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  Hybrid Merchandising as Fan Financing

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  Tanya D. Zuk, Ph.D. Georgia State University

  January 18, 2018

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  Hybrid Merchandising as Fan Financing licensing hybrid economy fan financing fan commerce Fan art Curator's Note How do we describe fan art that is picked up as official art (especially when the artist retains copyright)?  What about commissioned off ...
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  A New Kind of FIGs

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  Tanya D. Zuk, Ph.D. Georgia State University

  January 15, 2018

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  A New Kind of FIGs fan investment group fan financing equity crowdfunding Curator's Note FIGs or fan investment groups are the "new" crowdfunding trend, allowing individuals to contribute relatively small amounts of money (for venture capit ...
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  Enterprising Parody?

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  Tanya D. Zuk, Ph.D. Georgia State University

  October 17, 2017

  Enterprising Parody? Editorial Category 3 The Orville Star Trek parody genre Curator's Note The Orville has a categorization problem, a genre problem, and a marketing problem, but mostly it has a tone problem. Categorized as a “ space adventure serie ...
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  Sound Mapping Imaginary Worlds

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  Tanya D. Zuk, Ph.D. Georgia State University

  October 05, 2017

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  Sound Mapping Imaginary Worlds sound maps harry potter fantasy cartography fandom maps Fan Studies Collaborative worldbuilding Carmilla ambient mix Curator's Note I created the Fantasy Sound Maps site as a creative project to play with the theoretica ...
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  Carrie Fisher Sent Me

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  Tanya D. Zuk, Ph.D. Georgia State University

  September 14, 2017

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  Carrie Fisher Sent Me Star Wars political memes feminism fan activism Carrie Fisher Curator's Note The Women’s March on Washington was not intended as a fan activism event; it was not organized with media fandom, much less specifically Star Wars in m ...
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  Transformational Exchange of Cultural Values through Cooperative Play in 'Never Alone'

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  Tanya D. Zuk, Ph.D. Georgia State University

  April 11, 2017

  Transformational Exchange of Cultural Values through Cooperative Play in 'Never Alone' transformative games never alone Indigenous games cooperative play Curator's Note Game mechanics are a primary method of incorporating embodied storytell ...

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