(… ) racial and ethnic identity must be considered as important to our conceptualizations about fandom spaces as we have always considered gender and sexuality. To do otherwise will be to repeat the mistakes of fields such as feminist and
Going on right now: Fan Studies Network Conference 2017
Your Fanhackers mods elmyra and Nele are in Huddersfield this weekend for the Fan Studies Network Conference 2017. Keep an eye on the #FSN2017 Twitter hashtag and the @fanhackers Twitter account for live updates from the conference.
List of openly accessible fan culture and popular culture studies journals
List of openly accessible fan culture and popular culture studies journals The list is in French, but the journals listed are all in English, and they’re all free to access for anyone. Excellent resource.
The Fanfiction Reader: Folk Tales for the Digital Age
The Fanfiction Reader: Folk Tales for the Digital Age francescacoppa: Ta-da! Straight from its debut this weekend in Chicago at SCMS 2017! The Fanfiction Reader: Folk Tales for the Digital Age is a collection of fanfiction stories from a variety of
Going on right now: fan studies tweets from the SCMS conference
fanhackers: The 2017 conference of the Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) is underway in Chicago until March 26th. SCMS is massive, and like every year, it features many great panels on the latest fan studies research. Definitely check out
Going on right now: fan studies tweets from the SCMS conference
The 2017 conference of the Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) is underway in Chicago until March 26th. SCMS is massive, and like every year, it features many great panels on the latest fan studies research. Definitely check out #FaAS,
Looking for fan studies work from a network science POV
val-mora asked: Do you (collectively) know anyone who is taking a network science approach, rather than a humanities/social science approach, to fan studies, that I can learn from? I’m an undergraduate in engineering and am looking for ways to make
Fan fiction archives can teach information science about what it means to try to preserve culture in the moment of its unfolding, cultural forms at their peak production levels. Information science understands a lot about preserving cultural objects that are
[QUOTE] From Ba Zi, 9c. Fair Use and the Translation Stranglehold
This problem is especially pernicious in–though as the J.K. Rowling/Harry Potter lexicon case demonstrates, not limited to–visual media, where the legal cases involving images and questions of fair use have placed far more limited restrictions on what can be done
Syllabi for fan studies classes
Syllabi for fan studies classes Great list of syllabi on a wide range of fandom-related topics. Check them out, and add your own if you’re a teacher.