Fire Up the T.A.R.D.I.S., I'm going to Chicago!

[fictional]

So, there's this conference. Film and Science: Fictions, Documentaries and Beyond. I had wanted to go to this conference anyway. Then, I noticed they were...uh...having a Doctor Who area.

...

*crickets chirping*

It was clear I had to send them something. I ended up writing the abstract on the subway. People looked over my shoulder as I wrote things about ourobourouses (ouroborii???) and the Doctor, and gave me weird (very weird) glances. The paper ended up being entitled, "When Worlds Continue: The Doctor's Adventures in Fandom and Metatexuality." The idea was something about which I was am ridiculously excited, and am just dying to write. But I really felt like I couldn't, in all conscience, write the damn thing (even if it is apropos to my dissertation topic, it's not actually part of it) unless it had, well, a venue.

AND NOW IT DOES. Oh god, I'm so excited. I'm seriously so thrilled. I can't figure out if it's that I get to write about something I care so much for right now, or if it's because it's one of the first few national conferences I've been accepted to, w/o you know, being an advisee of the organization president.

It's probably silly. But I can't help it! So um. Yeah. I'll just be over here kvelling in the corner.

Thanks, Doc. You really made my night ;-)

Comments

[darthhellokitty.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!!! I hope you'll let us see it when it's done... can't be anything but EXCELLENT!

[jbs-teeth.livejournal.com]

Kali, this is so interesting! I would love to read the abstract (and the paper when you're done). I took a glance at the website and looked at the doc for the "Doctor Who" area: this (and most of the others) would just be so cool to peak in on.

Alas, there's probably little call for Web 2.0 app developers to attend. :)

I am thinking of hitting Chicago in Ocotber, though (one of my oldest friends lives up there). I wonder if I could sneak in...

[sanginmychains.livejournal.com]

Tell me about the paper! The effect of an engaged fan community on a serial narrative, and the mechanisms of canon creation just fascinate me. What's your thesis?