BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//conline.club//Conline//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:FEATURED PANEL: Chinese Fandoms and Fan Cultures DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201014T200000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:113global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:
Zhuo Zeng \;(London School of Economic
s and Political Science)\, \;"\;The Clash of Fand
om and Passer-By: How Does Conflict Between Real-Person Fandom and Other N
etizens Happen?"\;
\n
\nXiaofei Yang \;(RMIT University\, Melbourne)\, "\;Women'\;s Engagement with Gay Ma
le Discourse in Chinese New Media"\;
\n
\nLan Tian <
/strong>(Tsinghua University)\, \;"\;Democratic C
yberspace of Idol-Voting Events: A Dual-Projective Mechanism"\;
(moderators: Lori Morimoto &\; Louisa Stein)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-14/track-1/featured-panel-chinese-fandoms-and-fan-cultures/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Plenary Event: K-Pop: Fandom\, Politics\, Digital Influence DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201016T190000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:114global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Panelists: Crystal Abidin (Curtin Univeristy)\, \;Crystal Anderson (George Mas on University)\, \;Michelle Cho (University of Toront o)\, \;Miranda Larsen (Tokyo University)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-16/track-1/plenary-event-k-pop-fandom-politics-digital-influe / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:KEYNOTE EVENT: Dr. Rebecca Wanzo in Conversation DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201013T160000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:115global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-13/track-1/keynote-event-dr-rebecca-wanzo-in-conversation/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Vid Show: Fan Video Refractions DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201015T180000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:116global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION: URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-15/track-1/vid-show-fan-video-refractions/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Embodied Fan Identities and Practices DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201013T100000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:117global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:This salon will explore how we make sense of embodied fan i dentities in real-world spaces. These analyses of embodied fandom\, broadl y conceived\, should be placed in direct conversation with how lived ident ity markers such as race\, age\, ability\, size\, gender or gender present ation\, sexuality\, and nationality shape the fan experience and/or intera ct with hegemonic understandings of &ldquo\;fan identity.&rdquo\; The goal of this salon is to explore to what degree our understanding of the pheno menological or affective experience of &ldquo\;fan identity&rdquo\; manife sts in and/or is or performed through various embodied fan performances an d practices.
\n\nParticipants: Suzanne Scott\, Univ ersity of Texas Austin\; Jessica Haustch\, Stony Brook University\; Rebecc a Rowe\; EJ Nielsen\, University of Massachusetts Amherst\; Ashley Smalls\ ; Alexandra Harlig\; Liz Laurie
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-13/track-1/salon-embodied-fan-identities-and-practices/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Who Gets to Be a Fan? Identity Politics in Superhero Fandom DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201013T120000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:118global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Superhero fandom is often thought of as a predominantly whi te male space. Because of this\, there have been a number of controversies involving diversity and identity in superhero texts. Such incidents inclu de a 2017 interview in which Marvel Comics&rsquo\; vice president of sales David Gabriel said that fans &ldquo\;didn&rsquo\;t want any more diversit y\,&rdquo\; as well as the widely circulated false claim that \;Ca ptain Marvel \;lead actress Brie Larson did not want white men to see the 2019 movie. Recent research suggests both media producers and fan s are responsible for creating &ldquo\;a narrow\, frequently gendered\, vi sion of fan identity and participation over the past decade&rdquo\; (Scott \, 2019\, p. 21) in an effort &ldquo\;to homogenize fandom itself&rdquo\; (p. 11).
\n\nBeginning from the perspective that the &ldquo\;proper& rdquo\; audience for a text is a discursive construction rather than an ob jective truth\, this salon asks questions including (but not limited to): What are the roles fans and producers play in constructing the idea that s uperhero fans are mostly white men? What does the fandom look like\, and h ow has it changed in recent years? What can fans and producers do to have a positive social impact on the fandom? \; \; \;
\n\nThis salon invites participation from scholars who work wit hin game studies\, material culture\, transmedia storytelling\, and fandom scholarship. As both board and video games have only increased in popular ity\, this salon seeks to better understand several provisionally theorize d ways in which participants and fans engage with the gaming hobby. Schola rs have posited the way that gameplay can be a fan practice\, while also e xamining game players as fans themselves. The gameplay-as-fan-practice per spective suggests that players can use gameplay to write alternate histori es that obey franchise constraints with non-canonical outcomes. In the rea lm of board gaming\, miniatures-as-toys situates these game tokens as toye tic objects\, accessible both within the framework of the game rules\, but also as purely ludic objects to be played with\, displayed\, modified\, p hotographed\, and traded\, outside of their use as game pieces. These and other intersections between game rules\, physical figurines\, and transmed ia narratives promise productive\, cross-disciplinary explorations of a ma terialized media form.
