[Air-L] AoIR 2023 panel on Identities, polarisation and fandom

[Sam Srauy]

Hey there. I’m interested in this, too. I’m currently working on a paper about gamer identity and antecedents that came about during the 1980s. 

Sam

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> On Feb 23, 2023, at 5:46 PM, Sebastian Svegaard via Air-L <air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear colleagues!
> 
> We are working to put together a panel for AoIR around an intersecting theme of fandom & identity, and polarisation & partisanship. How do people form identities and communities online within, besides and against capitalist economics - and in connection or disconnection with their political values? 
> We currently have 2-3 papers and are looking for more contributors. This is deliberately kept very open, as we are interested in getting a wide range on perspectives, but some rough ideas we had were themes such as:
> 
> - Capitalist clashes in internet culture
> - Political fandom/fans
> - Political communication and identities
> - Intersections of identities in religions, fandoms and politics
> - Data collection and media consumption intersecting with identity formation
> - Everything else that might connect to any of the themes
> 
> Please get in touch if you already have a paper that would like a home, have an idea for a contribution or connection, or just want to hear details about the other papers involved already. We're more than happy to shift ideas around to build something together.
> 
> References include:
> 
> Barnes, Renee. (2022.) *Fandom and Polarization in Online Political Discussion*. Palgrave. [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14039-6](https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14039-6)
> 
> Catucci, Nick. (2022.) “The Two Americas: The *White Lotus* Fans and *Reacher* Fans” in *The Atlantic.*
> 
> Miller, Lucy. 2020. "*Wolfenstein II* and MAGA as Fandom." In "Fandom and Politics," edited by Ashley Hinck and Amber Davisson, special issue, *Transformative Works and Cultures,* no. 32. [https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2020.1717](https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2020.1717). 
> 
> Petersen, L. N. (2022). *Mediatized fan play : moods, modes and dark play in networked communities*. Routledge. [https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351001847](https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351001847) (edited)
> 
> Stanfill, M. and Condis, M. (eds.) (2014.) Special edition of Transformative Works and Cultures on Fandom and/as Labor. [https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/issue/view/16](https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/issue/view/16)
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> Sebastian F. K. Svegaard
> Post-doctoral researcher, Queensland University of Technology
> PhD Media Studies
> AFHEA
> MA Musicology
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