Tribe Starkid: Fandom as Ecclesia for the Millenial Generation
What:
Lecture
When:
9:00 AM, Friday 28 Jun 2013 EDT
(50 minutes)
Where:
Oregon Convention Center
- C123
In Urban Tribes, author Ethan Watters describes how it is that members of the Millennial generation cultivate a family of choice, a community he labels an urban tribe. The urban tribe itself comes to represent an ideal community to young adults, one which not only lends meaning and purpose to their lives, but which calls them into the process of meaning-making themselves. By analyzing Team StarKid, we can create a case study model for how Millennials expand the concept of urban tribes into vibrant ecclesia.