\n\nParticipants: Gr eg Loring-Albright (Drexel University)\, \;Jonathon L undy (Drexel University)\, Miyoko Conley (University of Californi a\, Berkeley)\, Danielle Hart (Miami University)\, David Kocik (University of Wisconsin\, Milwaukee) \;(Paul Booth\, moderator)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-13/track-1/salon-fandom-and-gaming/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Close Literary Analysis of Fanfiction as Trauma Text DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201013T180000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:120global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:The Fan Fiction Studies Reader \;(eds. Busse a nd Hellekson) from 2014 collected studies of fanfiction as literary artifa cts\, and 2017&rsquo\;s \;The Fanfiction Reader \;(ed. Co ppa) developed this idea further\, collecting fanworks as well as a critic al introduction to each of its &ldquo\;folk tales.&rdquo\; The development of literary techniques as a dominant fan studies method has been inevitab ly stymied\, however\, in many ways by the overwhelming body of text&mdash \;not only of the fanworks themselves\, but the source material from which they originate\, as well as their subcultural and counterpublic contexts. But fanfiction offers uniquely intimate literary examples of personal wri ting\, and\, in the case of &ldquo\;trauma texts&rdquo\;&mdash\;semi-autob iographical works that combine life writing and memoir with the political\ , social\, and emotional context of characters&rsquo\; trauma&mdash\;it al so creates works that use the extant canon to draw from and elaborate upon writers&rsquo\; personal experiences. Of relevance are contemporary fando m wars over the appropriateness of &ldquo\;darkfic&rdquo\; and other traum atic texts touching on issues of violence and sexuality. As diverse as the authors and instances of these trauma texts may be\, they are also police d or silenced according to questions of who gets to write autobiographical ly\, and under what conditions\; how do the power relations of race\, gend er\, and disability\, for example\, matter to the ethics of telling trauma ? \;How do trauma texts reflect their positionality of their authors a s much as their characters? What are the advantages and disadvantages of t elling trauma via the vehicle of another&rsquo\;s story? \;This salon examines specific examples of fanfiction as trauma text&mdash\;contemporar y\, historical\, personal\, political&mdash\;and explore ways in which thi s form provides a unique space for the literary exploration of trauma\, in cluding what Whitlock and Douglas call &ldquo\;the ethics of testimony and witnessing\, the commodification of traumatic story\, and [the] politics of recognition&rdquo\; (2009) for both the wider field of trauma texts\, a nd fanfiction itself.
\n\nParticipants: JSA Lowe (University of Houston)\, \;Lucy Baker (Texas A&\;M University)\, Maria Alberto (University of Utah)\, Giovan a Santana Carlos\, Linda Howell (University of North Florida)\, \;Dean Leetal (Tel Aviv University)\, Lauren Rouse (University of Central Florid a) (Effie Sapuridis &\; Cait Coker\, moderators)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-13/track-1/salon-close-literary-analysis-of-fanfiction-as-tra / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: "So\, this is how liberty dies\, with thunderous applause": Fandom\, Politics\, Public Discourse and Democracy DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201013T210000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:121global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Western civilizations commonly frame news and politics as i nformative\, to encourage logical public discourse to promote collaborativ e problem solving. Fandom\, however\, is primarily affective-based\, with motivations to consume influenced by emotional relationships to some objec t of affection. However\, in the 21st \;century\, many journalists\, p olitical analysts\, and politicians reconceptualize citizens and constitue nts as fans. For example\, politicians talk about their loyal constituents and utilizing grassroots campaigns in ways similar to media producers dis cuss their fans. Thus\, a politician builds a fandom around themselves and persuades it to engage in certain civic activities. This type of politica l organizing\, however\, often becomes criticized as populism and is seen as antithetical to democracy. Such framing would see fandom as antithetica l to democracy.
