{"id":226,"date":"2024-01-05T17:35:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T17:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2024-04-24T10:48:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T09:48:14","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"226\" class=\"elementor elementor-226\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cf01b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cf01b5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6188853\" data-id=\"6188853\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-732a1c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"732a1c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\">Apart from the regular reading group meetings, we also organise events such as a book launch, talk, and workshop. Watch this space for more upcoming events!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3326bb2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3326bb2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84d3772\" data-id=\"84d3772\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-666a388 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"666a388\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f51b040\" data-id=\"f51b040\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-838d279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"838d279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1371\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1371\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Recording of the Fan Studies and Design Symposium (1 March 2024)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1371\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1371\"><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/01\/fan-studies-and-design-symposium.png\" alt=\"Fan studies and design symposium\" width=\"1536\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p><p>Recording of the symposium is now available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/showcase\/11044138\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/showcase\/11044138<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddd95c0 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ddd95c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4af6b97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4af6b97\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b83fae5\" data-id=\"b83fae5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae271ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae271ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Previous Events<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d888d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d888d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aa4e965\" data-id=\"aa4e965\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a210cb5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"a210cb5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1691\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1691\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">1 Mar 2024 - Fan Studies and Design Symposium<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1691\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1691\"><p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/01\/fan-studies-and-design-symposium.png\" alt=\"Fan studies and design symposium\" width=\"1536\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p><p>Date: 1 March 2024<br \/>Time: 9.30 am &#8211; 5.00 pm<br \/>Venue: Music Room, The Storey, Lancaster, LA1 1TH<br \/>Keynote Speaker: Dr Bethan Jones<\/p><p>Registration: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/fan-studies-and-design-symposium-tickets-780627396557\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/fan-studies-and-design-symposium-tickets-780627396557<\/a><\/p><p>Fan studies and design are both relatively young disciplines, and ones which are familiar with interdisciplinarity, and with co-production and participation. Many fans take part in activities which might be considered design; from production of creative outputs such as fanvids and fanart, to community-led projects for activism, and creating platforms such as Archive of Our Own.\u00a0<\/p><p>The purpose of this symposium is to bring together fan studies scholars and design researchers to discuss where new exciting research may emerge at the intersection of these two areas. We invite those who work in fan studies, and those who work in design research, or those who are already working between these areas. This joint expertise is not required, only a curiosity about one or both areas.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Symposium Programme<\/strong><\/p><p>9:00 Arrival and coffee<\/p><p>9:30 Welcome<\/p><p>9:45 &#8211; 10:45\u00a0 Keynote: Dr Bethan Jones<\/p><p>10:45 &#8211; 11:45 Panel Discussion: Digital contexts<\/p><ul><li>Naomi Jacobs<\/li><li>Suzanne Black<\/li><li>Violet Owens\u00a0<\/li><li>Chris Elsden<\/li><\/ul><p>11:45 &#8211; 12:00 Coffee break<\/p><p>12:00-13:00 Panel Discussion: Material contexts<\/p><ul><li>Eva Cheuk-Yin Li\u00a0<\/li><li>Sejal Changede<\/li><li>Matt Hills<\/li><li>Sabina Fazli\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>13:00 &#8211; 14:00 Lunch<\/p><p>14:00 &#8211; 17:00 Zine-making workshop\u00a0<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-352 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/02\/Fan-Studies-x-Design-Symposium-Twitter-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/02\/Fan-Studies-x-Design-Symposium-Twitter-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/02\/Fan-Studies-x-Design-Symposium-Twitter-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/02\/Fan-Studies-x-Design-Symposium-Twitter-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/02\/Fan-Studies-x-Design-Symposium-Twitter-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/02\/Fan-Studies-x-Design-Symposium-Twitter-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/02\/Fan-Studies-x-Design-Symposium-Twitter.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1692\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1692\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">1 Feb 2024 - Book Launch: Killer Fandom by Dr Judith Fathallah<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1692\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1692\"><p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif\">Date: 1 February 2024<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif\">Time: 2:00-3:00pm (UK Time)<br \/>Speaker: Dr Judith May Fathallah, Lancaster University<br \/>Format: Online on Microsoft Teams<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif\"><strong>Registration:<\/strong> <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teams.microsoft.com\/registration\/Ec2bnHqXnE6poLxzQJAWSg,VT1slWnmoECySKPO323u8Q,aFTeyreFLkGWlobHTsAnsQ,lYBv0nmx60iH2PG1O8rTew,d0OgIZ-c6EeGJpLjS4yhFw,gLQn5NvtakaJTSV0EANcdQ?mode=read&amp;tenantId=9c9bcd11-977a-4e9c-a9a0-bc734090164a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please register here<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-320 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/01\/Killer-fandom-book-launch_QR-Code-registration-link-1024x512.png\" alt=\"Event banner\" width=\"584\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/01\/Killer-fandom-book-launch_QR-Code-registration-link-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/01\/Killer-fandom-book-launch_QR-Code-registration-link-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/01\/Killer-fandom-book-launch_QR-Code-registration-link-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/01\/Killer-fandom-book-launch_QR-Code-registration-link-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/01\/Killer-fandom-book-launch_QR-Code-registration-link-2048x1024.png 2048w, https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/01\/Killer-fandom-book-launch_QR-Code-registration-link-500x250.