OTW Fannews: Fanlore & Farewells

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After 7 years the ‪OTW Fannews‬ series comes to a close but we hope you’ll keep fannish history going with fanlore_news http://bit.ly/1R9KNn4   

“Keep Memories Safe!

During its seven years the Fannews series has also been about raising awareness of fannish history and the Fanlore site as a resource for recording information about fanworks and fannish histories and practices. Each Fannews post has ended by encouraging readers to add their own memories and insights in Fanlore entries, as well as linking readers to related pages on the topics within the post.Having fans represent their own activities and works ​on websites that aren’t owned/controlled by corporations is important, especially as fandom becomes such an appealing topic for the media and researchers. 

In past months different media articles have cited Fanlore as a source. Many academic works over the past few years have also cited Fanlore. Dozens of these works have appeared, including books about particular fandoms and fanwork types, as well as fan practices. Fanlore also appears in genre studies, social studies, and even topics that are broader than fandom itself. 

We encourage you to subscribe to the Fanlore News twitter account. Moderator Pip Janssen sends out several tweets a week pointing people to fun and interesting entries on the site, and we hope you’ll add to them or even start your own pages to keep the site’s record of fan history going strong.”