We, Martin Hennig and Christopher Zysik, had the pleasure to present our research and the JVMG project at the Annual Conference of the German Society for Media Studies (Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft) at Paderborn University from September 16th to 19th. The Society for Media Studies brings together scholars from different disciplines involved with research around theories, practices, and structures of mass media and other forms of mediatization, such as communication, data, or transportation. This year, the hosts invited researchers to present and discuss the topic “Macht” (in engl.: “power”). We contributed with a presentation on “Macht in fankuratierten Datenbanken” (“Power in fan-curated databases”) and how the JVMG project enables a new perspective and method to approach this topic.
We were presenting in the panel “shared spaces,” as we understand fan-curated databases as shared spaces, where fans come together to discuss, share, and negotiate the meanings, data, and narratives surrounding their fandom-object. We had great discussions at the conference and other researchers were interested in the transcultural scalability of the JVMG project as it would be of great help in their projects as well. We enjoyed connecting with the media scholars community in Germany and sharing the JVMG project. We would like to thank the organizers for the invitation and great organization. Furthermore, we would like to thank our colleagues in attendance for stimulating discussions and making this year’s conference a great place of scholarly exchange.
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