\n\nIt may also be true\, however\, that such affect ive organizing exists at the core democratic participation\, providing the impetus to become involved\, and thus fandom essentially has always been a part of democracy. If citizenship is performance\, and fan communities p rovide a space in which to experience and enact a political identity\, the n when citizens or politicians bring fandom into politics\, they do so bas ed on generating an affective citizenship to encourage political citizensh ip and help people fulfill their legal-judicial citizenship. Western-style democracies\, for example\, perhaps cultivate and encourage affective pol itical engagement\, at least since the rise of &ldquo\;commoners&rdquo\; v oting. \;
\n\nThis salon tackles the question: &ldquo\;what woul d happen to political engagement and democracy if we consider citizens as fans\, and what are the benefits/drawbacks of this type of framing?&rdquo\ ;
\n\nParticipants: CarrieLynn Reinhard (Dominican University)\, \;Namita Gupta\, Stace y Lantagne (University of MIssissippi) (Amber Davisson &\; Ashley H inck\, moderators)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-13/track-1/salon-so-this-is-how-liberty-dies-with-thunderous- / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Good Fan\, Bad Fan? On Politics\, Appropriateness\, and Tox icity in Global Pop Culture Fandoms DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201014T080000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:122global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Between K-pop fans interfering with U.S. politics\, calls f or Disney&rsquo\;s Mulan to be boycotted because of the lead&rsquo\;s supp ort for the Hong Kong police\, and Taylor Swift&rsquo\;s political revelat ions\, this year has been an eventful one for fandoms worldwide. And altho ugh such developments are not new\, fans and anti-fans alike seem more voc al about what they consider &lsquo\;good&rsquo\; or &lsquo\;bad&rsquo\; fa n engagement.
\n\nThis salon explores the various practices\, forms of engagement\, and processes of the &lsquo\;politics&rsquo\; of fandom in a global context. We are seeking contributions which ask what is acceptab le\, or appropriate fan engagement? And when (and who) do we consider thes e affective investments as good or positive\, or harmful\, &lsquo\;bad&rsq uo\;\, or even toxic? Beyond simply &lsquo\;cancel culture&rsquo\;\, an ov erwhelmingly white\, Anglo-centric form of boycott\, we aim to address the se types of engagement in a global context\, to explore a worldwide emerge nce of\, and offer a firm context to\, this phenomenon. We are particularl y interested in interdisciplinary perspectives\, allowing scrutiny of thes e developments with fan studies at their core but also inviting perspectiv es from other disciplines and a global and/or transcultural context to bet ter understand them.
\n\nParticipants: \;
Fans demonstrate a broad interest in the past\, both of the ir objects of fandom and of their own communities. They collect\, catalog\ , preserve\, restore\, and publicly display historical artifacts and infor mation in their own archives and museums. They study archival materials an d collections\, interview witnesses\, and read historical scholarship\, de veloping historical narratives and theses. Their research materializes in the form of analog and digital nonfiction media such as print and online p ublications\, documentaries\, podcasts\, video tutorials\, and pedagogical initiatives. Through their work\, fans historicize their own fandom and t ie it into broader historical questions\, connecting to issues like herita ge\, race\, sexuality\, gender\, and the nation. While some fans do this a s community historians\, focused on small and self-financed groups\, other s work within large and well-known cultural organizations and businesses\, bringing this work into the mainstream.
\n\nThe goal for this salon is to collectively discuss the question of how fans produce knowledge abo ut the past and actively engage with history. Together\, participants will explore \;practices\, objects\, and networks that have found little a ttention\, such as: the distinct forms of historical media fans produce\; community structures and hierarchies with history-making at their center: fan historians&rsquo\; relationship to the media industries\; the impact o f fan labor on cultural heritage\; intersections between fandom and histor ical societies\; discrimination and harassment in fan-made histories.
\ n\nParticipants: Phillip Dominik Keidl (University of Frankfort)\, \;Abby Waysdorf (Utrech t University)\, \;Stephen Cass\, \;Lies Lanckman \; \;(Uni versity of Hertfordshire)\, \;Kyle Meikle (University of Baltimore)\,& nbsp\;Taylore Woodhouse (University of Wisconsin\, Madison) (moderator : Louisa Stein)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-14/track-1/salon-fan-made-histories/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: The Future of Dis/Ability Fan Studies DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201014T120000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:124global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Please do NOT tag presenter Lauren Rouse in any soc
ial media concerning her discussion of Voltron fandom.
\n
\nAs critical disability studies evolve\, fan and audience studies have
begun to engage with conversations around fandom and disability. We have
seen a recent increase in scholarship particularly around embodied experie
nces of dis/ability\, focusing around limited or frustrated access to fan
spaces and modes of engagement such as cosplay\, pilgrimage\, and performa
nce. This salon calls for a deepening of those conversations: we ask parti
cipants to consider the ways fan studies has historically dealt with the i
dentities and experiences of differently abled audiences\, but also to con
sider how we might extend our theoretical and methodological scope to enco
mpass the diversity of dis/ability within fandom.
