Posts in Fanhackers
Fandom Friendships: A Zine
Fandom Friendships: A Zine explores and honors friendships made and sustained through fandom. The zine was open to contributions from anyone and solicited contributions last year. Contributors were asked questions like: Who are the friends you met through fandom, and how did you meet? What makes fandom friendship special? How has making friends through fandom changed over the years for you? What can we learn from fandom friendships? Just some of what this compilation includes tells the story of: friends showing up in a time of a parent’s death during the pandemic, the bonding capabilities of Superwholock and K-pop, what happens when you move in… Read more
OTW Signal, August 2024
Every month in OTW Signal we’ll take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including legal, technology, academic, fannish history, and preservation issues that are important for fandom, fan culture, or transformative works. In the News Zines are a way of expression. An article from India Fellow discusses the emergence of zine culture and how it has served to uplift fans of underground subcultures to share their ideas and advocate for their passion outside of mainstream media. The word “zine”, shorthand for magazine, is generally understood as a form of amateur periodical from different communities. They can encompass anything that… Read more
OTW Signal, November 2023
Every month in OTW Signal we’ll take a look at stories that connect to the OTW’s mission and projects, including legal, technology, academic, fannish history, and preservation issues that are important for fandom, fan culture or transformative works. In the News OTW Legal has been partnering with other organizations to oppose the STOP CSAM Act. One of their partners, the ACLU, informed the public about the risks of having the act pass in the U.S. Senate.
Join Fanhackers on Discord
Fanhackers’ mission has always been to better connect fans to academic work being done about fandom. In the past, Fanhackers has used their platform to report live from conferences related to fandom studies. As the Fandom Studies Network North America (FSNNA) announced that they “continue re-thinking how academic events can proceed and re-fashioning our own approach in pursuit of greater equity and accessibility across fan studies”, Fanhackers is also looking at new ways to participate in these events together. As FSNNA is a fully virtual conference, fans and academics can all be there together! Instead of relaying what we find interesting from a distance, let… Read more
Five Things Szabó Dorottya Said
Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with one of our Fanhackers staffers on our Communications Committee. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? Our organisation’s mission is to preserve and provide access to fanwork and fan culture, and part of that work is describing this culture. By now, fandom studies as a discipline is well established with its… Read more