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Unofficial WisCon 38 Programming Idea-Generation Fest
Let’s talk about what we would like to see at WisCon 38 for programming, any topic.
Post any thoughts you have, however semi-formed.
People can comment & try to come up with the best panels possible! Anyone can suggest panel ideas: People who run the convention, authors, attendees, or people who have never attended WisCon and never will. Please feel free to join in!
If the comments go in a direction you dislike, or you don't want to participate in a discussion, you can submit your own panel idea here on WisCon's website.
Here's a link to the Dreamwidth post on which we came up with ideas for WisCon 37, specifically anime/manga programming. It's an example of how this works. Threaded comments FTW.
Things to know:
--Not every panel idea that gets suggested ends up on the schedule. For WisCon 37, programming chairs had to cut about 50% of the panels due to space/time constraints.
--Much closer to WisCon 38, people will be able to vote on WisCon's website for panels they'd like to attend, & also indicate their interest in being a panelist or a moderator. These votes matter.
--Programming minions edit panel titles/descriptions after they've been submitted. Sometimes they combine multiple panels on the same theme into a single panel.
Commenting disclaimer: If you're reading this on LiveJournal, I would appreciate it if you could post your comments on the Dreamwidth post, so they're all in one spot. Of course, if you are unable to do so, comment at LJ.
Post any thoughts you have, however semi-formed.
People can comment & try to come up with the best panels possible! Anyone can suggest panel ideas: People who run the convention, authors, attendees, or people who have never attended WisCon and never will. Please feel free to join in!
If the comments go in a direction you dislike, or you don't want to participate in a discussion, you can submit your own panel idea here on WisCon's website.
Here's a link to the Dreamwidth post on which we came up with ideas for WisCon 37, specifically anime/manga programming. It's an example of how this works. Threaded comments FTW.
Things to know:
--Not every panel idea that gets suggested ends up on the schedule. For WisCon 37, programming chairs had to cut about 50% of the panels due to space/time constraints.
--Much closer to WisCon 38, people will be able to vote on WisCon's website for panels they'd like to attend, & also indicate their interest in being a panelist or a moderator. These votes matter.
--Programming minions edit panel titles/descriptions after they've been submitted. Sometimes they combine multiple panels on the same theme into a single panel.
Commenting disclaimer: If you're reading this on LiveJournal, I would appreciate it if you could post your comments on the Dreamwidth post, so they're all in one spot. Of course, if you are unable to do so, comment at LJ.
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A lot of fans find a home/family in fandom. Found families are also a common theme in specfic, both written and in tv shows such as Farscape and Star Trek. What narrative and thematic purposes can found families serve? How does this trope resonate with other themes present in speculative fiction?
Bring on the MPREG
Male pregnancy is a common theme in fanfiction, and a great deal of it (perhaps most of it) is written by women. How is pregnancy and its outcome portrayed for men, through a female lens? How does this sub-genre comment on gender relations and reproductive issues within our society? Are issues raised that would not be discussed in relation to female pregnancy? Is some of the genre simply inspired by a wish to see a man suffering through morning sickness and labor? Aside from the tv version of "Alien Nation," are there examples of MPREG in mainstream fiction?
Omegaverse Slash Fanfiction and Feminism
An entire sub-genre of fanfiction involves a world in which reproductive behavior is biologically directed and very hierarchical. How might this type of fiction be related to current debates about feminism and reproductive rights in the United States? Or is it just a kink that some people enjoy reading about? There is some omegaverse femslash - how does it differ (or not) from male/male omegaverse slash? http://fanlore.org/wiki/Alpha/Beta/Omega
I Want My Animal Companion - Or Do I?
Anne McCaffrey, Mercedes Lackey, etc. - soul-bonding to an animal companion can be a powerful element in speculative fiction. How can this type of animal companion be compared and contrasted thematically with human-linked animals in Philip Pullman's THE GOLDEN COMPASS and Lauren Beukes' ZOO CITY?
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A Companion to Wolves is a really great example of a book exploring this trope.
Saddle the unicorn
Discuss, contrast, compare: Lauren Beukes, Zoo City; Bear & Monette's Companion to Wolves, Naomi Novik's Temeraire, and somebody-who's-read-em appropriate early 80s protoslash.
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However, given potential triggeriness one might want to take detailed discussion of what such a panel would include (tropes? focus?) to a separate post under a cut, or to email. I am up for helping refine a panel description if that would be useful; I'm not sure I feel qualified to be on a panel since I only read a limited range of dubcon, and do not write any fic these days.
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Both? I do think that dubcon is an important thing to talk about when it comes to Omegaverse, but I also think the broader topic is interesting--writer and reader motivations (requires very careful ground rules); the kind of work it can do in terms of plot, character, and relationship development; social commentary (or reinforcement) . . .
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