Partic ipants: Olivia Riley (University of Wisconsin\, Madison)\, \;  \;Leah Steuer (University of Wisconsin\, Madison)\, Mark Duffett (Uni versity of Chester)\, \;Brianna Dym (University of Colorado)\, \;L auren Rouse \;(University of Central Florida) (moderator: Jacinta Yanders)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-14/track-1/salon-the-future-of-disability-fan-studies/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:WORKSHOP: Fan Studies and Archival Research DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201014T140000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:125global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:This workshop will introduce the basics of archival researc h for fan studies scholars. Drawing upon the wide variety of materials hel d at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Collection at Texas A&\;M and at other institutions\, we will demonstrate how to locate relevant ma terials in library collections and how to conduct archival research virtua lly and in person by working through sample research queries. We will also provide a historical material overview to discuss the challenges of prese rving and handling ephemera that truly were not meant to last as long as t hey have\, and what this can mean for researchers going forward. We will a lso touch briefly on issues of access\, copyright\, and ethics in looking at these materials\, as the custom pre-internet was for people to use thei r real names as well as pseudonyms\, and the difficulties this can present when trying to publish work.
\n\nFacilitators:
What does it mean to be a sports fan during a global pandem ic? During times of urgency and unrest over social injustice? As fans\, wh at is our responsibility to athletes? To each other? In this salon\, we wi ll weigh in on the ethics of sports fandom during a time when athletes&rsq uo\; health and well-being&mdash\;always precarious and subject to the bio political control of capitalist enterprises&mdash\;is further endangered b y COVID-19 and the necessary bodily proximity of athletic competitions the mselves. Furthermore\, at a time when such capitalist enterprises have emb raced &ldquo\;Black Lives Matter&rdquo\; as a corporate mantra to be plast ered on jerseys\, how can we best support athletes working actively for so cial change? In addition\, we seek salon participants who consider the pos sibilities that this time of crisis presents for reshaping the world of sp orts and sports fandom. How might we transition to a mode of sports narrat ive consumption that better empowers athletes to improve their labor condi tions\, particularly at the collegiate level? How might we reformulate our conversations about looming medical crises like the concussion crisis in football in light of the epidemiological understanding of athletic precari ty induced by the pandemic? Can we develop a more ethical way of participa ting in the sports industrial complex\, or might we\, in some small way\, contribute to tearing it down? What does it mean to access sporting compet ition only in mediated spaces? What can this moment tell us about future d evelopments for sports spectatorship and fandom?
\n\nPartici pants: Noah Cohan (Washington University of St. Louis)\, Alex Kupfer (Vassar College)\, \;Kasey Symons (Swinburne Univ ersity of Technology)\, \;Elise Vist (University of Waterloo) (mod erator: Lesley Willard)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-14/track-1/salon-sports-fandemic-the-ethics-and-possibilities / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: The Practice and Politics of Theme Park Fandoms DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201015T080000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:127global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:This salon addresses the pleasures and politics of theme pa rks fans in the current moment\, when closures related to COVID-19 and wid espread protests against racism have fundamentally refigured the practices and politics of those fandoms. In the past several months\, theme parks a round the world have been forced to close due to the pandemic\, while they have also found themselves the focus of political debates linked to the e nforcing of wearing masks on-site and\, in Disney&rsquo\;s case\, represen tation and the Black Lives Matter movement. These developments have had an enormous impact upon fans who have often been ignored or maligned and mis understood.
\n\nParticipants: Kyle Meikle strong> (University of Baltimore)\, \;Rebecca Williams \;(University of South Wales)\, Jess Gibson (York University)\, Sabr ina Mittermeier\, \;Carter Moulton )Northwestern University)\, \;T om Robson (Millikin University) (moderator: Paul Booth)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-15/track-1/salon-the-practice-and-politics-of-theme-park-fand / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Online Spaces: The Present and Future of Virtual Fan Conven tions DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201015T100000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:128global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Many fan conventions have been postponed and cancelled in 2 020 due to the pandemic. However\, some smaller fan-run conventions (e.g. WisCon\, VidUKon\, CON.txt) translated their in-person programming into vi rtual forms. The necessity of moving online enacts and potentially redefin es &lsquo\;fan spaces&rsquo\;. For example\, this summer VidUKon used the new Conline platform for vidshows and panels\, and a Discord server for co nversation. This fannish &lsquo\;space&rsquo\; expanded across time zones and continents\; however\, while this facilitated broader access (to a con typically held in Wales)\, the text-based and fast-moving Discord chat ra ised accessibility issues along multiple axes including physical limitatio ns\, mental load\, and attention span. \;
\n\nIn this salon we w ill discuss online conventions &ndash\; as fandom studies scholars\, con a ttendees\, and organisers &ndash\; and reflect on what responses to the cr isis reveal about how media fandom events are planned and run.
