2019 Annual Ray Browne Conference
The Popular Culture Scholars Association at BGSU is excited to announce the 6th Annual Ray Browne Conference:
Formulas in Flux:
Conventions and Adaptability in Popular Culture
Jerome Library Pallister Conference Room
February 15-16, 2019
Bowling Green State University
Conference Schedule
| Time | Scheduled Activity |
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| 12:30PM-1:30PM | Registration/Welcome Table |
| 1:45PM-2:45PM | Panel 1: Popular Culture and Conventions |
Rin Baatz- Ignore the Men Behind the Dress: A Man's Idea of the 'Perfect Woman' Joanna Line- Football as Prop: The Trivialization of Female Athleticism on the Covers of The Cleveland Clash Romance Novels Alexander Lester- Reflections on the American Dream in ABC's American Housewife |
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| 3:00PM-4:15PM | Panel 1: Popular Culture and the Form |
Blue Profitt - I'm telling you, there is something off about that girl:’ The Female Sociopath in Insatiable Rachel Ramlawi- “I Used to Think Boys Had it Hard,” Male Privilege in The Simpsons Marley Stuever-Williford- 'Diversity Tomorrow’: Michael Scott, Panopticism, and Macroaggressions in The Office Micaela Torre- 'Not Like Us’: Freakish Spectatorship in A Series of Unfortunate Events |
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| 4:30PM-5:45PM | Panel 1: Popular Culture and Person |
Leigh Pinkelman- Leigh Pinkelman, Survivor: The Experiences of Public Disclosure Through Art Rafsanul Hoque- Muslim Identity Expression on Social Media After Migrating to the United States Jules Patalita- Auteur Theory in Video Games: A Study of Hideo Kojima and Thatgamecompany Devin Elliott- Hideo Kojima and his Directorial Message in Video Games |
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| 6:30PM | Film Screening - Gish Theatre |
Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival Presented by Culture Club; Introduced by Britt Rhuart |
| Time | Scheduled Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:00AM-6:30PM | Registration/Welcome Table |
| 10:30AM-11:45AM | Concurrent Panel Sessions |
| Pallister Conference Room | Panel 1: Popular Culture as Interrogation David Aldrich- Postmodern Pastiche and Social Critique in Ghost Ghirls Will Daniels- Not Your Gay Best Friend: Titus and Gender Performance in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Jessica Eylem- When Hyper-Masculinity Goes Too Far: A Critique of the Character Jack in A.P. Bio Alexis Isaac- Barney Stinson and the Negative Exemplar: A Defense of How I Met Your Mother |
| Jerome Library Room 142 |
Panel 2: Meaning and Popular Culture Robin Hershkowitz- Faces v Heels: Reexamining the Sense of Real in The Bachelor Franchise Emily Edwards- Searching for a Room of One’s Own: Rethinking the Iranian Diaspora in Persepolis, Shahs of Sunset and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Stevie Scheurich- Real Love: Objectum Sexuals and their Reality Television Campaign for Recognition and Acceptance |
| BPCL Reading Room | Panel 3: Limits and Popular Culture Adam Wagner- Daring You to Desire: Queer Cinematic Representation and the Limits of Problematic Pleasure in Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name Jo Wilson- Analyzing Perceived Spatial Safety and Ability for Outness Among BGSU Queer Students Ericka Findley- Programming Femininity: Ascribing Gender to That Which Has None Hannah Abramson- Trespassers and Gatekeepers: Examining Symbolic Capital and Orthodoxy in Nerd Culture |
| 12:00PM-2:00PM | Please join us in the Pallister Room for lunch! Gluten free and vegetarian options available. |
| 12:30PM-2:00PM | Keynote Speaker Dr. Sue Matheson, Adaptable Cannibals: Reflections on the Possibilities, Negotiations, and Limits of Popular Culture Formulas and Conventions |
| 2:15PM-3:30PM | Concurrent Panel Sessions |
| Pallister Conference Room | Panel 1: Popular Culture and Practice Heather Sloane- The Power to Disrupt Stereotypes: Collaborative Youth Participatory Action Research |
| Jerome Library Room 142 |
Panel 2: Popular Culture as Dialogue Alyssa Fisher- Shifting Digital Dialogues in YouTube Relationships Sherrel McLafferty- Instant Metaphor: How Zeitgeist Can Allow Immediate Comprehension of Communication Emily Edwards- Digital Diasporas: Refugees Navigating Identity and Integration in Former East Germany Chris McVetta- The Office Politics: That's What HE Said (The Rise and Fall of Politically Incorrect Television Comedy During the Golden Age of Social Media) |
| 3:45PM-5:00PM | Concurrent Panel Sessions |
| Pallister Conference Room | Panel 1: Popular Culture as Tool Sourav Chatterjee- The Antifragile Superhero: Pop Culture Theory and the Bengali Comics of the 1960s Tristan Leighton- Liminality in the Mosh: Heavy Metal, Alienated consumption, and the Ritual Process Britt Rhuart- It's Chaos. Be Kind Leda Hayes- Simply Nailogical; A Reading |
| Jerome Library Room 142 |
Panel 2: Re Encountering Policy Heather Sloane- Building Enthusiasm for Policy Practice: Social Work Experiences of Policy in Internship |
| 5:15PM-6:30PM | Concurrent Panel Sessions |
| Pallister Conference Room | Panel 1:Place/Time and Popular Culture Ann L. von Mehren- Historical Influences on the 1960s-1970s Sitcom Hogan's Heroes Heather Stephenson- Nuclear Anxiety and Alternative Masculinities in 1950s Film, as supported by Kiss Me Deadly (1955) Morgan Durfee- The "Real" Britain: Brexit, Britishness, and Reality Television Tyler Wertsch- We [Still] Don’t Talk about ‘Nam’: Mnemonic Salience, Capital, and Narrative in American Military Video Games |
| Jerome Library Room 142 |
Panel 2: Popular Culture as Reproduction Jordan Blank- Cyborg 009: A Study of Stereotypical Diversity and the Evolution of Political Correctness Anna DeGalan- Sounds of Superman: An Evolutionary Study of DC Comic's Superman Soundtracks Blessy McWan- Everyone Belongs in the Kitchen: Analysis of Household Chores in Big Boss Bernadette Bowen- Found-Footage Horror Representations: The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014) |
| 1st Floor Large Group Room | Panel 3: Power and Popular Culture Heather Sloane- Ending High School Social Separation |
To our guests with disabilities:
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Updated: 07/09/2021 11:46AM