Lessons on Geek Anthropology: fandom identity within the different fandom communities
Welcome to another chapter of lessons on Geek Anthropology. Today we’ll explore fandom identities within the different fandom communities. As you know, humans…
Lessons on Geek Anthropology: Traditional Fan Stereotypes
Welcome to another chapter of lessons on Geek Anthropology. This time we’ll talk about how fans have been seen traditionally by the mainstream…
Lessons on Geek Anthropology: types of fans
Let’s have another chapter of lessons on Geek Anthropology. This time we’ll talk about types of fans. Not all fans have the same…
Geek Anthropology of Loki’s Army is here!
Yay! Geek Anthropology of Loki’s Army is here! If you were wondering what I’ve been working on during the past two years, this…
Lessons on Geek Anthropology: fans and anti-fans
It’s lessons on Geek Anthropology’s day! This time we’ll talk about fans and anti-fans. But before diving into it, let’s have some concepts…
Lessons on Geek Anthropology: Welcome!
Welcome to lessons on Geek Anthropology, a new section in dePepi. You will find it here on every first and third Tuesday of…
Extreme fame: living in a small claustrophobic cage
How is it possible to be a celebrity, attain extreme fame, and feel like you are living in a small claustrophobic cage? Jennifer…
Focal vocabulary related to comics
Anime: [from the Japanese abbreviation “animation,”] Japanese animated hand-drawn or computer-made films. Anthropomorphism: [from the Greek, “anthropos” (man/ human) + “morphe” (shape/ form)]….
- Anthropology Comics, Movies & Shows Fandom Geeks/Nerds/Otaku Pop Culture: movies & shows The Image of Women
Economic independence of women to change Hollywood gender stereotypes
The structure of the family is changing across the US, according to The New York Times. Women’s economic independence is not only changing…
DIY: fans creating for fans, the Loki Movie
What happens when the mainstream makers do not deliver what fans want? Very simple: they do it themselves. The “do it yourself” (DIY)…
Focal vocabulary related to Loki’s Army fan fiction
AU: (acronym) alternative universe Archive: (noun) a website that publishes fan fiction stories from many different authors. Beta/beta reader: (noun, compound noun) an…
Focal vocabulary related to hipsters in Barcelona
Focal vocabulary related to hipsters in Barcelona, and hipster-wannabe. Chonindie: (compound noun, mix of Spanish and English) choni (Spanish) + indie (English). “Chonis”…