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p><p>At this online launch event, Judith May Fathallah will discuss the process of researching, writing and publishing her new open-access book, <em>Killer Fandom<\/em>. There will be time for questions and answers following.<\/p><p><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-258\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/fanstudies\/files\/2024\/01\/KillerFandom-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"171\" height=\"232\" \/>Killer Fandom<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is the first long-form treatment of serial killer fandom. Fan studies have mostly ignored this most moralized form of fandom, as a stigmatized Bad Other in implicit tension with the field\u2019s successful campaign to recuperate the broader fan category. Yet serial killer fandom, as Judith May Fathallah shows in the book, can be usefully studied with many of the field\u2019s leading analytic frameworks. After tracing the pre-digital history of fans, mediated celebrity, and killers, Fathallah examines contemporary fandom through the lens of textual poaching, affective community, subcultural capital, and play. With close readings of fan posts, comments, and mashups on Tumblr, TikTok, and YouTube, alongside documentaries, podcasts, and a thriving \u201cmurderabilia\u201d industry, Killer Fandom argues that this fan culture is, in many ways, hard to distinguish from more \u201cmainstream\u201d fandoms. Fan creations around Aileen Wuornos, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and Richard Ramirez, among others, demonstrate a complex and shifting stance toward their objects\u2014marked by parodic humour and irony in many cases.\u00a0<em>Killer Fandom<\/em> ultimately questions\u2014given our crime- and violence-saturated media culture\u2014whether it makes sense to set Dahmer and Wuornos \u201cfans\u201d apart from the rest of us.\u00a0<\/p><p><em>Killer Fandom<\/em>\u00a0is published Open Access by mediastudies.press, an open-access publisher for the media and communication studies fields. Launched in 2019, the press is nonprofit and scholar-led.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediastudies.press%2Fkiller-fandom&amp;data=05%7C02%7Ceva.li%40lancaster.ac.uk%7Cd951665cf7c6459b129f08dc128e268b%7C9c9bcd11977a4e9ca9a0bc734090164a%7C0%7C0%7C638405648933911219%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=gZ9fscbUDgpBo1iZS586ZiDgjp0n7KW8Yq8hLDYWdhM%3D&amp;reserved=0\"><em>Killer Fandom<\/em>\u00a0is available online<\/a>, and as a free download in PDF and ePub. A paperback version is also available.<\/p><p><strong>Judith Fathallah<\/strong>\u00a0is a Research and Outreach Associate at Lancaster University and a Research Fellow at Coventry University. Her research interests include new media, media convergence, digital literacies and fan and subcultures in addition to Open Access publishing. For the past 3.5 years she has worked on the creation and launch of the Open Book Collective, and on communal forms of governance.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1693\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1693\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">18 Jan 2024 - How Do you Solve a Problem Like Fandom, Dr Kirsty Sedgman (Fan Studies LancasterANLU\/TAP \u2013 Joint Seminar Series)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1693\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1693\"><h2>FAN STUDIES LANCASTER\/ANLU\/TAP \u2013<br \/>Fan\/Audience Studies Joint Seminar Series<\/h2><p style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400;text-align: left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Date: 18 January 2024<br \/>Time: 1:00-2:30 pm (UK Time)<\/span><\/strong><br \/><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Speaker: Dr Kirsty Sedgman, University of Bristol<\/span><\/strong><br \/><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Link to join the seminar:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/85791361402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/85791361402<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">In order to survive, the arts need to reverse the trend that sees audiences diminishing, ageing, and relatively homogenous.\u202fIn order to thrive, we need first to understand what audiences want \u2013 and then to turn spectators into\u202ffans. In this talk, Dr Kirsty Sedgman asks why fandom in the arts\u202fhas often been ignored or dismissed over history by the very people who should welcome it \u2013 with everyone from the 19th century Matinee Girls to today&#8217;s Phans sneered at for liking the wrong kind of theatre, or for enjoying things in the wrong way, or even for damaging the cultural experience itself.\u202fThis talk is a call to arms to take fans seriously: by\u202fdismantling the ableist, classist, racist structures that exclude marginalised audiences, and welcoming genuine demonstrations of enjoyment, pleasure, and joy.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 400\"><strong style=\"font-size: 15px\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">Speaker&#8217;s Bio<br \/><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">An award-winning cultural studies scholar based at the University of Bristol, Dr Kirsty Sedgman has spent her career studying how we construct and maintain our competing value systems, working out how people can live side by side in the same world yet come to understand it in such totally different ways. Her research asks how audiences find value in cultural participation. How are these experiences made meaningful within their lives?<br \/>Kirsty is the author of numerous academic publications and is Editor of the Routledge book series in Audience Research. She has also spoken on the BBC\u2019s Front Row and World Service programmes, at BroadwayCon in New York and IETM in Croatia, and on numerous podcasts and local radio shows. Her writing has appeared in The Stage, Exeunt, and the BBC\u2019s Expert Network, and her work has featured in outlets like the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian, and the New York Times.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from the regular reading group meetings, we also organise events such as a book launch, talk, and workshop. 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