Fandom and education

[wellinghall]

Swiped from tree_and_leaf, and before that redscharlach

http://redscharlach.livejournal.com/120637.html

Comments

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

That's very amusing, but seriously, I think that one could put together a degree in Fandom Studies that would be at least as educational as many other degrees. Postmodern lit crit, here we come...

[arda-unmarred.livejournal.com]

I agree :) It would involve learning about sociology, anthropology, psychology, literary criticism, film/media studies, a bit of history, computer science, gender studies, marketing... I've run out of breath.

[emily-shore.livejournal.com]

Very interdisciplinary. It's the wave of the future!

[parrot-knight.livejournal.com]

It should take seven years like the old MA degree, I think.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

In which case, there will no doubt be a compulsory paper on how, "Fandom ain't like it used to be."

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

ie, not like how it used to be seven years ago, when I started doing this degree. Eeh, it were all fields round here back then ...

[ajat.livejournal.com]

Yes ! Read that one ! Fun !

:)

Recced it, too !!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

"Recced"?

[ajat.livejournal.com]

Like you know, you put those links up about Tolkien and all.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Ah, I see.

[romancinger.livejournal.com]

That is so funny. Laugh out loud funny, must have done me heaps of good!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

"Laughter is the best medicine" may be a cliche, but it's often true.