[acc-cca-l] CFP Fan Studies Network Australasia Conference, 2019

[Benjamin Woo]

Dear colleagues,

This CFP for the Fan Studies Network Australasia conference (Dec. 11–13 in Melbourne, Australia) may be of interest to some. Hope to see you in Melbourne.

CALL FOR PAPERS

Fan Studies Network Australasia Conference, 2019

Venue: Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Date: 11-13<x-apple-data-detectors://9>th<x-apple-data-detectors://9> December, 2019<x-apple-data-detectors://9>

Proposal Deadline: 15<x-apple-data-detectors://10>th<x-apple-data-detectors://10> July, 2019<x-apple-data-detectors://10>

The 2019 FSN Australasia Conference focuses on the impact of technological, cultural, and media change on shifting fan practices, and vice versa: the impact of fan practices on technological, cultural, and media change. The Conference aims to showcase diverse approaches to a wide range of fan communities and practices across four core areas: screen and digital cultures (such as film, television, videogames, online and other digital media); public leisure cultures (such as sport, theme parks, festivals and conventions, popular culture stores, and concerts); audio cultures (such as podcasts, radio, and music); and material cultures (such as comic books, toys, books, and board games). Please see attached CFP for further information on suggested presentation topics.

We invite submissions for individual research papers of 20 minutes as well as pre-constituted panels of three to four presenters. Proposals of no more than 300 words (with 150 word bio) should be sent to Jessica Balanzategui jbalanzategui at swin.edu.au<mailto:jbalanzategui at swin.edu.au> by 15<x-apple-data-detectors://12>th<x-apple-data-detectors://12> July 2019<x-apple-data-detectors://12>, as should any queries.


Keynote speakers:



Dr Bertha Chin

Lecturer of Social Media and Communication

Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia

Editor: Crowdfunding the Future: Media Industries, Ethics, and Digital Society (with Lucy Bennett & Bethan Jones, 2015)

Editor: Crowdfunding Issue of New Media and Society (with Bennett and Jones, 2015)

Editor: Transcultural Issue of Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies (with Lori Morimoto, 2015).



Dr Suzanne Scott

Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film

The University of Texas at Austin

Author: Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture Industry (2019)

Editor: The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom (with Melissa A. Click, 2018)

Editor: In Focus: Gender Identity and Representation in the Superhero Genre Issue of Cinema Journal (with Ellen Kirkpatrick, 2015).



Dr Benjamin Woo

Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Author: Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture (2018)

Author: The Greatest Comic Book of All Time: Symbolic Capital and the Field of American Comic Books (with Bart Beaty, 2016)

Editor: Scene Thinking: Cultural Studies from the Scenes Perspective (with Stuart Poyntz and Jamie Rennie, 2016).



Professor Melanie Swalwell

Professor of Digital Media Heritage

Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Editor: Fans and Videogames: Histories, Fandoms, Archives (with Angela Ndalianis and Helen Stuckey, 2017)

Editor: Born Digital Cultural Heritage Issue of Refractory: A Journal of Entertainment Media (with Angela Ndalianis, 2016)

Lead Investigator of the digital heritage project “Play it Again: Creating a Playable History of Australasian Digital Games” in collaboration with the Australian Centre of the Moving Image.

Further industry events and keynote speakers to be announced.


Conference Steering Committee:

Dr Jessica Balanzategui (jbalanzategui at swin.edu.au<mailto:jbalanzategui at swin.edu.au>)

Dr Liam Burke

Dr Naja Later

Tara Lomax

Andy Lynch
Professor Angela Ndalianis
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