by Daniel Fandino | Nov 16, 2019 | CHI Fellowship Program
On October 31st, news broke that fire had engulfed the major buildings of Shuri Castle, a landmark of Okinawa located in the prefectural capital of Naha. The fire destroyed the main structure of the castle and gutted many other buildings. The present day incarnation...
by Daniel Fandino | Oct 20, 2019 | CHI Fellowship Program
This year my project in CHI is aimed towards allowing me to try and think through questions of cultural heritage and popular culture, while creating a project that attempts to interpret a series of dramatic changes within a set spatial boundary over time. Much of this...
by Daniel Fandino | Sep 24, 2019 | CHI Fellowship Program, Introductions
Greetings once again fellow traveler on the great ocean of knowledge that is the internet! I am Daniel Fandino, a third year PhD student with the History Department at Michigan State University. Coincidentally, this is also my third adventure with the CHI Fellowship,...
by Daniel Fandino | Jan 20, 2019 | CHI Fellowship Program
Part of the impetus for embarking on this project was the conservation of convention history. Many of the constituent components of early fandom have disappeared or were never recorded in the first place. As pop culture is seen as disposable–ask anyone who has...
by Daniel Fandino | Nov 16, 2018 | CHI Fellowship Program, CHI Grad Fellow Post
The first problem to resolve in mapping out American anime fandom is where to situate a start point for the project. The first major anime convention in the United States was Project A-Kon, first held in 1990. Before this point, smaller anime meetings were held as...
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