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echoingdream in geekcrafts

A questionnaire and some crafts to share

Jan 17, 2011 23:30

Hi everyone,
I'm a lurker, crafter, and graduate student studying fandom crafting for my masters thesis, and I'm doing a short informal questionnaire about fan craft over at my journal. If anyone happens to be interested and wants to answer a few questions, I'd really appreciate it!

You can find the questionnaire here.

( And so this isn't just a plea for help )

sherlock holmes, doctor who, finished craft

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madfishmonger January 18 2011, 05:36:40 UTC

I really like your Holmes cameo, very cute! I filled out your questionnaire too :)

echoingdream January 18 2011, 05:58:38 UTC

Awesome! thank you so much! I have some ideas for ways to tweak the cameo in future iterations, I just wish I had more time!

amymbaines January 18 2011, 06:34:46 UTC

I think the cameo is great! ALso, icon love. Filled out the questionnaire as well.

echoingdream January 18 2011, 16:27:10 UTC

Thanks so much!

charlottehywd January 18 2011, 13:32:17 UTC

I love the cameo! By the way, I have to ask- what major are you that you get to study geekiness? Sounds awesome.

echoingdream January 18 2011, 16:29:07 UTC

Design Studies. I like the program a lot, it's really flexible. I focus on history of textiles and on grass roots craft, and I realized that no one had really looked at fancraft/geekcraft academically before, and it's so close to my heart that here I am!

ms_mercurial January 18 2011, 16:52:49 UTC

OHMYGOD YOUR MASTER'S THESIS SOUNDS BAD-ASS.
I have nothing else of value to offer. That just needed to be said.

*filling out questionnaire*

echoingdream January 19 2011, 04:03:03 UTC

haha thank you! I'm really really excited about writing it!

saskiiaa January 18 2011, 20:37:06 UTC

Wow, that sounds like a nice master's program... better than mine XDDD but that's really cool, I'll be filling out the questionaire!

echoingdream January 19 2011, 04:03:31 UTC

Thank you! I'm sure yours is cool too, what are you studying?

saskiiaa January 19 2011, 05:05:21 UTC

You're welcome, I hope you get loads of good answers. Do you have to write a lot in your thesis? How do you get enough info for a thesis like this? I've always been curious about that hehe.
I'm currently in a physics program, so for our theses it's a lot more straightforward.. just cram your thesis paper full of equations and you're done LOL. Then add some graphs, do some fits... hehe.

echoingdream January 20 2011, 04:14:39 UTC

Aah physics is way over my head. I'm doing a survey and collecting images and comments about fancraft, which I'll then write about and see how it compares to non fandom craft. There will also be a lot of talking about contemporary craft and the history of fandom and such. Usually in my department they run about 100 pages, I hope I can make it that long!

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