WaynePop

The annual Wayne State Popular Culture Conference is co-hosted by Kino Club 313, the Wayne State Comics Collective & Warrior Gaming at Wayne State University.

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We have a BONUS PRESENTATION! Please check out Jonathan Blake Fostar (Illinois State University) presenting "Among the Tropicans of Tropico" on the #WaynePop2021 YouTube channel!
https://t.co/Mf4sB5D2A4

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@DanHF @JanelleMonae Loved your conversation and can't wait for the new book! Thank you so much!

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Be sure to join us for the final panel of the day for #WaynePop2021 - "Closing Gaps in Youth and Fan Cultures" with Courtney Bliss, Elaine Morton, and Blue Profitt at 4:00PM (EST)!

https://t.co/cvNlqVN0cD

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Join us at 2:00 PM [EST] for our final Turner Keynote lecture of the day, featuring @ABoyCalledMonk in conversation with Dr. @JulianChambliss from @michiganstateu. #WaynePop2021

https://t.co/TSIXh2jmL0

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Our first #WaynePop2021 synchronous programming of the day will be the second of our Dennis Turner Memorial Lectures, "In Conversation with Benjamin Han" beginning at 10:00AM (EST), hosted by our own Shelby Cadwell!
https://t.co/SH0FwzCMFn

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Join us at 4PM (EST) on Zoom for our final event of today, a panel on “Racial Disruptions of Dominant Narratives” feat. presentations on orientalism in fantasy, queer Latina resistance, and iconic photography of BLM/Civil Rights!
Link to join: https://t.co/pmnmpb5e9L

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Our first Turner Lecture, "In Conversation with Marita Sturken" starts soon on Zoom. Join us at 2:15 PM [EST] for this fascinating conversation with the author of "Tourists of History: Memory, Kitsch, and Consumerism From Oklahoma City to Ground Zero."
https://t.co/watep7BVgH

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Our first asynchronous publication of the day is "Teaching through Disruption: A Pop Culture Pedagogy Roundtable" featuring Shelby Cadwell, Julia Largent, Margaret Robbins, and Grace Wagner-O'Daniel. Check it out now on our YouTube channel!
https://t.co/xRTfkXaIJ4

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Beginning at 12:00PM (EST) is our first synchronous workshop of #WaynePop2021 - “Antiracist Pedagogy: Utilizing Popular Culture to Examine Issues of Inequity” with facilitator Vanessa Hintz. Find Zoom invitation links in our schedule-at-a-glance here: https://t.co/TGCk8BwGTG

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Beginning at 10:00AM (EST) is our first synchronous panel of #WaynePop2021 - "Through a Processor, Darkly: Memory and Culture as Reshaped by The Digital" with Tyler Wertsch (BGSU), Leda Hayes (BGSU), and Haley Shipley (BGSU).
https://t.co/QJpCyYekgw

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#WaynePop2021 synchronous programming begins Friday, 9/24 at 10:00AM (EST). In addition to our other fantastic events, be sure to log in for the first of our Turner Memorial Lectures - In Conversation with @MaritaSturken at 2:15PM (EST). Links/schedule: https://t.co/j3BeT076Dl

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Day 3 of #WaynePop2021 continues with a roundtable discussion featuring Trinidad G Linares, Thomas Edge, and Jim Walton titled "Where Our Story Starts: Come from Away and a Wedding Party Looks Back."

https://t.co/A9agsoAXXG

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Day 3 of #WaynePop2021 begins with Wayne State University's own Hunter Tuinstra presenting on the truth that is out there. Check out his video - "Apophenia and Alien Love: UFO Abduction Narratives as Technologies of the Self" at https://t.co/nvVP08ytCd

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On Day 2 of the #WaynePop2021 asynchronous content, Elisabetta Di Minico, Vanessa Hintz, J. Scott Jordan, and Dylan Trigg discuss Lovecraft Country, Stranger Things, WandaVision, and X-Men. Check out the video here! - https://t.co/FvrQjw1DQG

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Our first day of asynchronous content for #WaynePop2021 concludes with Jaya Wathare of the University of Mumbai's article "Mumbai’s ‘The Warli Revolt’: Swadesi voicing the concerns of the Tribal Community". Read it here: https://t.co/FVvDlQ0ORw

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Welcome to Day 1 of asynchronous content for the #WaynePop2021 conference! We're kicking things off with a roundtable from @jordanjamparty et al titled "Zombies, Blips, and the Apocalypse: Why Write Stories About Disruptions?". Check it out here: https://t.co/qp30j7Qtj6

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We're excited to announce that @JulianChambliss, @DanHF, @MaritaSturken, and Benjamin Han are confirmed speakers for #WaynePop2021. There's still time to submit your abstract for this fully virtual, fully FREE conference.
Check out the CFP here: https://t.co/tNkDLJA0N1

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Please check out our CFP for the #WaynePop2021 Pop Culture Conference - "Disruptions, Gaps, Transitions, and Leaps" - happening virtually September 24th - 26th. Submissions are due Friday, July 9th!

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Want to help us plan #WaynePop2021? Come to our General Interest Meeting this Friday!

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In Case You Missed It:
@ShelleyStreeby's #WaynePop2020 keynote lecture "Speculative Archives: Hidden Histories and Ecologies of Science Fiction World-Making" is now live on our YouTube channel! @WayneStateCLAS @EnglishWSU

https://t.co/M93ZdCZtcR