#aca-fan

[jazzandthek]

19.12.07.// Where?? Did the time go?? I only have a week left in Korea before heading back to Vancouver for spring semester and I’m feeling awfully reminiscent. Spending my Saturday catching up on some reading, grading finals, and preparing for the BTS conference in January. If anyone else is going, let me know! I’m quite nervous to be going to London solo, so I’d love to make some Aca-ARMY friends before I leave! 

[aca-panic]

Reaction videos

The other day I watched a couple of reaction videos of someone watching scenes from Hamilton for the first time. They knew absolutely nothing about the show or the story. Why haven't I been using these for my dissertation? I don't need to interview them. I get real, citable reactions to their first time seeing and hearing Hamilton. I'm going to keep this in mind going forward.

Once I'm done with my dissertation, I'm done with it. I have a couple of book ideas that come from it, but the dissertation is not getting revised into a book. I have a couple of other projects that can also benefit from reaction videos. YouTube is such a great resource for Popular Culture scholars!

[oulfis]

CFP: Revisiting the Aca-fan Concept with and beyond Jenkins

CFP: Call for Submissions for chapters in an edited book Book title: *Revisiting the Aca-fan Concept with and beyond Jenkins* Submission deadline: October 1st, 2016. Editor: Prof. Frédéric Gimello-…

This seems of interest to some of my friends here?

[daynacphdblogs]

Fandom

Today I have been revisiting Henry Jenkins’ canonical text on fandom, Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. As I was reading it I couldn’t help but reflect not only on my immediate work on Black American fans of contemporary television programs (e.g. Scandal, Being Mary Jane, Empire, etc.) but also on my own experience being a fan. My primary experience with fandom has been music related. As a teen I would buy magazines just to post the pictures of Aaliyah, Jodeci, Dru Hill, TLC on my bedroom wall or carry around in a curated binder with associated articles and other items. I recently have become interested and a part of a new world of music fandom: K-pop. K-pop, in many ways, takes my back to my days as a teenager in the late 90s and early 00s. Yesterday, for instance, I found myself being as excited for the release of the new EXO album as I was whenever my favorite American artist dropped an album back in the day. 

In the near future I will share more about my work on Black American fans of contemporary television programs on this blog, and also place such work in context of my own experience of being what Jenkins calls an “aca-fan” (academic fan). 

As a side note: Check out EXO’s 2nd LP Exodus! Both the Korean and Mandarin versions sound awesome. 

[briannaisuntitledatpresstime]

SEEKING INPUT ON MY HONORS THESIS RE: SLASH FICTION!

Seeking input for my honors thesis on public perception of fandom culture and slash fiction over time.

Hello, everyone!

I'm going to add photos to this post because I know that my attention is usually more effectively caught by photos and images than just text alone when I'm scrolling through a feed of content. :P

In doing my thesis research on slash fiction...

I have gathered that in the past, people who read or wrote slash fiction felt a need to hide it from their families and those they worked with for fear of being judged as weird or perverted, or getting fired.

What I'm wondering though, is if that attititude has changed in recent years. Slash fiction has been written about in mainstream media like the New York Times and fan communities have become more visible with the growing popularity of social media. There has also been greater acceptance of the LGBTQ community in recent years.

I'm wondering if all of this has influenced how people perceive slash fiction and how those who read and write it perceive non-fans' perception of them. Obviously that sense of keeping our slashy interests on the DL still exists, but I'm wondering if it's lessened significantly as a general trend.

THIS IS THE PART WHERE ALL OF YOU COME IN.

Later this term, I will be putting together a survey for slash fans to answer, regarding your fannish interests and practices, demographic information, and how you feel perception of fandom culture and slash fiction has changed over time, or if you're a young fan, what you feel the status quo is right now. I'm particularly interested in hearing from older fans who have firsthand experience with being part of slash fandom during the '70s, '80s, or '90s, but I'm open to hearing from everyone who feels they have something to say on the matter.

If you are interested in helping me out with my research, please 'favorite' or reblog this post and I'll refer to the list of notes it accumulates when I have the actual survey put together. I will also create a new post with the link on my blog at a later date.

Thank you, everyone!

[queertoonqueertoons]

Next Essay: Race in the Avatar Universe (and Beyond)

Alright so I'm about to dive into my next essay.  Based on people's responses it's looking like "Race-bending Characters and White-washing Voices" was the popular choice.  

If anyone has any links to their favourite Korra cosplayers, I would be eternally grateful.  Cosplay is the newest facet of my fandom research and I feel really behind on the times.  Help a fangirl out?

[fuckyeahimagination-blog]

i should totally get a 10 by default in my dissertation just for the countless endless nights I've spent on tumblr doing research my thesis is on fanfiction