#NCACreatorPrecon

this was a delight! thanks for having me #ncacreatorprecon #nca2024

Thanks to all who tuned in to #NCACreatorPrecon today!! Special shout out to our incredible presenters and my amazing co-organizers @jessmaddox.bsky.social @meganzahay.bsky.social @wellactually.bsky.social 💖💖 we did it!!! Now time to hibernate so I can get through the rest of #NCA2024

Brandon, Andrew, and Danielle’s presentation at NCA precon

Acabestie @drbrandonharris.bsky.social (along with Andrew Wilson & Danielle Flonk) promise a provoking final #NCACreatorPrecon presentation on shitposting and trolling. (This shitposting scholar is selfishly excited!) #NCA2024

Grateful for the opportunity to present alongside, learn from, and engage with incredible scholars at the #NCACreatorPrecon

Wangari presenting at NCA precon

So excited for Wangari Njathi’s presentation on Kenyan creator economies and glamour labour! #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Jennifer presenting at the NCA precon

Jennifer Zheng’s ethnographic study with Asian American content creators pose fascinating contributions about the relationship between race, content, and the production of difference. #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Julie presenting at the NCA creator prefon

Julie Feng starts off our final panel session of the day with a project on Creators for Gaza and activist networks. Grateful that this work is here at #NCACreatorPrecon. #NCA2024

Samantha presenting at the NCA creator precon

Samantha James closes out this session with critical organizational analyses of K-pop fan cams! #NCA2024 #NCACreatorPrecon

Nahla presenting at NCA precon

Third speaker is @nahlab.bsky.social! Her work focused on Moroccan food creators and self-representation. Such a cool project!!! #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Poulami presenting at NCA creator precon

Really excited for Poulami Seal’s work on rural women creators in India and Dialoguebaazi labour post-TikTok ban. #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Anjali and Ashtin presenting at NCA creator precon

And we’re back! Anjali Vats and Ashtin Berry kick off the PM session of #NCACreatorPrecon with a presentation on Drinkstagrammers, cocktail creators’ emotional labor, and racial capital #NCA2024

Allegra presenting at NCA creator precon

Allegra Kuney closes out our morning sessions with a fabulous paper on the platformization of religious ASMR. #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Fiona presenting at NCA precon

Fiona Haborak speaks about the role of intimacy, payment platforms, and cosplay creators #NCA2024 #NCACreatorPrecon

Jamie presenting at NCA creator precon

Jamie Cooley talks about an autoethnographic project on creative work and content moderation on TikTok. #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Nora presenting at NCA creator precon

Session 3 of #NCACreatorPrecon begins with CCSN affiliate @norasuren.bsky.social presenting about alternative political creators in Türkiye! #NCA2024

Shaheen presenting at the NCA creator precon

A timely presentation from @shaheenk.bsky.social discussing industry regulation and health influencing! #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Chandler presenting at NCA precon

Chandler Mordecai shares findings from a technofeminist storiography of non licensed healing creators… love a great methods moment! #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Ignacio presenting at NCA precon

Next up: Ignacio Cruz presents collaborative work on the role of expertise and engagement for health creators! #NCA2024 #NCACreatorPrecon

Our opening keynote for #NCACreatorPrecon at #NCA2024!

Ft the incomparable @meganzahay.bsky.social @jessrauchberg.bsky.social and @jessmaddox.bsky.social (how lucky am I to be a part of this lineup??)

If you are in New Orleans for #NCA2024, check out the amazing #NCACreatorPrecon organized by @jessrauchberg.bsky.social @jessmaddox.bsky.social @wellactually.bsky.social @meganzahay.bsky.social! I’m presenting remotely in about an hour est time ✨

Krysten presenting at NCA precon

Session 2 begins with cofounding CCSN member @krystenstein.bsky.social’s ethnographic work on mental health/therapy creators on TikTok! #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Kelsey presenting at the NCA precon

Wrapping up session 1 with Kelsey Alexander’s ongoing work on homesteading and “off grid” capitalism!!! #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

And we are off! Today is the #NCA2024 #NCAcreatorprecon: (Re)Valuing the Creator Economy! We have a great day of speakers speaking on issues of domesticity, race, health, food, nationality, mental health, and fandom in the creator economy.

Madiha presenting at the NCA creator precon

Madiha Noman joins us all the way from the UK to share scholarship on Indian content creators’ domesticity labour! #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Leah presenting at the NCA creator precon

Next up: Leah Cates sharing ethnographic work on children of family influencers in the U.S. #NCACreatorPrecon #NCA2024

Dr Zari Taylor presenting her research

#NCACreatorPrecon is starting off strong with CCSN founding member @zaritaylor.bsky.social on racialization, and “ideal” influencing in the beauty industries #NCA2024