My new article ‘”You Call This Archaeology?”: Exploring film history by using fandom as a pedagogical tool’ is published this month in the journal Transformative Works and Cultures vol. 35, March 2021 – Fan Studies Pedagogies.
This article is an exploration of the terrain of engaging learners effectively and why that matters. Using fan engagement in the field of film history reveals that encouraging learners to self-identify as fans shifts the power balance, placing the learner in the position of expert, thereby increasing the chances of learner engagement and enabling learners to gain a more nuanced understanding of their field while also making for a more invested, lively, and varied learning and teaching experience. Based on firsthand experience designing and delivering a research-focused undergraduate film history module combined with a multidisciplinary pedagogical approach, this work demonstrates that treating students as fans with affective stakes in history and exploring historical moments experientially offers learners significant benefits.
The article can be found in full by clicking the link below here:
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