[Commlist] Call for Chapter abstracts: Edited collection on Design and Fan Studies

Please share and consider submitting to the following call. Details can 
also be found here: 
https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/fanstudies/call-for-chapters-design-and-fan-studies/ 
<https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/fanstudies/call-for-chapters-design-and-fan-studies/> 


*Call for Chapters – Edited collection on Design and Fan Studies*

*Proposed editor: Naomi Jacobs, Lancaster University*

_Background_

On 1st March 2024 a Symposium event was hosted by the Fan Studies 
Lancaster research network where links and synergies between the fields 
of Fan Studies and Design were discussed.

An edited collection is now under consideration with Emerald Publishing 
which will bring together fan studies scholars and design researchers to 
discuss where new exciting research may emerge at the intersection of 
these two areas. Confirmed contributors include our symposium keynote 
speaker Dr Bethan Jones, and others who spoke at the event.

_Call for chapters_

Fan studies is a field of research which examines fans, fan cultures and 
fandom. Although often associated with disciplines such as media studies 
and English literature, it is an interdisciplinary field that spans a 
multitude of lenses through which to consider what fans do and what fans 
create.

Design research is the study of design; what designers do, how research 
can support design, and how design can be a research method for creation 
of new knowledge. Design is problem-focused, considering ways in which 
we can design new products, services, and experiences that may require 
consideration of multiple stakeholders, and address complex ‘wicked’ 
problems with no single correct solution.

Fan studies and design are both relatively young disciplines (Jacobs, 
2018), both of which are familiar with interdisciplinarity, and with 
co-production and participation. Many fans take part in activities which 
might be considered design; from production of creative outputs such as 
fanvids and fanart (Nielsen, 2021), to community-led projects for 
activism (Kligler-Vilenchik et al, 2012), and creating platforms such as 
Archive of Our Own (Fiesler et al, 2016). Similarly, many current 
questions being addressed in design research have bearing on fan 
communities, including design for sustainability (Lamerichs, 2024), the 
design and affordances of platforms (Ghosh and Aragon, 2024) and the 
implications of new technologies such as AI (Li and Pang, 2024)

Examples of potential chapter topics include but are not limited to:

•               Brands, marketing and merchandise

•               Participatory design methods and the acafan

•               Design of fan platforms

•               How platform designs and affordances shape practices and 
community

•               Design, data storytelling and digital humanities

•               Fan practice as design – memetics, fanmerch and 
transformative works

•               Service design in fan tourism

_How to submit_

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We invite those who work in fan studies, those who work in design 
research, or those who are already working between these areas to submit 
chapter abstracts of 250-500 words. Joint expertise in both fields is 
not required, only a curiosity about one or both areas.

Please send abstracts and a short biographical note (50-100 words) by 
30th September 2024 to (_naomi.jacobs /at/ lancaster.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(naomi.jacobs /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)>_, with a view to having completed 
chapters of approximately 4000-8000 words by March 2025 (to be confirmed).


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