[Commlist] CFP: Play, Polarisation, and Participation: Exploring Ambiguous Fannish Practices in Online Networks

    *CFP: Play, Polarisation, and Participation: Exploring Ambiguous
    Fannish Practices in Online Networks*
    Geoffrey Manton Building, Manchester Metropolitan University, 30/10/24

    Fan practices and behaviours have increasingly moved beyond fan
    communities into the political, economic, and cultural structures of
    everyday life. The proliferation of social media platforms has
    allowed both progressive and reactionary aspects of fandom to
    significantly shape the public sphere, drawing on similar
    techniques, pleasures, and practices to interpret the world in a
    culture where the boundaries between popular and political
    communication are blurrier than they have ever been.

    This one-day symposium seeks to explore the synergies, tensions, and
    conflicts at play in this new cultural terrain. It explores how fan
    studies can be used to make sense of the seeming growth of
    conspiracy theory communities and right-wing movements, examines
    political participation as a form of fandom, and how social media
    can be used to organize against discriminatory cultures.

    We have some limited spaces for 20-minute research papers. Please
    submit titles, 200 word abstracts, and short bios to
    (B.Litherland /at/ mmu.ac.uk), (jonesbv5 /at/ cardiff.ac.uk) and
    (driessen /at/ eshcc.eur.nl) by Wednesday 2 October.

    The symposium will feature a keynote from Adrienne L. Massanari
    (American University), and opportunities for networking and
    developing further research in this burgeoning area.

    The symposium is kindly supported by MMU’s Centre for Media Digital
    Culture and the Manchester Game Centre.

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