Negotiating acafandom as a first-time researcher

Abstract

This reflection on positionality draws on experiences from undertaking an undergraduate writing research project involving a series of email/chat server interviews with fan fiction authors active on Archive of Our Own. The identity of the acafan is a negotiated spectrum that relates to positionality and knowledge production.

Keywords

• ao3
• archive of our own
• interviews
• knowledge production
• positionality
• power relations
• research methods