[ecrea] Call for Papers: Singularities: Where the old rules no longer apply

*Singularities: Where the old rules no longer apply*

A one day symposium on Sci-Fi fan events in critical event, tourism and 
leisure studies

Critical studies of SF Fandom are well-established, from early 
engagement by sociologists interested in why so many people attended SF 
conventions, to the seminal work of Tulloch and Jenkins on fans of Star 
Trek and Doctor Who. At the same time, scholars in leisure studies have 
been interested in the motivations, actions, identities and spaces of 
sports fans. This interest in fandom in leisure studies is now driven by 
a number of emerging trends: tourism studies scholars are increasingly 
interested in notions of fan mobilities and fan pilgrimage; critical 
events studies scholars are beginning to bringing their critique of 
events management to bear on corporate fan events, exploring the 
tensions between the commoditization of space and the articulation of 
identity in purpose built heterotopic environments; and some 
sociologists of leisure are arguing that fandom is challenged by the 
enormous changes to society brought about by post-industrialization and 
globalization. Whilst we are happy to support presentations that use 
PowerPoint, or similar, we wish to strongly encourage presentations that 
are more interactive and engage their audience in discussion and 
conversation, and not simply the sharing of research findings.

This symposium is an attempt to bring together those interested in 
events, tourism and leisure as ways and spaces in which to make sense of 
SF Fandom. The symposium will be linked to a special issue of /Journal 
of Fandom Studies/, edited by the symposium organisers - and the authors 
of the best papers will be encouraged to submit to this issue. The 
symposium will take place in June 2018. The symposium, and the special 
issue, will have the same remit. The symposium and the special issue are 
looking for papers on any research on SF Fandom that draws on concepts 
from leisure studies, from tourism studies, and from critical events 
studies. We are especially interested in the following topics:

·         SF Fan Tourism Pilgrimages
·         SF Fan Events and Commoditization
·         SF Fandom and Digital Leisure
·         SF Fan Events as Tourism
·         SF Fandom as Critical Event
·         SF Fandom and Leisure Theory
·         SF Fandom Mobilities
·         SF Fan Events and Memory Studies
·         Critical Autoethnographic Reflections on Fandom Events

As this symposium is on Sci-Fi fan events you are most welcome to come 
to the symposium in cosplay/crossplay. There will be a prises associated 
with the best cosplay/crossplay costume at the symposium.

Anyone interested in Sci-Fi Fandom and Fan Events is most welcome to 
attend, and full details of the symposium costs and will be made 
available shortly.

Abstracts should be no more than 300 words, to be submitted by 30^th 
November (50 years, to the day, since the first Valérian and Laureline 
story appeared in the French magazine Pilote). Please send your 
abstracts to the symposium organisers:

Ian Lamond, (I.Lamond /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk)

Karl Spracklen, (K.Spracklen /at/ leedsbeckett.ac.uk)​


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