10/ GOLEM is open-access and built for collaboration.
Open peer review: https://www.semantic-web-journal.net/content/fans-reconstruct-heroes-modeling-fictional-characters-participatory-culture
More info: https://github.com/GOLEM-lab/golem-ontology
#FanStudies
Introducing the article “Fans Reconstruct Heroes: Modeling Fictional Characters in Participatory Culture” by Xiaoyan Yang and me.
🧵1/ Fanfiction meets the Semantic Web! What if we could model all versions of a character—canon, fan-made, alternate universe—in one system? Meet GOLEM: a new formal ontology with a module designed to make sense of fictional characters in participatory culture. 🧙♀️📊 #DigitalHumanities #FanStudies
1/ Fanfiction meets the Semantic Web! What if we could model all versions of a character—canon, fan-made, alternate universe—in one system? Meet GOLEM: a new formal ontology with a module designed to make sense of fictional characters in participatory culture. 🧙♀️📊 #DigitalHumanities #FanStudies
10/ GOLEM is open-access and built for collaboration.
Open peer review: www.semantic-web-journal.net/content/fans...
More info: github.com/GOLEM-lab/go...
#GOLEM #Ontology #FanStudies #Narratology #DigitalHumanities
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Fans Reconstruct Heroes: Model...
Don't forget to register for our 5th online symposium if you're interested in #FanStudies and Library and Information Science! 📚💝🎂
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fanlis-2025-five-years-of-fanlis-registration-1311598409149
Fan studies and historian friends, I need your help. I need some examples of historical fan behaviour or fashion etc centred on military leaders. My brain is stuck on the Garibaldi shirt, but any good study of this or examples would be great. #fanstudies #historicalfashion
At a recent conference ("Fans in the Theatre?") at the University of Cologne, I met some great people doing work on fan history and gave a talk on my latest research on pre-fan terms, titled "Devotees, Fanciers, Hunters, and Maniacs: The Onomastics of 19th-Century Enthusiasm." More to come.... #fanstudies #fanhistory #onomastics #naming #UniversityofCologne
I’m attending (some of) the FSNNA’s #fanstudies conference in October. It’s fully online, the programme looks super interesting, and tickets for independent scholars are just $10!
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/fanstudiesnetworknorthamerica1/
Fan Studies Network: North America
The Monsters of Fan Studies
#OnlineConference #FanStudies #FandomStudies
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/fanstudiesnetworknorthamerica1/1382273
#CallForPapers: For edited collection on #Design and #FanStudies
#FandomStudies #PopularCultureStudies #CFP #Designers #Fandom
https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/fanstudies/call-for-chapters-design-and-fan-studies/
In 1975, Philip Cohen outlined variations on the term "fan" in science fiction fandom, including "'faaaan,' "the goshwowboyoboy type (pronounced with a bleat in the middle to indicate the sheeplike follow-the-leader qualities of this fan type)."
Philip Cohen, "The Language of Science Fiction Fandom," Butler University, 1975.
Had a great talk with writer Elizabeth Minkel about my ongoing research on the slang used to identify fans in the 19th century. #fans #historicalfandom #fanstudies #fannames #C19th
New discounts for new paperbacks! 🖖🪐
To celebrate the fact that my co-edited anthologies Star Trek: Essays Exploring the Final Frontier and Star Wars: Essays Exploring a Galaxy Far, Far Away are now available in paperback, Vernon Press is offering a limited-time 30% discount on both books. Use this coupon code at checkout from Vernon's site: WSSN30.
https://vernonpress.com/author/134857
#StarTrek #StarWars #StarTrekBooks #StarWarsBooks #ScienceFiction #SFF #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FilmStudies #FandomStudies #FanStudies #Books #Bookstodon #BookSale
Now in paperback!!! 🖖🪐
I'm delighted to share that both of my co-edited academic anthologies with Vernon Press are now available in hardback, ebook, and (new!) paperback format: STAR TREK: ESSAYS EXPLORING THE FINAL FRONTIER and STAR WARS: ESSAYS EXPLORING A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY.
https://vernonpress.com/author/134857
#StarTrek #StarWars #StarTrekBooks #StarWarsBooks #ScienceFiction #SFF #ScienceFictionStudies #PopularCultureStudies #FilmStudies #FandomStudies #FanStudies #Books #Bookstodon #Academics
Happy with this publication! 😊
“The Fate of England Rested With a 22 Year Old Boy” ‐ Media Representations of the Youth and Childhood of King Alfred the Great - in Sociology Lens 37(198),
DOI: 10.1111/johs.12451 .
Open access via https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/johs.12451 .
#alfredthegreat #kingalfred #fanfiction #media #medievalism #fanstudies #lastkingdom #vikings #fandom #movies
Happy & proud 🥰
https://doi.org/10.14746/scp.2023.8.2
"ᚁ is Beith and means birch” - an exploration of Ogham in online fanfiction featuring King Alfred the Great
Through an analysis of three selected case studies, this study unveils how Ogham's integration into contemporary narratives generates fresh layers of meaning and revitalises this ancient alphabet.
#kingalfred #fanfiction #ogham #celtic #medievalisms #oldenglish #irish #fanstudies
It's that time again - CFP for Midwest Popular Culture Association Star Trek Studies subject are. Independent scholars are also welcome! #StarTrek #academicChatter #cfp #cfp2024 #academic #popculture #popularculture #fandom #FanStudies
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kOdbstPeafisFCJYA9APKWOnGcCSJdJQ/edit
Quick break from Hourly Comics to say, how cool is this prize competition for the best article on fans and/or fandoms of colour in Transformative Works and Cultures? https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/announcement/view/141
What does a #ComicsStudies and #FanStudies scholar turned academic administrator do all day? A thread for my attempt at #HourlyComicsDay2024!
Super happy & proud to have a chapter in this one as well! ^_^
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