Politics of popular creativity and popular knowledge: on the case of adbusters and Harry Potter fans
Date of Award
May 2014
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Social Sciences
Advisor(s)
Jackie Orr
Keywords
brand identity, consumers, consumer society, culture industries, equality, intellectual property
Subject Categories
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
My research looks at and investigates popular creativity and the politics involved in two different cases. I situate popular creativity and the politics involved in the context of cultural studies.
My first case looks at advertisements that are placed under attack, or busted. I investigate the different politics of defamiliarization between two specific busted ads. The politics of defamiliarization create moving images based on the Freudian uncanny and Brechtian Verfremdung. My second case involves Harry Potter fans and fan fiction writing. Specifically, I investigate the politics of closure or stereotyping involved in a copyright dispute over the publication of the so-called Harry Potter Lexicon.
Methodologically speaking, I am `on the case'. In being `on the case', politics happen too, which concern the production of knowledge over equality. I situate equality in the context of Jacques Rancière's understanding of it, alongside his understanding of people, politics, and what he refers to as police. In building my research cases, I offer a form of popular knowledge.
Access
Open Access
Recommended Citation
Schreven, Stephanie, "Politics of popular creativity and popular knowledge: on the case of adbusters and Harry Potter fans" (2014). Dissertations - ALL. 95.
https://surface.syr.edu/etd/95
