‘Art Happens not in Isolation, But in Community’: The Collective Literacies of Media Fandom
When the Archive of Our Own (AO3) received a prestigious Hugo Award from the World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin the summer of 2019, this moment represented a recognition by the literary science fiction community of an alternative model of authorship – one which operates outside the publishin...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Sciendo
2019-12-01
|
| Series: | Cultural Science |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.125 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1823860407439196160 |
|---|---|
| author | Jenkins Henry |
| author_facet | Jenkins Henry |
| author_sort | Jenkins Henry |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | When the Archive of Our Own (AO3) received a prestigious Hugo Award from the World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin the summer of 2019, this moment represented a recognition by the literary science fiction community of an alternative model of authorship – one which operates outside the publishing world or academia, one where authorship is collective rather than individual, and one where artworks are appropriative and transformative rather than “original.” Using this occasion as my starting point, I will discuss here the ways that the literacies associated with fandom may be understood as illustrative of the new forms of expression that have taken shape in a networked era. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-26dc68309b7e4cbd818d5e32e0b8efef |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 1836-0416 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2019-12-01 |
| publisher | Sciendo |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Cultural Science |
| spelling | doaj-art-26dc68309b7e4cbd818d5e32e0b8efef2025-02-10T13:26:37ZengSciendoCultural Science1836-04162019-12-01111788810.5334/csci.125117‘Art Happens not in Isolation, But in Community’: The Collective Literacies of Media FandomJenkins Henry0University of Southern California, CaliforniaUSWhen the Archive of Our Own (AO3) received a prestigious Hugo Award from the World Science Fiction Convention in Dublin the summer of 2019, this moment represented a recognition by the literary science fiction community of an alternative model of authorship – one which operates outside the publishing world or academia, one where authorship is collective rather than individual, and one where artworks are appropriative and transformative rather than “original.” Using this occasion as my starting point, I will discuss here the ways that the literacies associated with fandom may be understood as illustrative of the new forms of expression that have taken shape in a networked era.https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.125fandomliteracymentorshipscience fiction |
| spellingShingle | Jenkins Henry ‘Art Happens not in Isolation, But in Community’: The Collective Literacies of Media Fandom Cultural Science fandom literacy mentorship science fiction |
| title | ‘Art Happens not in Isolation, But in Community’: The Collective Literacies of Media Fandom |
| title_full | ‘Art Happens not in Isolation, But in Community’: The Collective Literacies of Media Fandom |
| title_fullStr | ‘Art Happens not in Isolation, But in Community’: The Collective Literacies of Media Fandom |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘Art Happens not in Isolation, But in Community’: The Collective Literacies of Media Fandom |
| title_short | ‘Art Happens not in Isolation, But in Community’: The Collective Literacies of Media Fandom |
| title_sort | art happens not in isolation but in community the collective literacies of media fandom |
| topic | fandom literacy mentorship science fiction |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5334/csci.125 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT jenkinshenry arthappensnotinisolationbutincommunitythecollectiveliteraciesofmediafandom |