https://telophase.dreamwidth.org/ welcome to camp telophase - Dreamwidth Studios Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:07:23 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios telophase personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/72839/99252 https://telophase.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://telophase.dreamwidth.org/2668603.html Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:07:23 GMT https://telophase.dreamwidth.org/2668603.html So I'm (still) reading the epic Star Wars thread on fanfare.metafilter.com, enjoying the discourse and snark and commentary and jokes, and I think this little tongue-in-cheek exchange just sort of encapsulates fandom:<span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://telophase.dreamwidth.org/2668603.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br />Also, a gif for all your <a href="https://twitter.com/nfinitefreetime/status/680143939261849600">NOPE</a> needs.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=telophase&ditemid=2668603" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://telophase.dreamwidth.org/2668603.html star wars fandom public 3 https://telophase.dreamwidth.org/1892733.html Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:18:12 GMT https://telophase.dreamwidth.org/1892733.html From their latest announcement:<blockquote><a href="http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/L/lunning_mechademia5.html">Mechademia 5: Fanthropologies</a><br /><br />Frenchy Lunning, editor<br /><br />From fan-subs to cosplay, exploring the fan cultures inspired by anime and manga<br /><br />Passionate fans of anime and manga, known in Japan as otaku and active around the world, play a significant role in the creation and interpretation of this pervasive popular culture. Routinely appropriating and remixing favorite characters, narratives, imagery, and settings, otaku take control of the anime characters they consume.<br /><br />Fanthropologies-the fifth volume in the Mechademia series, an annual forum devoted to Japanese anime and manga-focuses on fans, fan activities, and the otaku phenomenon. The zones of activity discussed in these essays range from fan-subs (fan-subtitled versions of anime and manga) and copyright issues to gender and nationality in fandom, dolls, and other forms of consumption that fandom offers. Individual pieces include a remarkable photo essay on the emerging art of cosplay photography; an original manga about an obsessive doll-fan; and a tour of Akihabara, Tokyo's discount electronics shopping district, by a scholar disguised as a fuzzy animal.<br /><br />Contributors: Madeline Ashby; Jodie Beck, McGill U; Christopher Bolton, Williams College; Naitō Chizuko, Otsuma U; Ian Condry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Martha Cornog; Kathryn Dunlap, U of Central Florida; Ōtsuka Eiji, Kobe Design U; Gerald Figal, Vanderbilt U; Patrick W. Galbraith, U of Tokyo; Marc Hairston, U of Texas at Dallas; Marilyn Ivy, Columbia U; Koichi Iwabuchi, Waseda U; Paul Jackson; Amamiya Karin; Fan-Yi Lam; Thomas Lamarre, McGill U; Paul M. Malone, U of Waterloo; Anne McKnight, U of Southern California; Livia Monnet, U of Montreal; Susan Napier, Tufts U; Kerin Ogg; Timothy Perper; Eron Rauch; Brian Ruh, Indiana U; Nathan Shockey, Columbia U; Marc Steinberg, Concordia U; Jin C. Tomshine, U of California, San Francisco; Carissa Wolf, North Dakota State U.</blockquote><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=telophase&ditemid=1892733" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://telophase.dreamwidth.org/1892733.html fandom academia anime public 2