Brisbane street artist Anthony Lister has been convicted of ‘wilful damage’ graffiti. Who is being harmed, when our legal system is forced to devalue cultural capital?
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Fanfiction is nebulous, confusing and often mocked. It’s also explosively popular. So what is it?
Fifty Shades of Grey and fan fic like it has reached the Ivy League.
Painting over Banksy’s latest work has proved an embarrassment for the local council responsible. Council officials had to admit that they hadn’t realised the work was by Banksy and, more pertinently…
Last September, I sat down in the Capital Theatre in Bendigo to listen to American composer Morton Feldman’s String Quartet No.2 played by the Flux Quartet from New York. Sounds a nice way to spend an…
Zines are small-circulation, self-published magazines. Their emergence can be traced back to fanzine, a term used by science-fiction fans from the 1940s to set their amateur publications about popular…
Nothing defines our use of the internet as clearly as the concept of the meme (pronounced “meem”). Every day, millions of people laugh at LOLcats, dog shaming, and music videos without music, while others…
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Professor in English Studies, University of Stirling
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Researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge UK. Previously, The University of Queensland
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Visiting Associate Professor, National Taiwan Normal University
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Tutor in Media Studies, The University of Queensland
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PhD researcher in the fields of Popular Culture and Postcolonialism, The University of Western Australia
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City St George's, University of London
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Researcher in the Philosophy of Play, The University of Queensland
