International Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print. In the contemporary moment, systemic failures – from climate change to pandemics to political repression – have created embodied vulnerabilities worldwide. I argue here that the increasing prec…
International Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print. There is a growing effort to locate metaverse developments within the purview of platform research. However, the majority of English-language studies take Horizon Worlds, Meta’s US-centric prot…
International Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print. There is a growing effort to locate metaverse developments within the purview of platform research. However, the majority of English-language studies take Horizon Worlds, Meta’s US-centric prot…
International Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print. Using the analysis of online activity, autoethnographic reflection, and a participant survey, this article examines Australian rock-decorating groups on Facebook and the role of social media in…
International Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print. This article argues for a pluralization of the “platform capitalism” framework, suggesting we should think instead in terms of “platform capitalisms.” This pluralization opens the way to a bett…
International Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print. This article explores the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the Nigerian film industry (Nollywood) and the local responses of filmmakers to the precariousness engendered by the pandemic. This…
International Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print. In this article, we examine songs that reuse decades-old Japanese media, in which the Japaneseness is both important and attenuated. While there is clear desire for and pleasure in the Japanese…
International Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print. Anti-fan research has traditionally focused on audiences’ engaged dislike as media consumers more than as media producers, often ignoring their capacity to inflict harm. Building from this whil…
International Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print. This is a continuation of the first text I wrote for the ‘What Is Cultural Studies?’ series, defending the importance of theories and voices from the margins, from the oppressed. Now, I introdu…
International Journal of Cultural Studies, Ahead of Print. This is a continuation of the first text I wrote for the ‘What Is Cultural Studies?’ series, defending the importance of theories and voices from the margins, from the oppressed. Now, I introdu…