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The Rhetorics of Color-Blind Racism in Facefail 09
The Rhetorics of Color-Blind Racism in Racefail 09
During the first six months of 2009, a number of intense, wide-reaching discussions about issues of cultural appropriation and racism in science fiction/fantasy took place on LiveJournal and on a number of science fiction blogs. This discussion differed from previous ones that occurred in media ( Read more... ) -
Presentations related to racism imbroglios in fandom
'What Do You Mean "Pleasure," White Man?': Complicating Empathic Identification and Self-Insertion in Online Fan Fiction." Desiring the Text, Touching the Past: Towards an Erotics of Reception. University of Bristol, UK. 10 July 2010.
"The Rhetorics of Color-Blind Racism in Racefail 09" presented at the 31st International Conference on the ( Read more... ) -
Racefail 09 Pilot Project
While fan studies has existed for at least two decades (and can be seen as a development or new direction in Reception Theory, few publications on constructions of race and ethnicity in fandom(s) exist at the current time. [There is a growing body of work in internet studies that deals with critical analysis of race; I'm preparing a bibliography ( Read more... ) -
Too busy with new stuff to post!
The department has been undergoing some major growth and development since our new head, Dr. Salvatore Attardo, took over--I'm heavily involved in the creative writing and the digital humanities end, but one of the most exciting is developed by our linguists:
The English Language Institute
Texas A&M University-Commerce Leave a commentICFA 2010: Race and the Fantastic
More information about the conference can be found at: http://www.iafa.org
My proposal which I just send off (deadline is October 31, go me!) is behind the cut!
( The Rhetorics of Color-Blind Racism in Racefail 09 )Wiki!
The Fantastic WikiThe link leads to the first wiki I'm developing for my classes (I am NOT doing a wiki for every class; this wiki, The Fantastic Wiki, is for any class/assignment I have that involves any work in any genre or medium that fits the loosest possible definition of the "fantastic. Colleagues who want their students to have a wiki ( Read more... )Jane Land's novels!
The Open Doors committee of the OTW is proud to announce that we are now hosting two early Star Trek novels by Jane Land: Kista (1986) and Demeter (1987). These can be found on our Open Doors special collections page and are available for download as .pdfsKista (1986), a novel about Christine Chapel, was described by the author as, "an attempt to ( Read more... )Converging Literacies Center
Thanks to Shannon's fantastic class I now have the tools to understand just how beautifully constructed/written (in all meanings of the word) this vid is: it's an introduction to the Converging Literacies Center which she has created, along with Donna Dunbar-Odom. I was sort of in the background cheering them on and talking about fan literacies ( Read more... )Final Draft: Celebration of Student Writing
My blog entry on my final project can be found here.
All of my vids for the semester can be found at my account on imeem.org I chose imeem rather than Youtube because fan vidders I know post over there ( Read more... )