Changing Nature of Fan Communities
Themes:
FuturismRetrospectiveFandom
Tags:
Fandomretrospective
What:
Panel
When:
11:00 AM, Saturday 31 Mar 2018
(1 hour)
Where:
Pan Pacific Perth
- East Grand River
How:
Swancon has been running for 43 years, and fandom has changed around the convention during this time. (Or has it?) What was Perth fandom like in the late 1970s when Swancon began? Are the fannish activities of younger Swanconners recognisably the same? How has the ability to connect online to larger fannish communities changed our fannish lives? What happens next?