Game Studies and Fan Culture
Henry Jenkins recently posted an informal introduction to game studies with some great resources for people who are interested in learning more about the field. Those already interested might find something new there as well.
While you are there, the long series on “Gender and Fan Culture” (it sure would be nice if his blog had tags or categories) that has made up most of his recent output has some fascinating interviews. I can’t help but think that many of the attributes that characterize “fandom” are the same things we try to instill and hope to see in our students. If you look at the fan activities around a particular piece of popular media it looks a lot like a learning community, and the activities of those fans is an awful lot like collaborative, constructive learning and creation. This is just an embryonic thought that others have probably already written about.
Tags: fan culture, game studies
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