Fantasy Cartography

Monday, December 18, 2017 to Friday, December 22, 2017

Image via Flickr Creative Commons license by Jeff

Sound Mapping Imaginary Worlds

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Adventures in 8.5x11

By Michael Iantorno

Friday, December 15, 2017

1 comment

Navigating Emotional Landscapes through DIY Cartography in Stranger Things Season 2

By Mihaela Mihailova

Friday, December 15, 2017

1 comment

Giving Fans Latitude

By Sierra Laddusaw

Thursday, December 14, 2017

1 comment

Mapping Kanto Region Over a Town Near You: Pokémon Go and Fantasy in the Everyday

By Jamie Henthorn

Friday, December 15, 2017

1 comment

Contributors

Andrew Kemp

PhD Student, Moving Image StudiesGeorgia State University

Tanya Zuk

Ph.D. candidate, School of Film, Media & TheaterGeorgia State University

Michael Iantorno

Student - Media Studies (MA)Concordia University

Mihaela Mihailova

Postdoctoral Fellow in Film StudiesMichigan State University

Sierra Laddusaw

Map LibrarianTexas A&M University Libraries

Jamie Henthorn

Catawba College

Recent comments

Re: Dexit means Dexit – Pokémon, Border Politics and Queer Resistance

Pokemon in Drag

By Edmond Y. Chang

Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 16:37

I had not heard about this controversy till now. Pokemon dragging pokemon is really fascinating. I do not know enough about the Pokeverse to say right now, but it would be interesting to further lean on how the memes push or replicate...
Re: Queer Kiss: An Analysis of the Internet’s Reaction to Same Sex Love in The Last of Us Part II

Death of the Author/Death of the Fan

By Edmond Y. Chang

Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 16:30

The tension between author/developer intent and fan response/poaching (to quote Henry Jenkins's oft-used phrase) is much more pronounced whenever I teach video games (or certain pop culture texts). In games, particularly, there is a sense of...
Re: Queer Kiss: An Analysis of the Internet’s Reaction to Same Sex Love in The Last of Us Part II

Queer Narratives in Games

By Michael Anthony DeAnda

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 16:07

Thank you for your post. This made me think of Todd Harper's essay in Queer Game Studies on reading Commander Shephard's Coming Out Story through the affordances made in the progression of the Mass Effect series. ...
Re: Queer Fanfiction of Video Games

Queer Interpretations

By Michael Anthony DeAnda

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 16:01

I think one thread I'd like to address and potentially further discuss between our posts for this week so far is queer interpretation. You are addressing fan fiction as a site where people are actively developing counternarratives or highlighting...
Re: Gay Bingo: Queer Games and HIV Activism

COVID-19, HIV, and Bingo

By Michael Anthony DeAnda

Wednesday, May 27, 2020 - 15:54

Thank you for your comment, Edmond. This article comes to mind that highlights some of the eerie similarities between political/social responses to HIV and COVID-19. I think there are interesting connections here that resonate with...