Calls for Papers 2011

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

What a fantastic response to the Awesome Ladies booty call. You rock mightily yourselves, ladies!

So then. It's comparatively early days yet, but it's never too early to start hatching plots. So start thinking about any other presentations you might like to make. No commitment required now, but if you've got an idea you'd like to call dibs on, do it here, and avoid the rush. Also, if you have a suggestion you'd quite like someone else to take on (no guarantees) add that to the list too.

Basically there are a few categories here (no hard and fast rules):

1) Show Pimps -- is there an awesome new show (or a magnificent old one) that everyone should be watching? Let us know! Put together a few clips, or a basic primer (powerpoint, picspam etc) to advertise and convert the masses. [This includes media other than tv shows, natch.]

2) Ship Manifestos -- is there an OTP (or OT3 or...) that is oppressing fandom fairly leaping off the screen? Do likewise.

3) Panel Discussions -- everything you wanted to know and were afraid to ask. (You don't have to moderate, though you can if you'd like. Just chuck your questions down.)


American Idol
Authority, The
Bandom
Bandom (Gerard Way)
Bandom (MCR)
Bandom (The Like)
Being Human
Better off Ted (Phil/Lem)
Boston Legal (show)
Boston Legal (Alan/Denny)
Captain America/Iron Man
Daily Show (Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert)
Daily Show (show)
DC Comics
Doctor Who (new)/Torchwood (Captain Jack)
Doctor Who (classic)
Due South
Fastlane
Fast and Furious
Flashpoint
Full Metal Alchemist
Generation Kill
Glee
Hardcore Logo
House
Josh and Drake
Make it or Break it
Media Fandoms
NCIS
Nip/Tuck (Sean/Christian)
Outrageous Fortune
Pegg/Frost
Pop
Pretender, The
Professionals, The
Psych (show)
Psych (Gus/Shawn)
Scrubs
Sentinel
Six degrees of Canada
Smallville (Clark/Lex)
Smallville (show)
Soaps
Sport RPS Tennis (Roger/Rafa)
Sport RPS Rugby Pretty Boys
Sport RPS Soccer
Star Trek (TOS)
Star Trek (TNG)
Stargate Atlantis (show)
Stargate Atlantis (Sheppard/McKay)
Starsky and Hutch
Superman/Batman (movie)
Supernatural
Torchwood (Janto)
White Collar


Current Offers:

arysteia -- Marvel Comics (The X-Men)
arysteia -- The New MCU (The Avengers)
blademistress -- Alicia/Kalinda (The Good Wife)
blademistress -- Troy/Abed (Community)
china_shop -- Archer
cross_stitchery -- Rizzoli and Isles
cross_stitchery -- Suits
stickmarionette -- Sports RPS (Football OT3)
shihadchick -- Sports RPS (Hockey)
alasen -- Hawaii 5-0
aworldinside -- Fringe
china_shop -- [something something popular vs rare pairings something]*
vaudevilles -- [something something debutching staunch women something]**
arysteia -- [something something manpain + women in fridges something]**
alasen/meelie -- [something something naming conventions something]**

* discussion
** presentation --> discussion

Highlander -- China and I were talking about how odd it was no one's ever done such a classic fandom (for which several of you have worn the t-shirt to g/t!). Any old school fans want to cross this one off the list at last?

Re accommodation: dewey3067 has done a great job organising rooms at the Brentwood, which apparently are moving fairly fast, as predicted. The full details of the current group booking, including pricing etc, are in the last comment on that post, which will be edited to reflect current status. Go check it out, and confirm your details as appropriate. If you need to add yourself, please move quickly.

Comments

Discussion topic idea - Social media

[dewey3067.livejournal.com]

This got long, but basically maybe a discussion topic on Social Media and how it is evolving and the impact on us as fans? Or not. (I would not be heartbroken if you feel this has been done before or there is no time.) Possible subtopics:

Fracturing fandom? LJ,twitter,tumblr, facebook, google+, blogs ... Swirly thoughts about how fandom is evolving, from long lengthy discussions on email lists at a relatively few places to an explosion of information across all sorts of sites. Also – I used to feel like I knew most things that went on in my fandom but now with so many places I have a kind of background anxiety that I'll miss out on something! But different sites have different media – clips, art, audio that can be lots of fun... . (and how the hell does Tumblr work/ what is it good for?) So basically – where is everyone and what do they recommend?

RL and fan identity mindmeld? And how the diversity it makes it all more public/ harder to keep RL and fan-self separate online if twitter and facebook etc. logins can be used to comment everywhere and by anyone. Or does anyone want it to be separate? (maybe branching into Google+ and site name requirements – and My name is me (http://my.nameis.me/) and how our identity is what we define not what others define) Sort of what we've discussed before wrt "are you out with your fandom activities?" so you may not want to revisit it.

Interacting with TPTB on Twitter etc Also – I get the feeling that even more fans lately seem to have entitlement issues, maybe from having direct conversations with TPTB on twitter and blogs? Maybe from bring-back cancelled shows campaigns that seemed to work? Or book writer's blogs where they have back and forth discussions on character developement. Should fans have direct influence on the way a show/book evolves? Is it good to humanize TPTB or are we better off not looking behind the curtain at the Great and Wonderful Oz?

Re: Discussion topic idea - Social media

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

I think we have covered para 1 quite often, though I wouldn't be averse to someone explaining to me just how the hell tumblr works -- have one, don't know what to do with it, *g*.

I'd probably chuck these on the orphaned questions list (ie one discussion session, several questions) if that's okay with you?

Re: Discussion topic idea - Social media

[dewey3067.livejournal.com]

Yup, that's where I was thinking, if anywhere. But only if there is interest and time.

Mostly I'm curious where folks hang out these days and if there is any change over how they are using the social media to interact.

Re: Discussion topic idea - Social media

[arysteia.livejournal.com]

At the first sinpoz lj was brand new, and the stick in the muds were trying to persuade us whippersnappers to come back to lists... ;-p

Re: Discussion topic idea - Social media

[china_shop]

Mostly I'm curious where folks hang out these days

I've been wondering that too, in a "Where is everyone? Come baaaaack!" kind of way.