Meaning of aca/fan | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B1]

Examples

“This suggestion coincides with the concept of the “scholar-fan” or “aca/fan” developed by media studies scholar Henry Jenkins in the early 1990s and still a subject of lively debate⟳ today.”

“This is not to say⟳ there is no worth in exploring the term DIY preservation in this context but rather that more work⟳ needs to be done in exploring the ways in which popular music archivists, fans, aca/fen and other scholars evoke it as a kind of discursive strategy or resource to support⟳ specific music heritage projects (e.g. see⟳ Baker and Huber 2012).”

“Aca/fans argue⟳ that a person can be an academic and a fan and simultaneously enjoy⟳ and assess aesthetic merit in various types of texts.”

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