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Worldcon Research
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June M. Madeley PhD
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I am a professor with the Information and Communication Studies Program at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada). The research I am conducting is part of a project that I am developing on the history, structure and organization of Worldcon. I'm not just a fan studies researcher, I'm also a fan (of comics, manga, speculative fiction, & video games - I'm a bit of a renaissance geek).
I'm currently developing a long-term research project on the history, structure and organization of Worldcon (the World Science Fiction Convention*). I attended Anticipation/Worldcon 2009 in Montreal from August 6-10th. While there met many of the people who have been active in attending and organizing the 67 Worldcons that have been held since 1939. In addition to the survey of attendees at last year's Worldcon, I'm also hoping to conduct interviews with former organizers and attendees of previous Worldcons. If you have attended or helped to organize a previous Worldcon and would like to help me with this research please contact me.
Call for documents & info from past Worldcons- I am currently in the development stages of what will be a long-term research project on science fiction/fantasy fandom and Worldcon. At the moment I'm seeking help from past Worldcon attendees and organizers. I'm trying to locate programmes from all of the Worldcon conventions up to the present. The cons for which I still do not have a copy of a programme are listed HERE I'm also interested in minutes of business meetings, and similar documentation of bid and con committees. One element of Worldcon history that interests me is the geographic origins of participants. I'm looking for previous Progress Reports that indicate how many members are coming from what areas of the world to attend that particular Worldcon. This documentation will be valuable in analyzing the history, structure and organization of Worldcon over time.
I will be attending the 68th Worldcon - Aussiecon 4 in Melbourne this September. I hope to meet more folks there who will share their own experiences of Worldcons past and present. I plan to conduct a survey of attendees at this con as well and will post a link to it here once the con is over.
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transcripts or notes of interviews. Your
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to set context will be revealed. These
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portions of the information which you provide are included in the
published materials resulting from this research.
Contact information
Thank you for your
interest in this research. You will find all of my contact information posted on this
site. I may be reached via
e-mail at jmadeley@unbsj.ca or by
phone 506-648-5521.
Should you have any concerns about this research or your
participation please feel free to contact the Chair of my Department, Dr.
Gary Worrell at gworrell@unbsj.ca
or by phone at 506-648-5522.
You may also contact David Flagel, Chair, Research Ethics Board, at flagel@unbsj.ca
or by phone 506-648-5610