\n\n<
strong>Participants: E. Charlotte Stevens (Birmi
ngham City University)\, Naomi Jacobs (Lancaster University)\, Melanie E.S
. Kohnen (Lewis and Clark University)\, \;Sebastian F.K. Svegaard (Bir
mingham City University) (moderator: Lesley Willard)
\n 
\;
That fan studies has a whiteness problem is not novel. In t
he age of COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter\, the need to address it has bec
ome all the more urgent. Yet in a classic case of people in positions of p
ower and privilege misunderstanding the difference between intent and impa
ct\, fandom and fan studies are failing to deal with how white supremacy m
anifests within. There are ways to have this conversation done well\, and
well\, we'\;re not doing it.
\n
\nI do not claim to be an ant
i-racism expert. As a Japanese-American with affluent parents who were a s
hining example of the Model Minority immigrant experience\, I have walked
through life with privilege and been complicit in white supremacy for most
of my life. My own learning has grown significantly since I joined the Pe
ople'\;s Theatre Project (PTP)\, an explicitly antiracist nonprofit tha
t creates ensemble-based theatre with and for immigrant and BIPOC communit
ies in New York City. Dismantling racism is a core part of our work. At PT
P\, we talk frequently about drawing on the '\;collective genius'\;&
nbsp\;of our artists\, staff\, and leadership to advocate for racial equit
y in the nonprofit industry and NYC'\;s arts and culture scene.
\n
\nDrawing on my experiences at the People'\;s Theatre Project and
as a scholar of color\, I propose a workshop to reimagine fan studies a m
ore equitable\, anti-racist discipline. Too long\, we'\;ve lived a defi
cit narrative that only serves to reinforce white privilege and the erasur
e of BIPOC fans and acafans. Past attempts have stopped at the '\;liste
ning phase'\; and become bogged down with discussions that distract fro
m the core issue. Following up on an editorial I wrote for Transformative
Works &\; Culture\, the goal of the workshop will be to begin a list of
actionable items that can set fan studies up as a more equitable space in
the short-term and long-term. I do not claim to have answers\, but I have
a Hufflepuffian hope that the scholars attending the 2020 Fan Studies Net
work-North America conference will\, through our collective genius.
Facilitator: Aya Esther Hayashi (Ind ependent Scholar)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-15/track-1/workshop-re-imagining-fan-studies-in-the-age-of-co / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Fandom and American Political Culture DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201015T160000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:130global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Writing in the midst of the 2019 Democratic Presidential\,& nbsp\;New York Times \;essayist Amanda Hess argued that fando m is &ldquo\;now a dominant mode of experiencing politics.&rdquo\; Indeed\ , our current political moment is filled with examples. Elizabeth Warren&r squo\;s supporters call her Hermione Granger\, and Harry Potter readers ha ve likened Betsy Devos to Delores Umbridge. The K-pop community has united to troll Trump campaign rallies and raise funds for Black Lives Matter. H arry Styles fans have attempted to mobilize his image as a populist figure \, and Bernie Sanders followers have proven themselves devoted Stans throu gh two election cycles. The turn toward popular culture fandom has introdu ced new practices into political campaigning\, created new networks for po litical action\, and offered citizens new ways to think about what it mean s to be politically engaged. This salon will examine these developments an d more\, with a focus on the question: how do citizens marshal the incredi ble resources of fandom to participate in American political culture?
