal

Szabo Dorottya 03/03/202303/03/2023 No Comments Read more

AO3 Tag Preference Survey

Student researcher Alexandra Davila has created a survey on readers’ tag preferences on AO3.  The research has been approved by their institution and all participant information is confidential.  The survey is open to any AO3 readers 13 or above.  To

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Aca fan discourse, fandom academic discourse

Fan criticism is the institutionalization of feminime reading practices just as the dominant mode of academic criticism is the institutionalization of masculine learning practices. JENKINS, HENRY (1992). TEXTUAL POACHER, ROUTLEDGE, 118. If Jenkins already saw fandom as a type of

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An update from the blogger

I apologise for being absent for so long. Funnily, neglecting this blog resulted from the work needed for preparing for a conference. So I thought, why not talk about our conference experiences. This was a multidisciplinary conference for students and

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There is something queer here

The question of queerness in fandom is as old as fandom studies itself. It can be said that The queerness of podfic exists in the text itself, because the stories are about queer characters and relationships, and in the reader’s

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Boundaries of fannishness in yaoi fanzines

When theorizing fanworks as a genre of its own, it is always interesting to look at works that are not transformative in their nature but they are related to fandom in some way. That’s why I was excited to find

Szabo Dorottya 10/06/202210/06/2022 1 Comment Read more

Signal Boost: A Survey About the Tag Exclude Function

Our last drive is over, Election is upon us soon, k-pop groups are making their comebacks left and right, Star Wars released a truly marvel worthy material (pun intended) and it is time for another survey. Sarah Bieletzki is working

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The Man with Qualities

Twitter user kawí brought the idea of featureless protagonist in video games. There is a reason I didn’t make that connection before and that reason is a presupposition. Video games, to state the obvious, brings the question of games into

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Imagination Gaps: Magic and Language in SFF

I’ve been thinking a lot about magic this week.  As an SFF writer (both in fandom and outside of it), almost all of my work involves building fantastical worlds and magical systems that are both realistic and believable. Systems in

Shyam 04/04/202204/04/2022 No Comments Read more
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