[Commlist] CFP: Fan Studies Pedagogies

*Special issue of Transformative Works and Cultures: Fan Studies 
Pedagogies (deadline 1/1/20)*


The expansion of fan studies as an academic field, and the growing 
visibility of fandom and fan activities in popular culture, have led to 
more instructors using fannish activities and engagement in the 
classroom, and teaching fan studies as a disciplinary focus. Teaching 
fandom and fan studies means drawing from a multidisciplinary spectrum 
of methodologies and foci. Yet, as fan studies itself is often a “moving 
target” -- refusing, in many instances, of becoming “disciplined” enough 
to match traditional academic units -- it becomes imperative to discuss 
the various contributions, methodologies, ethics, and lacunae of the 
field in a classroom setting. The specific pedagogical needs of the fan 
studies classroom require sustained interrogation because of the 
changing field of fan studies itself.



This special issue seeks submissions that specifically address the 
pedagogical methods, styles, contributions, and concerns of the fan 
studies course, classroom, and online space(s). We are particularly 
interested in pedagogical methods drawn from fan studies, fan studies’ 
application to the academic environment, engagement with students’ 
fannish affect for pedagogical purposes, and explorations of how fan 
studies itself is taught. We also seek papers that directly address the 
epistemological and ethical stakes of operationalizing fans’ approaches 
to their media texts for use in academic contexts, and best practices 
for securing permissions for student contact with fan texts themselves. 
In addition, we seek pieces that explore how teaching fandom/fan studies 
engages (or doesn’t) the demands  of the university institution itself.


We also welcome shorter pieces focused on particular projects/pedagogies 
that have worked in the classroom, hybrid, or online setting, or 
particular assignments with specific ties to fan studies methodologies. 
We seek to develop the Symposium section as a useable set of lesson 
plans, assessment techniques, and methodological interventions with 
immediate pedagogical application. Hybrid approaches, detailing the 
stakes and theory behind a particular lesson, or describing the 
implementation of a fannish technique, would also be welcome here.


Potential topics include but are not limited to:

Student or Instructor fan engagement
Fan studies methodologies in the classroom
Fandom itself as pedagogical method
Administrative reaction to fan studies pedagogies
Global fan studies in the classroom
LMS (learning management systems) and their roles in the fan studies 
classroom
Teaching fandom versus teaching fan studies
Engaging with race and fan studies in the classroom
Student demographic changes and fan studies
Corporate engagement with/cooptation of fandom as pedagogical opportunity
Fandom as model for the academic system
The hybrid course as relational mode in fan studies classrooms
The ethics of assessing affective engagement
Methods of assessing the creative fan studies project
Collective assignments and the expression of fannish ethics
Leveraging students’ existing fan-expertise throughout a course


*Submission guidelines*

Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC, 
http://journal.transformativeworks.org/ ) is an international 
peer-reviewed online Gold Open Access publication of the nonprofit 
Organization for Transformative Works copyrighted under a Creative 
Commons License. TWC aims to provide a publishing outlet that welcomes 
fan-related topics and to promote dialogue between the academic 
community and the fan community. TWC accommodates academic articles of 
varying scope as well as other forms that embrace the technical 
possibilities of the Web and test the limits of the genre of academic 
writing.

Theory: Conceptual essays. Peer review, 6,000–8,000 words.

Praxis: Case study essays. Peer review, 5,000–7,000 words.

Symposium: Short commentary. Editorial review, 1,500–2,500 words.


Please visit TWC's Web site ( http://journal.transformativeworks.org/ ) 
for complete submission guidelines, or e-mail the TWC Editor (editor AT 
transformativeworks.org <http://transformativeworks.org>).


Contact—Contact guest editors Paul Booth and Regina Yung Lee with 
submissions, questions or inquiries at (FandomPedagogy /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(FandomPedagogy /at/ gmail.com)>.


*Due date—January 1, 2020, for estimated March 15, 2021 publication.*





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