Abby Waysdorf

Biographic Data

ID6697070
NAMEAbby Waysdorf
GIVEN NAMESAbby
FAMILY NAMEWaysdorf
SIGNATUREWAYSDORF A
AFFILIATIONSUtrecht University
ORCID0000-0003-0798-4797
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS22
AUTHOR COUNT8
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX2

  • Uses of Audiovisual Heritage: From Expertise to Personalization

    Open AccessAbby WaysdorfARTICLEVIEW Journal of European…2023

  • Vaporwar and military contents fandom

    Abby WaysdorfARTICLEThe Journal of Fandom Studies2022

    This article investigates vaporwar – a kind of military fanvid where military footage is remixed, set to music and given a ‘vaporwave’ makeover through filters and editing. While a niche group, it is a growing one and loved by its fans. Why? Drawing on Turk and Johnson’s idea of looking at vidding as an ecology, this article suggests that these videos should be seen as part of a ‘contents fandom’ of the military. This term is adapted from ‘conten…

  • Fandom histories

    Open AccessPhilipp Dominik Keidl, Abby WaysdorfARTICLETransformative Works and Cultures2022

    Editorial for "Fandom Histories," edited by Philipp Dominik Keidl and Abby S. Waysdorf, special issue, Transformative Works and Cultures, no. 37 (March 15, 2022)

  • Remix in the age of ubiquitous remix

    Open AccessAbby WaysdorfARTICLEConvergence The International…2021

    What is remix today? No longer a controversy, no longer a buzzword, remix is both everywhere and nowhere in contemporary media. This article examines this situation, looking at what remix now means when it is, for the most part, just an accepted part of the media landscape. I argue that remix should be looked at from an ethnographic point of view, focused on how and why remixes are used. To that end, this article identifies three ways of conceptu…

  • Placing fandom, studying fans: Modified acafandom in practice

    Open AccessAbby WaysdorfARTICLETransformative Works and Cultures2020

    For nearly three decades, the field of fan studies has helped to shift the conversation on fandom from a study of pathological individuals to exploring how groups make use of and transform the contemporary media landscape. Fandom itself is also changing. What was once a niche subculture is now a way for us to make sense of the mediated world around us. As the concept and structures of fandom expand, we as fandom researchers must broaden our metho…

  • Locating Imagination in Popular Culture: Place, Tourism and Belonging

    Abby Waysdorf, Stijn Reijnder et al.BOOKLocating Imagination in Popular…2020

  • Fan homecoming: Analyzing the role of place in long-term fandom of The Prisoner

    Open AccessAbby Waysdorf, Stijn ReijnderARTICLEPopular Communication2018Cited by: 2References: 9

    This article investigates the potential role and use of place in long-term fandom, via a case study of fans of The Prisoner and its main filming location of Portmeirion in North Wales. Much research on film tourism focuses on one-time encounters, but fans of The Prisoner have been visiting and revisiting Portmeirion regularly for over 50 years, potentially developing a different sort of relationship with it. Based on interviews with 16 long-term …

  • Immersion, authenticity and the theme park as social space: Experiencing the Wizarding World of Harry Potter

    Open AccessAbby Waysdorf, Stijn ReijnderARTICLEInternational Journal of Cultural…2016Cited by: 20References: 5

    This article examines the visitor experience of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter (WWOHP) theme park at Universal Studios Orlando. The park is hugely popular and has been embraced by the series’ devoted but critical fanbase. Prior research on theme parks has generally focused on critiques of their form, leading to a limited understanding of their appeal. This article asks how fan-visitors interpret this simulated environment, and what leads the…