Archive for April, 2009

Welcome to FandomResearch!

Welcome to FandomResearch. If you are here, it is probably because you read things like Transformative Works & Cultures or Mechademia. As such, you’re probably interested in the relationship between media, literary, sporting, or other properties, and the people who consume them. You’re probably also interested in things like fan crafts and re-mix culture, and you’ve probably engaged in them yourself as either a creator or a lurker. You might seriously be wondering if post-modernism is dead, or whether fanfic is a force of nature.

If this is the case, then you are in the right place. If you stay here, you’ll get to hear about all kinds of new research in the field of fan studies. Here, academics and fans can post their surveys and questionnaires in the hope of finding new participants (as well as giving them another link back to their contact information). We can talk about methods which have worked in the field, and which ones haven’t. We can prevent redundant research by talking about the scope and intent of previous projects. We can find each other. We can communicate.

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