Rarely are computing systems developed entirely by members of the communities they serve, particularly when that community is underrepresented in computing. Archive of Our Own (AO3), a fan fiction archive with nearly 750,000 users and over 2 million individual works,
[QUOTE] From A brief history of fan fiction in Germany | Vera Cuntz-Leng | Transformative Works and Cultures
The significance of manga and anime in German fan fiction remains recognizable today. 29 percent of all pieces of fan fiction uploaded to FanFiktion.de and 49.5 percent of the 148,220 fan writings on Animexx are categorized as manga/anime (the latter
An Archive of Their Own: A Case Study of Feminist HCI and Values in Design (CHI 2016)
An Archive of Their Own: A Case Study of Feminist HCI and Values in Design (CHI 2016) cfiesler: In which my study about the design of AO3 not only gets into the big publication venue in my field, but also
Ao3 is one of TIME’s 50 best websites of 2013
Ao3 is one of TIME’s 50 best websites of 2013 erindizmo: corpsereviver2: Link is to full list. But wow, Ao3 gets a positive mention for being well organized. Also, way to not mock fanfic, TIME. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! (And the AO3’s specific
[LINK] A thesis on the AO3’s tagging system
transformativeworks linked to a study of AO3 tagging and said: A thesis written about the AO3’s tagging system “attempts to begin exploring the question of what kind of environment the site’s particular blend of open social tagging and some behind-the-scenes
[META] ilovecharts: Crossover fics between the top 20 TV fandoms on AO3
ilovecharts: Crossover fics between the top 20 TV fandoms on AO3 –saspiesas [An explanation and thoughts behind it] Data analysis of the AO3 using processing.js, a programming language for visualizing data on the web. When you’re done reading the explanation for the
[META] Radical Creativity: Fandom and Digital Praxis
I’ve spent most of the last week at a series of digital events – Innovate/Activate 2.0, the Students for Free Culture Summit, the Swinging and Flowing conference on digital inclusion and diversity, and Rita Raley’s talk on tactical media. Looking
[META] Transformative Works, Transformative History
The latest issue of Transformative Works and Cultures has arrived, and it’s a special issue about “Fan Works and Fan Communities in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” edited by Nancy Reagin and Anne Rubenstein. There’s a lot of great material