\ n\nParticipation: Amber Davisson (Kee ne University)\, \;Ashley Hinck (Xavier University)\,  \;Kyra Hunting (University of Kentucky)\, \;Lucy Miller (Texas A& amp\;M University)\, \;Ashika Paramita \; \;(Deakin University )\, \;U. Bruce Texx \;(St. Cloud State University)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-15/track-1/salon-fandom-and-american-political-culture/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Adolescent Fans and Material Culture DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201016T070000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083255Z UID:131global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Despite their relevance\, adolescent fan communities have b een a neglected topic in academic studies. However\, the Internet and mobi le devices\, the fact of living in a multiplatform society\, define and co nfigure these communities. The question is how they relate to those mediat ed by analog instruments. \;To what extent do the traits chara cterizing the Western youth world of today beget new ways of being a fan?< /strong> \;We look for an interdisciplinary and transcultural conversa tion about fan practices\, and their ties to multimodal discourses\, mater ial tools\, affect\, or relationships with cultural industries. To open th e discussion\, the following issues will be introduced:
\n\nParticipants: Pilar Lacasa (University of Alcalá\;)\, Clarice Greco (Paulista University) \, \;Matt Griffin (University of Iowa)\, Namita Gupta\, \;Enoe Lop es Pontes (Universidade Federal da Bahia)\, \;Iris Barrajó\;n La ra \;(University of Alcalá\;)\, Araceli Parres (University of Al calá\;)\, \;Juliá\;n de la Fuente Prieto (University of Al calá\;)\, \;Alba Garcí\;a Vega \;(University of Alcal& aacute\;) (moderator: Lori Morimoto)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-16/track-1/salon-adolescent-fans-and-material-culture/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: From the 'enormous dunghill' to the 'garishly diverse': Sha kespeare and Anti-Fandom DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201016T090000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083256Z UID:132global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:In 1623\, poet and playwright Ben Jonson famously commemora ted Shakespeare as &ldquo\;not of an age\, but for all time.&rdquo\; Since that time\, Shakespeare&rsquo\;s reputation and central place in the lite rary canon and as Britain&rsquo\;s national poet has only grown\, such tha t today\, Shakespeare enjoys cultural ubiquity in Britain and across the g lobe. However\, from Robert Greene&rsquo\;s annoyance at his peer as an &l dquo\;upstart crow&rdquo\; in 1592\, through Voltaire&rsquo\;s dismissal o f the &ldquo\;enormous dunghill&rdquo\; of Shakespeare&rsquo\;s works in t he eighteenth century\, and down to the present\, Shakespeare&rsquo\;s val ue and relevance has been continually challenged. Relatedly\, amongst Shak espeare&rsquo\;s advocates\, we observe regular debates about the &lsquo\; right&rsquo\; way to perform and interpret his work\, debates that can tak e the form of antagonism and trolling (such as in a recent \;Sunda y Times \;television listing that mocked the 2018 RSC production of \;Romeo and Juliet \;for being &ldquo\;garishly divers e in casting&rdquo\;). Through the lens of anti-fandom\, this salon aims t o consider opposition or resistance to and within Shakespeare in a variety of forms and in various historical contexts\, ranging from: attacks on th e literary/theatrical quality of his works\; the various strands of the au thorship controversy\; questions about his appropriateness for specific au diences or performers\; hatewatching or hate-reading Shakespeare\; gatekee ping and/or &lsquo\;purist&rsquo\; arguments about Shakespearean &lsquo\;a uthenticity&rsquo\; that seek to restrict access to his work by marginaliz ed voices and interpretations. Ultimately\, this salon asks\, What does Sh akespeare anti-fandom look like? What is at stake when policing authentici ty? Can we think of Shakespeare &ndash\; or interpretations of Shakespeare &ndash\; as &lsquo\;bad objects&rsquo\;? And does relegating oppositional or resistant readings to the category of &lsquo\;anti&rsquo\; simply rein force problematic binaries? Participants are invited to discuss any texts in any medium that could inform this conversation.
\n\nParti cipants: Johnathan Pope (Memorial University of Newfoundland)\, \;Kavita Mudan Finn (Independent Scholar)\, \;Soph ie Hanson (University of Warwick)\, Ronan Hatfull (University of Warwick)\ , Taarini Mookherjee (Columbia University)\, \;Edel Semple (University College Cork) \;(moderator: Louisa Stein)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-16/track-1/salon-from-the-enormous-dunghill-to-the-garishly-d / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Teaching Fandom: Fandom\, Fanworks\, and Fan Studies in the Classroom DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201016T110000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083256Z UID:133global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:The salon discussion is guided by the question of why we te ach fandom and fan studies. It not only offers room to think about how fan dom can be taught and integrated into educational settings but also allows us to reflect on the issues connected with moving fandom out of its origi nary setting and on our responsibilities as educators\, scholars and fans in this context. \; \;Moderator Jonathan Rose has been inviting st udents to go down the fandom rabbit hole since 2016\, looking at Victor/Cl erval slash in his \;Frankenstein \;seminars\, using  \;Harry Potter \;fan theories to think about adaptations or l iterary theories or creating a multi-fandom fanzine together with his stud ents\, including those who hadn&rsquo\;t heard of fanfiction before. \ ; \;
