[Commlist] CFP: Transformative Works and Cultures special issue on Chinese Fandoms

*CALL FOR PAPERS*
*/Transformative Works and Cultures/ special issue on Chinese Fandoms *
Submission deadline: Jan 1, 2022, for March 2023 publication

Chinese fandoms are a growing area of interest attracting attention from 
groups as diverse as academia, industry, and even government. Although 
the foci of these groups vary, at the core are questions related to the 
function, organization, interests, and activities of fan groups. As 
Chinese media and entertainment industries mature and transnational 
collaborations increase, content and celebrity figures both inside and 
outside the Chinese context are increasingly distributed, consumed, and 
implicated in the formation (or extension) of fan communities.

In the Chinese context, the development of platforms fosters the growth 
of various fan cultures. Examples include the different fandoms and 
associated cultures coexisting on the video platform Bilibili. Its 
original user base of ACG fans has been expanded to include 
entrepreneurs, celebrities, and influencers, leading to a 
diversification of content, cultures, and uses that in turn often 
results in conflict between subcultural groups of new and old users.

This special issue of TWC seeks papers reflecting on the changing nature 
of fandom in China and on the role of Chinese fans transcending national 
boundaries. It asks questions regarding the characteristics of Chinese 
fans/fans of Chinese media in the contemporary globalized media 
landscape, and it queries the impact that the media industry has on the 
formation and ongoing expression of fan cultures.

We welcome both longer conceptual pieces (6,000–8,000 words), case 
studies (5,000–7,000 words), and shorter symposium pieces (1,500–2,500 
words), which might include editorials, reflections, commentaries, 
synopses of relevant earlier research, and so forth.

Potential topics include but are not limited to:

  * Transcultural fandom: Chinese fans of imported film and television,
    and international fans of Chinese film and television.
  * Diaspora and fandom.
  * Platforms and fan cultures: Bilibili, iQiyi, Youku-Tudou, Tencent.
  * Media content and fan cultures: Uploaders, influencers, vloggers,
    ACG, sports commentators, e-sports.
  * Conflict and fan cultures: Flame wars, fans, and antifans.
  * Methodology and fan cultures: Ethnographic, big data, and textual
    approaches.


*Submission Guidelines *
Transformative Works and Cultures (TWC, 
http://journal.transformativeworks.org/ 
<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/ 
<http://journal.transformativeworks.org/>) for complete submission 
guidelines, or e-mail the TWC Editor ((editor /at/ transformativeworks.org)).


*Contact*
Contact guest editors Zhen Troy Chen and Celia Lam with submissions, 
questions, or inquiries at (zhen.chen /at/ nottingham.edu.cn) 
<mailto:(zhen.chen /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)> and (celia.lam /at/ nottingham.edu.cn) 
<mailto:(celia.lam /at/ nottingham.edu.cn)>.

Due dates— *January 1, 2022*, for March 2023 publication.

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