Scholarly Hipsters, Scholarly Geeks, Part 1: Definitions
By Nick Mizer Over at the Savage Minds blog, Alex Posecznick has been writing a thought-provoking series on “Anthroplogists as Scholarly Hipsters.”
Anthropology
Binding the Boundless – Spot Check 19
What do William Blake, Abed Nadir, and The Geek Preacher all have in common? Find out in the latest Spot Check!
Spot Check 17: Strategies of the Quantum Ogre
In which I give an update on my research progress and think about the Quantum Ogre in terms of the power dynamic between players, dungeon masters, and game worlds.
The (Fake) Geek Girl Project / 4: Why this debate, and why now?
This is the second to last installment of this series. You may read the foreword to this series, As Always, it Started With Star Trek: A Study On Geek Girls, as well as parts 1, 2 and 3.
Why did the Fake Geek Girl debate reach such intensity in 2012?
The (Fake) Geek Girl Project / 3: Who Cares?
You may read the foreword to this series, As Always, it Started With Star Trek: A Study On Geek Girls, as well as parts 1 and 2.
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 analyzing this debate and following the changes it brought forth in geek culture.
The Geek Anthropologist 