\n\nParticipants will share teaching experiences\, discuss successes and failures in bringing fandom to the classroom\, and reflect o n what fandom and fan studies have to offer in educational settings. \ ;
\n\nParticipants: Jonathan A. Rose (University of Passau)\, \;Tvine Donabedian (Simon Fraser Universit y)\, \;Kelsey Entrikin (University of Strathclyde)\, \;Stacey Lant agne (University of Mississippi)\, \;Regina Yung Lee (University of Wa shington\, Seattle) (moderator: Paul Booth)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-16/track-1/salon-teaching-fandom-fandom-fanworks-and-fan-stud / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Fandom at Home: How COVID-19 Adjusted Perception and Partic ipation DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201016T140000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083256Z UID:134global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a great deal of change\, including forcing large social events (e.g. movies\, sports e vents\, concerts) to temporarily close or postpone. Many people self-quara ntined in compliance with CDC guidelines. During this time\, many digital programs were created for people to enjoy from their own homes. \; Suc h programs have facilitated the transitioning of various fandoms from publ ic to private spaces. This salon investigates \;fandom at home \;and how COVID-19 has influenced the way[s] fandom is perceived and experienced. \;
\n\nParticipants: Kyle A. Hammonds (University of Oklahoma)\, Caleb George Hubb ard (University of Oklahoma)\, \;Leah Dajches (University of Arizona)\, \;Jasmine Proctor (Simon Fraser University)\, \;William Staton (Georgia State University) (moderator: Paul Booth)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-16/track-1/salon-fandom-at-home-how-covid-19-adjusted-percept / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Fandom: The Next Generation DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201016T160000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083256Z UID:135global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:This salon proposes a discussion of reboot culture and long -running franchises as tandem forces that shape fandoms over time. Specifi cally\, how might we consider fandoms as both intergenerational and transg enerational groups? What impact does generational difference create in fan doms\, especially it is labelled and culturally defined by those in the in dustry (e.g. Boomers\, Millennials&hellip\;)? Today&rsquo\;s media landsca pe is a world where no IP is left behind. Media franchises\, from sprawlin g transmedia universes like Star Wars and Marvel&rsquo\;s MCU to this summ er&rsquo\;s sweet update of the children&rsquo\;s book series\, \; The Baby-sitters Club\, are constantly producing new content\, being reimagined and rebooted. Additionally\, many media franchises now stretch to durations previously unheard of for primetime television series: to dat e \;The Simpsons \;has aired 31 seasons\, \;Grey& rsquo\;s Anatomy \;recently surpassed \;ER \;as the longest running medical drama of all-time\, and fans of \;Supe rnatural \;were meant to tearfully say goodbye after 15 seasons&h ellip\;only to be thwarted by COVID-19 shutdowns. What\, then\, does it me an for fans of media franchises when content becomes insurmountable in siz e and spans decades in duration? How do writers and producers of rebooted and long-running media franchises seek to keep material fresh and attract new audiences without alienating core fans? How do longtime fans reconcile with changes\, updates\, and remakes to their beloved texts? In particula r\, we are interested in the ways that fan communities grapple with media texts shifting to reflect a desire for greater diversity in representation s of gender\, race\, and sexuality&mdash\;see\, for example\, the recent b oom of gender-swapped reboots like 2016&rsquo\;s \;Ghostbusters \;and 2018&rsquo\;s \;Ocean&rsquo\;s 8. How might we u nderstand generation as key component in these critical conversations?
\n\nParticipants: Megan Connor (India na University)\, \;Bridget Kies (Oakland University)\ , Morgan Bimm (York University)\, Peter Cullen Bryan (Portland State Unive rsity)\, \;Meredith Dabek (Maynooth University)\, Laurel Rogers (Unive rsity of Texas\, Austin)\, \;Dawn Walls-Thumma (Independent Scholar) ( moderator: Lesley Willard)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-16/track-1/salon-fandom-the-next-generation/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:SALON: Fans and Cancel Culture: On How Fans Process Disappointment DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201017T080000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083256Z UID:136global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:This salon deals with the relationship between fans and the creative people behind the texts they love in the context of Cancel Cultu re. The triggering question in that sense would be: how do fans process di scovering that someone they admire has committed a reprehensible act?
\ n\nThis issue delves into various topics. First\, it talks about a spec ific feature of being a fan: admiring the people involved in the things yo u love. These people are real people\, not fiction characters\, but that d oesn&rsquo\;t mean that we do not project our own inner desires onto these persons\, as Star Studies teaches us. To talk about fans and cancel cultu re means to reflect on the ways fans get to know their idols and construct and image of them.
\n\nFollowing this\, this issue makes us think a bout how the public and the private collide in the narrative around these people (actors/actresses\, creators\, producers&hellip\;) and\, most impor tantly\, how fans process this information. This salon\, in that sense\, w ould welcome submissions regarding the positions (ethical or otherwise) fa ns take when learning about the dark side of the things they love. Whether they support them or &ldquo\;cancel them\,&rdquo\; there&rsquo\;s certain ly a traumatic and a feeling of betrayal that is worth researching.
