All posts by Marie-Pierre Renaud
The (Fake) Geek Girl Project / 1: The How-to
For a little over two years now, geek culture has been tormented with a raging debate, that of the ”fake” geek girl. This debate has divided geeks between those who reinforce the notion that some women pretend to be geeks in order to attract the attention of men, and those who contest it.
Since late 2012, I have been analysing this debate and following the changes it brought forth in geek culture.
AAA Paper: From Geek to Chic: A Case Study in Identity and Consumerism
This week, we are introducing a second paper from the Geek Anthropology session which was part of the 2013 AAA annual meeting program. To view the first video, click here.
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AAA Paper: Fan Fiction, Fan Autoethnography, and Everyday Life
This week, we are introducing a first paper from the Geek Anthropology session Nick Mizer and myself put together for the 2013 American Anthropological Association annual meeting which took place in Chicago last November. You may remember Nick Mizer’s Connecting The Dots Towards A Geek Anthropology, introduction to this session, which he presented on TGA last March.
As Always, it Started With Star Trek: A Study On Geek Girls
For many years, whenever people would tell me that girls are rare in geek culture, my instant reaction would always be: well, no.
I would be surprised and a little puzzled at their assumption and would instantly think of all the women who were fans or contributors to the Star Trek fanchise.
The Geek Anthropologist 