Negotiating acafandom as a first-time researcher

Authors

  • Sarah Elizabeth Ader University of Exeter

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2020.1653

Keywords:

AO3, Archive of Our Own, Interviews, Knowledge production, Positionality, Power relations, Research methods

Abstract

This reflection on positionality draws on experiences from undertaking an undergraduate writing research project involving a series of email/chat server interviews with fan fiction authors active on Archive of Our Own. The identity of the acafan is a negotiated spectrum that relates to positionality and knowledge production.

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Published

2020-06-15

Issue

Vol. 33 (2020): Fan Studies Methodologies

Section

Symposium

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