\n\ nParticipants: Roberto Huertas Gutiê\;rre z \;(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)\, Laura Lee Bourland ( Georgia Gwinett College)\, Emily Contois (Univeristy of Tulsa)\, Jenessa W illiams (University of Leeds)\, \;Dina Farouk Abou Zied (Ain Shams Uni versity) (moderator: Lesley Willard)
URL:https://fan-studies-network-north-america-conference.conline.club/sche dule/2020-10-17/track-1/salon-fans-and-cancel-culture-on-how-fans-process- / END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:WORKSHOP: Fraught Fandoms: Navigating Aca/Fan Identities and Struc tural Racism DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201017T100000 DTSTAMP:20240329T083256Z UID:137global_name CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:Fandom has a racism problem. Over the last year\, multiple flashpoints &ndash\; from KPop\, to My Little Pony\, to transformative fan dom spaces like the AO3 (Archive of Our Own) &ndash\; are illustrative of the vital need to interrogate structural racism within them\, especially w ith regard to anti-Blackness. While each of these flashpoints are located within specific national\, cultural\, linguistic\, and geographical contex ts\, it is also vital to highlight their commonalities\, especially in the ways that they operationalize techniques of deflection and disavowal (Wan zo 2015\, Pande 2018\, Woo 2017). These techniques most often target criti cal voices\, both within and outside specific fandom spaces\, seeking to u ndermine and delegitimize them. The figure of the Aca/Fan is also increasi ngly enmeshed in these flashpoints. The identity of the Aca/Fan has long b een the subject of debate in fan studies and the binary positioning of the distanced and objective researcher versus the passive fan subject has bee n vigorously questioned. However\, what these larger debates have failed t o register is the particular dynamics faced by fan scholars and commentato rs working on issues of structural racism in fandom spaces. In that\, scho lars working on these issues are often framed as both too enmeshed in &ldq uo\;identity politics&rdquo\; to be objective researchers\, as well as too critical of fandom spaces to claim true belonging within them. Also\, in the case of non-white scholars working on race/ism\, their qualifications and research often work against them in larger fandom discourse\, marking them out to be &ldquo\;too elite&rdquo\; to be representative. This worksh op aims to bring Aca/Fans positioned in a range of traditional academic an d non-academic spaces together to discuss the ways in which they deal with these dynamics while continuing to highlight systemic racism in fandom. C rucially\, it will encapsulate the issues that such scholars face within i nstitutional spaces like academia\, as well as in fandom-facing public eng agement.
\n\nFacilitators: Rukmini Pande (O.P. Jindal Global University)\, Keidra Chaney (I
ndependent Scholar)\, \;Zina Hutton (Independent Scho
lar)\, \;Miranda Larsen (University of Tokyo) \;<
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SUMMARY:Intellect Workshop: A Discussion on Academic Publishing
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DESCRIPTION: James Campbell\, of Intellect Books &\; Journals will di
scuss key aspects affecting contemporary academic publishing and offer adv
ice and tactics to improve your chances of publishing a book\, a chapter o
r a journal article within the field \;of Fan Studies. This salon\, populated by students in a Fall 2020 graduate
seminar in fandom studies\, spotlights research collaborations within the
course\, each of which explore fannish environments and practices in the c
ontext of 2020\, a year of considerable upheaval\, uncertainty\, and cultu
ral change. Individual Discussants and \;Topics: Gabriel Dominguez Partida &\; Nihar Sreepada\, Doctoral Candidates\, College of Media &\; Communication\, Tex
as Tech University\, &ldquo\;Joker Fans: Exploring Affect\, Ident
ity\, and Politics In and Around Todd Phillips&rsquo\; Joker (201
9)&rdquo\; Phillipe Chauveau &\; Koji Yoshimura\, Doctoral Students\, College of Media &\; Communication\, Texas Te
ch University\, &ldquo\;Interactivity and Transmedia Fan Practices&rdquo\;
Jessie Rogers\, Doctoral Student\, Department
of English\, Texas Tech University\, Hannah Isett &\; Ali Kneis
el\, Masters Students\, College of Media &\; Communication\, T
exas Tech University\,&ldquo\;Streaming gender and gendered streaming&rdqu
o\; Bloomsbury / BFI will be hosting a workshop during the conf
erence. This will be taking place Thursday at 14:00 CT. Senior P
ublisher \;Rebecca Barden \;will talk about writing for the recent
ly relaunched and widely renowned \;BFI Film Classics \;series\, offer
ing advice and tips for those looking to get published. Email fsnna.co
nference@gmail.com to sign up.
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The discussion will include the proposal and submission process\, choosing
a publisher\, peer review and Open Access among other topics. The session
is intended to be interactive and questions are welcomed.
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oth)