#fandom studies

[fanhackers]

Fans' attitudes toward AI-generated works

Irissa Cisternino, a PhD candidate of Stony Brook University, is writing their research on topics related to technology, art and fandom. You can participate by filling out a survey and additionally, signing up for an interview. The survey is expected to last until at least the end of April, those, who signed up for the interview, will be contacted later. You need to be at least 18 years old to participate in either, be able to understand and speak English and identify as a fan.

After the completion of the research, it will be accessible as the dissertation of the researcher. If you have further questions, you can contact Irina Cisternino at [email protected] or Lu-Ann Kozlowsky at [email protected].

#survey #fandom studies #technology #artificial intelligence #irin cisternino

[dawnfelagund]

I wrote this article for my monthly Tolkien fandom studies column, Cultus Dispatches as part of the OTW's "ten things about fandom" challenge for International Fanworks Day. Normally, my Cultus column begins with a gnarly soup of data, and I often don't even know what (if anything!) will come out of analyzing it. This month, due to the relative lack of data, I thought I was giving myself an easy month of writing. I just needed to come up with ten things, right?? Ha! I think this might be the most challenging article I've written for this column to date.

Here are some fun facts I learned while researching these 10 Important Moments in Tolkien Fanfic History:

Tolkien fanfic is older than Star Trek fanfic.

The first known Tolkien fanfic was an alternate-history Sauron redemption fic.

The first Tolkien fanfic archive was a slash archive.

Three out of four archives opened after the LotR films left theaters used the eFiction open-source script.

The first Angbang story was posted in 2002 (though it wasn't called Angbang yet).

Want to know more? Go read the article! And I'd love to hear what I didn't include that you'd add to your own list. (Or if you make your own list, let me know!)

Many, many thanks to all of the people who talked with me about their work for this article and to those involved in the discussion on the SWG Discord's #fandom-studies channel about this topic.

#tolkien fandom history #tolkien #silmarilion #lotr #lord of the rings #the hobbit #fandom studies #fandom history #ifd2024

[mariathechosen1]

Do you read fanfiction? Are you queer? Well then I’ve got the perfect survey for you!

Hi! I’m a student writing a research paper on the prevalence of queer couples and lgbtq+ representation in fanfiction and need participants for my survey. This project will be entered in a national Norwegian research competition and will be judged by an academic jury. The more answers I get on this survey, the more accurate my research will be, so I'd really appreciate it if you would take the time to answer!

https://forms.gle/Tcoafs9dU627PNcn8

The survey is now closed! Thank you to everyone who participated!

Now, some of you might be thinking “Hey, I’ve seen this survey before.” And you’d be correct. I have a full explanation as to why here [https://at.tumblr.com/mariathechosen1/queer-participation-and-representation-in/i689fhq3b2vn], but the short explanation is that the original survey was meant for a much smaller sample size and after getting 8000 (!!!) answers on the past survey we decided we had to redo it in proper compliance with the GDPR. If you have any questions about this decision, or about the past survey, please read the FAQ post before contacting me or the project supervisor.

In contrary to the former survey, this research is specifically aimed at queer individuals who read and/or write fanfiction. Both people who answered and didn’t answer the last survey may answer this one.

Here are some reasons to participate:

Science and stuff

Force a highly prestigious academic jury to read more than 20 pages about gay fanfiction

Better my chances of winning real-life money by writing more than 20 pages about gay fanfiction

Help expand a largely ignored academic field (fandom studies)

It’ll only take like 8 minutes (5 minutes if you’re quick)

Uhhmmm…

Please?

#fanfiction #survey #fandom survey #wlw #mlm #lgbtq #lgbt #ao3 #bisexual #signal boost #writeblr #transgender #polls #lesbian #gay #academia #queer #writers on tumblr #fandom studies #queerficsurvey #<---- please block this tag if you feel this post is a obstructing a tags page in any way

[laylaeelfaouly]

Edit (29/09/23): This is now closed but THANK YOU SO SO MUCH to everyone who took the time to interact, like, reblog, share, and respond!!! I really appreciate it 💕🤧

Did you make goncharov (1973) content? Well then i've got the perfect survey for you :)

Hey! I'm a library & information science masters student writing my disso on the information creation process of goncharov (1973) and need participants for a survey.

Here are some reasons to participate:

Because it's Goncharov (1973)

Because surveys are fun

Force my university to read approx 20k on our gay little film which I bet none of them have even seen!!

Shouldn't take more than 10 minutes (5 if you're quick)

Help expand a widely ignored academic domain (fan studies)

Please??

The only requirements are that you're 18 or older and have made some kind of Goncharov (1973) content - even if it's just one meta post about Mr JWHJ0715. The survey is completely anonymous and does not collect your IP address. 

Link to the survey:

Please add as much detail as possible. Reblogs are loved and appreciated <3

#goncharov (1973) #gonchorav #mlm #wlw #gradblr #poll #polls #tumblr survey #fandom studies #fandom survey #librarians #libraries

[soineffablygay]

Hat jemand von Euch Lust sich wissenschaftlich mit Fanfiction & deren aneignenden Potential zu beschäftigen, u.a. konkret mit Schoethe?

