Deadline extended! FSN Australasia Network conference @ Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne

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*CALL FOR PAPERS*



*Fan Studies Network Australasia Conference, 2019*



*Venue:* Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia



*Date:* 11-13th December, 2019



*Proposal Deadline*: 09th of August, 2019



The 2019 FSN Australasia Conference focuses on the impact of technological,
cultural, and media change on shifting fan practices, and vice versa: the
impact of fan practices on technological, cultural, and media change. The
Conference aims to showcase diverse approaches to a wide range of fan
communities and practices across four core areas: *screen and digital
cultures *(such as film, television, videogames, online and other digital
media); *public leisure cultures *(such as sport, theme parks, festivals
and conventions, popular culture stores, and concerts); *audio cultures *(such
as podcasts, radio, and music); and *material cultures *(such as comic
books, toys, books, and board games). Please see attached CFP for further
information on suggested presentation topics.



We invite submissions for individual research papers of 20 minutes as well
as pre-constituted panels of three to four presenters. Proposals of no more
than 300 words (with 150 word bio) should be sent to Jessica Balanzategui
[email protected] by 09th of August 2019, as should any queries.



*Keynote speakers:*



*Dr Bertha Chin*

Lecturer of Social Media and Communication

Swinburne University of Technology, Sarawak, Malaysia

Editor: *Crowdfunding the Future: Media Industries, Ethics, and Digital
Society *(with Lucy Bennett & Bethan Jones, 2015)

Editor: *Crowdfunding Issue of New Media and Society *(with Bennett and
Jones, 2015)

Editor: *Transcultural Issue of Participations: Journal of Audience and
Reception Studies *(with Lori Morimoto, 2015).



*Dr Suzanne Scott*

Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-Television-Film

The University of Texas at Austin

Author: *Fake Geek Girls: Fandom, Gender, and the Convergence Culture
Industry* (2019)

Editor: *The Routledge Companion to Media Fandom* (with Melissa A. Click,
2018)

Editor: *In Focus: Gender Identity and Representation in the Superhero
Genre* Issue of *Cinema Journal* (with Ellen Kirkpatrick, 2015).



*Associate Professor Benjamin Woo*

Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

Author: *Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture *(2018)

Author: *The Greatest Comic Book of All Time: Symbolic Capital and the
Field of American Comic Books *(with Bart Beaty, 2016)

Editor: *Scene Thinking: Cultural Studies from the Scenes Perspective *(with
Stuart Poyntz and Jamie Rennie, 2016).



*Professor Melanie Swalwell*

Professor of Digital Media Heritage

Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

Editor: *Fans and Videogames: Histories, Fandoms, Archives *(with Angela
Ndalianis and Helen Stuckey, 2017)

Editor: *Born Digital Cultural Heritage Issue of Refractory: A Journal of
Entertainment Media *(with Angela Ndalianis, 2016)

Lead Investigator of the digital heritage project *“Play it Again: Creating
a Playable History of Australasian Digital Games” *in collaboration with
the Australian Centre of the Moving Image.



*Further industry events and keynote speakers to be announced.*



*Conference Steering Committee:*

*Dr Jessica Balanzategui *([email protected])

*Dr Liam Burke*

*Dr Naja Later*

*Tara Lomax*

*Andy Lynch*

*Professor Angela Ndalianis*

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Dr. Bertha Chin
Lecturer (Social Media)
School of Design and Arts,
Faculty of Business, Design and Arts
Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak campus)
B334, Jalan Simpang Tiga
93350 Kuching
Sarawak, Malaysia
https://swinburne-my.academia.edu/BerthaChin
Twitter: @bertha_c
Board Member, Fan Studies Network <http://fanstudies.org>

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