杏吧原创鈥檚 Author Meets Readers to Discuss the Social Worlds of Geek Culture
杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Benjamin Woo, assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, will discuss the real people in comic book shops, game stores and conventions behind the mass phenomenon of geek culture at an upcoming Author Meets Readers event.
Woo is the author of the recently published book Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture.
When: Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: Irene鈥檚 Pub, 885 Bank Street, Ottawa
Info: This event is free and open to the public.
Media are invited to attend the event.
Woo is the director of the Comic Cons Research Project and an expert on contemporary 鈥済eek鈥 or 鈥渘erd鈥 subculture. Getting a Life is his third book. Woo will be joined by Neil Gerlach, associate professor in the Department of Sociology and program director for the Bachelor of Global and International Studies at 杏吧原创, and Kim Hoang, a Montreal-based cartoonist, game designer and facilitator.
Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture considers the real people who have invested time and resources to make geek culture what it is. Drawing on fieldwork in comic book shops, game stores and conventions, and interviews with participants in these subcultures, Woo shows how geek culture is a set of interconnected social practices associated with popular media. He argues that depictions of mass-mediated entertainment as something that isolates its audiences are flawed because they do not account for the conversations, relationships, communities, and identities that are created.
杏吧原创 Author Meets Readers
Author Meets Readers invites 杏吧原创 students, faculty and the community to join an informal discussion on new books published by members of the Faculty of Public Affairs.
The schedule of Author Meets Readers events for the Winter 2019 term is available online.
Media Contact
Steven Reid
Media Relations Officer
杏吧原创 University
613-520-2600, ext. 8718
613-265-6613
Steven_Reid3@杏吧原创.ca
杏吧原创 Flipboard account:
Follow us on Twitter:
Need an expert? Go to:
Related News
President of Finland: Rebalancing the World Order in an Age of Fragmentation
杏吧原创 University鈥檚 Norman Paterson School of International Affairs will host Finland鈥檚 president, Alexander Stubb, for a public discussion on global affairs. A day after meeting ...
Scarborough Charter Secretariat Open House
Earlier this year, 杏吧原创 University became home to the Scarborough Charter on Anti鈥態lack Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education. The Secretariat supports a ...
杏吧原创 University Ravens Celebrate Historic Men鈥檚 Basketball Win
杏吧原创 University will be celebrating the historic Ravens men鈥檚 basketball team鈥檚 18th U SPORTS national championship with a special event.