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  • General issue No.34 released

    2020-09-15

    We are pleased to announce the publication of TWC 34 (2020). At the same time, we welcome our new editorial board.

    We are aware of various difficulties with the web site, especially the inability to download essays. For fan-created PDFs of issues 1-33, please see https://fanlore.org/wiki/Transformative_Works_and_Cultures. We will begin attaching PDFs of the essays to the editorial introduction beginning with issue 34.

     

    UPCOMING ISSUES

    • Fan Studies Pedagogies, March 2021 (CLOSED)
    • General issue, September 2021 (ROLLING SUBMISSION)
    • Fandom Histories March 2022 (January 1, 2021)
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  • TWC No. 33 released

    2020-06-15

    We are pleased to announce the publication of TWC 33 (2020): Fan Studies Methodologies, edited by Julia E. Largent, Milena Popova, and Elise Vist.

    We are aware of various difficulties with the web site, especially the inability to download essays. For fan-created PDFs of issues, please see https://fanlore.org/wiki/Transformative_Works_and_Cultures.

     

    UPCOMING ISSUES

    • General issue, September 2020 (CLOSED)
    • Fan Studies Pedagogies, March 2021 (CLOSED, contact editors for Symposium)
    • General issue, September 2021 (ROLLING SUBMISSION)
    • Fandom Histories March 2022 (January 1, 2021)
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  • Fandom Histories (3/15/22; 1/1/21)

    2020-06-07

    The goal for this special issue of Transformative Works and Cultures is to explore the question of how fans produce knowledge about the past and actively engage with history. We are particularly interested in essays that show what fans do as historians, such as running publicly accessible archives and museums, and using archival materials for the production of nonfiction media.

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  • TWC No. 32 released

    2020-03-18

    We are pleased to announce the release of TWC 32 (2020): Fan Fiction and Politics, guest edited by Ashley Hinck and Amber Davisson.

     

    UPCOMING ISSUES

    • Fan Studies Methodologies, June 2020 (CLOSED)
    • General issue, September 2020 (CLOSED)
    • Fan Studies Pedagogies, March 2021 (CLOSED, contact editors for Symposium)
    • General issue, September 2021 (ROLLING SUBMISSION)
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  • TWC No. 31 released!

    2019-12-22

    We are pleased to announce the release of TWC 31 (2019): Fan Fiction and Ancient Scribal Cultures, guest edited by Frauke Uhlenbruch and Sonja Ammann.

     

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  • New general issue TWC 30 published

    2019-09-15

    We are happy to announce our 2019 general issue, TWC 30!

    We are aware of various difficulties with the web site, especially the inability to download essays. For fan-created PDFs of all issues, please see https://fanlore.org/wiki/Transformative_Works_and_Cultures.

     

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  • Fan Studies Pedagogies (3/15/21; 1/1/20)

    2019-07-02

    This special issue seeks submissions that specifically address the pedagogical methods, styles, contributions, and concerns of the fan studies course, classroom, and online space(s).

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  • TWC No. 29 (2019): Fans of Color, Fandoms of Color

    2019-03-15

    We are proud to announce our new issue, Fans of Color, Fandoms of Color, edited by Abigail De Kosnik and andré carrington.

     

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  • TWC No. 28 (2018): The Future of Fandom, special 10th anniversary issue

    2018-09-15

    We are aware and working on the mobile display issue and the inability to print articles in Chrome and Safari.  If you encounter other issues, do email us with your results, your device type, the name of your browser, and a screenshot if appropriate (editor AT transformativeworks.org).

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  • TWC No 27 (2018): Tumblr and Fandom, edited by Lori Morimoto and Louisa Ellen Stein

    2018-06-16

     We are proud to release TWC  issue No. 27, Tumblr and Fandom, guest edited by Lori Morimoto and Louisa Ellen Stein.

     

    FUTURE ISSUES

    • General Issue with emphasis on The Future of Fandom, September 2018 (CLOSED, email us for Symposium)
    • Fans of Color, Fandoms of Color March 2019 (CLOSED, email us for Symposium)
    • Fan Fiction and Ancient Scribal Cultures December 2019 (CLOSED, email us for Symposium)
    • Fan Studies Methodologies March 2020 (January 1, 2019)
    • Fandom and Politics June 2020 (January 1, 2019)
    • Fandom and Theatre March 2021 (January 15, 2020)
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  • Fandom and Theatre (1/15/20; 3/15/21)

    2018-06-16

    This special issue of TWC explores intersections between theatrical performance and fandom.

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