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such_heights) wrote2015-02-23 12:40 am
such_heights) wrote2015-02-23 12:40 am
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How not to academically study fanfiction
So ![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
waldorph has discovered that their fic, along with a lot of others, are assigned reading on a Berkley undergrad syllabus, where part of the assignment includes leaving comments. It's ... not going well.
This is a cache of the syllabus in full (I don't think I spotted any of my rlist there?)
waldorph writes: So Your Fic is Required Reading: Hahahanope.
As many people have said, studying fandom is one thing, but setting your students loose on unsuspecting fic writers is kind of awful.
eta: as people have pointed out, it's important to note that this is a class run by undergrads who are themselves fans that doesn't has a great deal of supervision outside of that.
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In entirely different 'wtf' news, I would like to write my own post about the experience that was Jupiter Ascending, but in the meantimehappydork has written a pretty accurate summary of our evening.
This is a cache of the syllabus in full (I don't think I spotted any of my rlist there?)
As many people have said, studying fandom is one thing, but setting your students loose on unsuspecting fic writers is kind of awful.
eta: as people have pointed out, it's important to note that this is a class run by undergrads who are themselves fans that doesn't has a great deal of supervision outside of that.
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In entirely different 'wtf' news, I would like to write my own post about the experience that was Jupiter Ascending, but in the meantime
happydork has written a pretty accurate summary of our evening.