Interdisciplinary methodologies for the fan studies bricoleur

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21836618
AutoresNaomi Jacobs (0000-0002-1058-3022, University of Aberdeen, autor correspondente)
Ano2020
Volume33
Data de publicação2020-06-15
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoTransformative Works and Cultures (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1941-2258 • E-ISSN: 1941-2258
EditoraTransformative Works and Cultures (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3983/twc.2020.1665
OpenAlexW3025112566
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1

As a relatively young field, which brings together scholars from a wide variety of different home disciplines, fan studies faces questions of disciplinary cohesion and methodological practice. Moving from a multidisciplinary space to an interdisciplinary field that creates new synergistic knowledge is facilitated by cross-discipline communication and collaboration. However, this is impeded by many barriers. Examining the history of design research provides useful parallels that may help us learn from the experiences of researchers who faced similar concerns. A bricolage approach will allow scholars in new fields of knowledge to benefit from an interdisciplinary landscape that provides methodological breadth. By using such an approach, fan studies researchers can borrow or synthesize the tools most appropriate to their research questions; for example, participatory action research is a methodology that fan studies researchers may find useful. Participatory approaches may cut through issues of fan/academic positioning and contribute to research with positive social value

Action research · Bricolage · Citizen journalism · Discipline · Engineering ethics · Multidisciplinary approach · Parallels · Participatory action research · Pedagogy · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Anthropology · Comics and Graphic Narratives · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Engineering · Artificial Intelligence