appreciate the shoutout!

CFP: Disney Culture & Society Research Network Fourth Annual Conference @disnet.bsky.social

“Let Us Tell An Old Story Anew”: Revising / Reinventing / Reimagining Disney

10th-12th September 2026
Online

dis-net.org/conference/

The Great Class War YouTube video by Jesse Welles

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4qX...

Another absolute gem from Jesse Welles.

did you see MIT invited him to give a lecture recently? :( what a waste.

Incredibly excited to be joining CASBS as a Fellow next year!

We're doing this event on Friday. I'll be running a litttle panel segment with Sherria, Greg, and Rilla. Can't wait!

good stuff and exciting news!

bonkers! heh okay just saw your message here (simpler anyway!)

Halcy-Con 2025 Playlist

Here's the one that got shared with me recently: open.spotify.com/playlist/2UC...

absolutely! are you using the app? you can DM me there easily

At IAAPA in Orlando this week. If you are too ping me! ☺️

yup seems so! (feels like that history is tied to the earlier "software studies" stuff where deep dives into a system was seen as important.)

It's been fun to venture into a very different domain and at moments reminds me of the earliest days of game studies. This symposium happens at the end of the big theme park industry convention. A little like when us academics started turning up at GDC back in the day ;)

Interesting reflection and seems deeply tied to discipline/method. Ethnographers are often doing single fieldsite books :)

Excited to be presenting at TEAAS this year (case study of Galaxies Edge): teaacademicsociety.org/our-symposium/

Hi5s to the team who pulled it off. Like so many in that community who learned to craft and make costumes and make experiences together as a result of their time on the Halcyon, they undertook making a movie 🙌 It’s pretty amazing how creatively generative that experience was for so many ❤️

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We were treated to a showing of the new doc Halcyon Daze tonight (www.halcyondazefilm.com). Really cool chronicle of the life & impact of the Galactic Starcruiser on the people who got to experience it. It’s hitting the festival circuit soon but you can still snag a digital copy for a bit longer!

More pics throughout the weekend over at my Insta fwiw: www.instagram.com/ybikapix/

Back in Orlando for Halcy-Con. Have I mentioned how fun fieldwork has been for this project on play in theme parks? 🤩 Assuming my role of intergalactic ethnographer means I’ll be dressing up again.❤️ the fantastic toy thermal print camera I’ve added to my gear (with some Aurebesh customization 😉)

- Poynter Play smart. Dodge manipulation. G.A.M.E. empowers streamers, fans, and industry stakeholders to reclaim game spaces from harmful stereotypes, extremist rhetoric, and common disinformation tricks. Thro...

Workshop for streamers & content creators on media manipulation. Might be of interest to some. (I'm not affiliated, just sharing): www.poynter.org/mediawise/pr...

means a lot to hear old work can still contribute ❤️ i need to grab that book too. big congrats on it! (i’m mostly in the land of theme park studies these days but always love your and jaakko’s work!)

belated thanks for the shoutout! ❤️

Looking forward to speaking at this upcoming event in DC on trust & safety in online games. www.eventbrite.com/e/mainstream...

aw thanks Scott!

Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser's Last Days Chronicled in New Film The crowdfunded Halcyon Daze documentary hopes to cover the short-lived Galactic Starcruiser attraction and the fans who loved it.

Read about my documentary project in Gizmodo!

gizmodo.com/the-death-of...

aw that is so nice to hear! i felt the same about it! okay maybe can rally and make it happen again this year 🤞 (back at MIT or should we try to get it somewhere else? UK? ;)

ah good to know. i think i went to a PCA in the 90s as a grad student but never since!

neat! thanks for the heads-up about it :)

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thanks for the tips. (I should put SCMS on my radar in particular probably)