An diesem Workshop der Goethe-Uni Frankfurt zur akademischen Arbeit mit Fanfiction könnt ihr auch über Zoom teilnehmen! Ich gebe den Zugangslink bei Interesse weiter und würde mich freuen <3

#schoethe #fanfiction #deutsch #fandom studies #fan studies #tatort #tatort saarbrücken

[fandom-anthropology]

What are some good sun X moon ships that come to mind for you all?

#fandom anthropology #fandom studies #lime talks #fandom analysis #fandom study #fandom #fandom history #fandoms #shipping #Sonadow #sonknux #blazamy #Whispangle #Candybats #bitterpopcorn #Madohomu #sondam #hinanami #naegiri #sun x moon #Sun and moon #sun and moon dynamic

[melodioustear]

Let's Learn About Mental Illness and Fandom!

ETA: This survey has now closed. Thank you for so many more responses than I expected! I will announce as soon as the data is available to others to use and as I make my own discoveries in working with it.

Thank you so much everyone for your responses to my fanfiction and mental illness survey. As of posting we have 108 responses which is fantastic and very much enough for my own thesis, but I don't just want this data to be for me - I want it to be available to other fan studies researchers to work with and build upon.

This is the work I spoke about when I was on the @fansplaining podcast just a few months ago, and something that we just don't have in the fan stats community - our only related information is on whump, which whilst useful isn't by any means the same thing.

So if you'd like to help us learn more about how we read, write and interact with fanfiction about mental illness, please take the survey & share this post!

The survey will take you just 5-15 minutes, and will help to gather groundbreaking insights for fan studies. You’ll be asked about yourself, about how you read, write and find fanfiction about mental illness, and what interacting with this kind of fanfic has been like for you.

Full data on the study, including consent, privacy and GDPR information, can be found on the survey page.

Submissions will remain open until the 25th June 2023. Thank you so much!

#fan studies #fandom studies #fanfic #fandom research #fanfiction #fandom #fandom stats #phdresearch #mental illness #mad studies #fanstats #fandom meta #fandom culture #fandom history #a03 #mental health #fanfics

[ofmdresearch]

Turns out the final update on daily number of new single chapter fics under the OFMD tag on AO3 wasn’t the final update after all! Here's the current situation, 3 weeks after the finale of S2.

Currently the total number of new fics during the observation period in 2023 is 2.3% more than the previous year.

The highest daily number is 102 fics on the day the finale of S2 aired (26 Oct 2023).

#ofmd #fandom studies #ao3 #fanfic #statistics

[fanhackers]

These excerpts are from Damien Hagen’s “Regeneration and trans possibility in Doctor Who,” which was published in the most recent issue of Transformative Works and Cultures, OTW’s open access journal. It’s free to read… here (click the button that says HTML)!

Here’s what the editors of the issue had to say: 

“Damien Hagen focuses on Doctor Who fandom and the way in which the Doctor's regenerative capacity provides the means for queer and trans fans to explore trans possibilities and gender euphoria. Long before the Doctor's ability to change genders became canon in Doctor Who in 2018 with Jodie Whittaker's Doctor, trans fans have been drawn to the series for its emphasis on changeability, malleability, and bodily fluidity. Through an autoethnographic lens, Hagen argues that Doctor Who can be read as a trans media object—one that is not necessarily explicitly transgender but instead opens up gendered possibilities in which trans fans can imagine otherwise. Hagen further draws on other trans fans' queer and trans readings of a variety of canonical moments in Doctor Who to argue that the ephemerality and liminality of the series can be particularly pleasurable and gender affirming for trans and nonbinary fans who are undertaking their own processes of regeneration. While the series might never have been intended as a trans narrative, Hagen argues that through fannish interpretations and queer readings, it has the potential to provide a mechanism for survival, self-love, and gender euphoria.”

In the plainest terms, Hagen discusses his own/other trans fans’ experiences with Doctor Who as a tool to understand and love their transness. Themes of the show that trans people may relate to include:

Emphasis on change as a good thing (and lifesaving).

Carrying previous selves into the future, loving previous bodies and selves.

The specific experience of ‘creating’ a new body (the Doctor’s ability to regenerate), acceptance of/excitement about those bodies from oneself/others.

Doctor Who, Hagen argues, is a “trans media object,” or a piece of media that may not have explicitly trans characters but allows viewers to see transness reflected in other ways. For instance, when the Doctor and other characters accept their new body, it can feel affirming to a trans viewer who is also navigating the experience of a changing body. Hagen writes, “The regenerations weren't about gender, but my nascent transness felt them as such.” 

Do you have a similar experience with Doctor Who? Or are there other media you have felt similarly about?

-Lianne

#fanhackers #fan studies #gender #fandom studies #doctor who #transformative works #transgender #trans studies #author: lianne

[mrcowboydeanwinchester]

New Woman Fiction, Supernatural Femslash, and Reading Women's Writing: how useful is the ‘wave’ framework for forming histories of women’s political activism in modern Britain?

