wolvensnothere:

Good morning, everyone! The Comics & Popular Arts Academic Conference at Dragon-Con A/V train just keeps on a-rollin’! Today, we have Damien Patrick Williams (Me!) and Vickie Willis in “How To Become A Science-Fiction Scholar”: A discussion of how one becomes involved in the field SF and SF-related studies, including finding a friendly or thoughtfully amenable graduate program, researching, writing, and presenting at SF conferences.

You may also find that discussion of a) the nature and the “purpose” of science-fiction, as relates to women, minorities, and other systematically oppressed groups and b) the nature of and fact THAT systematized structures of bias, imbalance of social power, and oppression even EXIST becomes pertinent. Necessary, even.

Do enjoy the audio, and tell your friends!

How To Become A Science-Fiction Scholar (Audio)