Abstract: While scholarship around women’s writing has grown significantly in recent years with the rise of gender studies, historical studies of women’s fiction as a form of political activism are still lacking. This essay aims to address this gap in the literature through critically evaluating the helpfulness of the wave framework when used to re-assess New Woman fiction of the 1890s and Supernatural femslash fanfiction of the 2020s as women’s political fiction, in particular reference to George Egerton’s short stories and 'Sapphicnatural' fanfiction about the character Jo Harvelle. Ultimately, I argue that using the wave structure as an analytical framework is an important academic exercise in re-evaluating our understanding of women’s writing, but should be employed alongside wider critiques of feminist historiography and literature.

i wrote an essay! about how sapphicnatural authors are following in the footsteps of the new woman feminist writers of of the 1890s! it's 3.1k and was originally written for a university assignment so is a little limited in scope - but full of interesting fandom studies as well as historical and literary analysis (if i may say so myself). a massive thank you to @kerryweaverlesbian for volunteering to edit this before i handed it in !! of course feel free to let me know what you think of it and, most importantly, enjoy!

#a lot of people said they wanted to read this when i mentioned it a few months ago so here it finally is !!! #MWAH #a little gift from the most absent jo scholar ever #i will be back i will do better... #jo harvelle #supernatural #sapphicnatural #fandom studies #spn essay #jo harvelle meta #spn meta #new woman #ola writes #ola originals #jo daily

[imp-printed]

Binderary is getting me off my butt to finish my 2023 projects, thank goodness; three volumes finished and four more on their way. This one was just for me: a collection of scholarship and primary sources on fanbinding!

I've been busily writing all over it since I took it out of the press 😂

#i have permission for none of these #but if you're interested in any sources DM me #fanbinding #fandom studies #binderary 2024

[dawnfelagund]

The response form is now closed! Please do not reblog this post! Thank you to all who signal-boosted!

I have been running an independent archive for over sixteen years now. During that time, I've watched the Silmarillion Writers' Guild go from one archive of many in a crowded field to one of the only independent archives that remains active. Furthermore, the options available to build your own archive have dwindled, leaving fans who want a greater variety of archive choices without much of one.

Last year, I started thinking about how to support the rekindling of independent archives and drafted a tutorial for how to build an archive in Drupal (the platform the SWG uses) that I plan to record this summer. However, this is not the only approach. The recent attention drawn to various issues with the OTW/AO3 has only hastened the importance of fans having the option again of building their own archives.

It's my first day of summer break. I have two months to tackle what I can of this issue, so to get a handle on where people are on the subject and where it's best to focus my energy, I've put together a survey on independent archives.

If you create or read/view fanworks, I want to hear from you! You do not need to have interest in independent archives. Responses are anonymous, and the survey will remain open through 7 July 2023.

You can take the independent archives survey here.

Signal boosts and reblogs are much appreciated so that I can hear from as broad a group of participants as possible.

Going forward, I will be tagging updates related to this work #independent archives.

#independent archives #fandom #fanworks #fanworks archives #fan studies #fandom studies

[acesexualspock]

I’m very proud to present my undergraduate thesis:

To Boldly Go From Zine to AO3: A Study of Fanfiction Culture in the Star Trek Fandom

Read it here on AO3!!!

#fandom studies #fanfiction studies #my writing #star trek #senior thesis #undergraduate thesis #spirk

[fandom-survey]

And finally, here are the results of the survey! Thanks to all 197 people who participated and helped me gather this data, truly some interesting conclusions to be drawn from this!

If there are any more questions, I'll happily answer them through the inbox! :)

#fandom #fandom survey #survey #fandom studies #steven universe #su #polls #animation #animated shows #miraculous ladybug #miraculous tales of ladybug and cat noir #mltlcn #voltron #voltron legendary defender #gravity falls #star vs the forces of evil #svtfoe #rick and morty #avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla #she ra #she ra and the princesses of power #invader zim #zim #the owl house #toh

[fandom-anthropology]

Ok!!! Copyright issues solved!!! Here’s the video!!! https://youtu.be/9qiRWJ30dyg?si=qWM4umfbz7hcd3U9

#fandom anthropology #fandom #fandom study #fandom studies #fandom culture #au #alternate universes #alternate universe #Youtube

[lurkingteapot]

I've seen a couple of folks talking about wanting to learn more about the history of BL, and this is the most comprehensive, up-to-date collection of English-language academic material on the topic I know of. It's maintained by BL scholar Sam Aburime. The website linked above is mostly write-ups with sources cited but a good starting point. If you'd rather dig right into the academic sources, they also keep a spreadsheet with an overview of all the sources cited on the webpage here:

Want to know more about how the BL genre started out? Want to know about the evolution of the genre name from the 1970's tanbi to today's BL? Want to learn about how BL traditions diverged in different cultures that got onto the train of the genre, and what they still share? The genre's place in the history of manga overall? What definitions academics currently use to talk about it? Something else? Chances are there's something for you in there. Go, read, learn!

#academia #bl history #boys love #manga studies #literary studies #queer studies #bl genre #bl meta #bl fandom #fandom studies #(sorta) #my nonsense #resource #reference