Dr. Abby Waysdorf

Assistant Professor 
Muntstraat 2-2a
Muntstraat 2-2A
Kamer 2.10AT
3512 EV Utrecht

Dr. Abby Waysdorf

Assistant Professor
Humanities
Media and Performance Studies
a.s.waysdorf@uu.nl

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

Müller, E., & Waysdorf, A. (2023). Editorial: Editorial special issue Curation and Appropriation of Digital European Heritage. VIEW. Journal of European Television History and Culture/E-journal, 12(23), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.18146/view.320
Waysdorf, A. (2023). Uses of Audiovisual Heritage: From Expertise to Personalization. VIEW. Journal of European Television History and Culture/E-journal, 12(23), 90-95. https://viewjournal.eu/articles/10.18146/view.321
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431553/64f70b8ade54b_1_.pdf?sequence=1
Waysdorf, A., & Müller, E. (2023). Editorial. VIEW. Journal of European Television History and Culture/E-journal, 12(23), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.18146/view.320
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/431552/64f5db81bfa4c.pdf?sequence=1
Waysdorf, A., & Müller, E. (Eds.) (2023). Curation and Appropriation of Digital European Heritage. VIEW. Journal of European Television History and Culture/E-journal, 12(23). https://viewjournal.eu/27/volume/12/issue/23

2022

Scholarly publications

Keidl, P. D. (Guest ed.), & Waysdorf, A. (Guest ed.) (2022). Fandom Histories. Transformative Works and Cultures, 37. https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/issue/view/71
Keidl, P. D., & Waysdorf, A. (2022). Editorial: Fandom Histories. Transformative Works and Cultures, 37. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2022.2299
Waysdorf, A. (2022). Vaporwar and military contents fandom. Journal of Fandom Studies, 10(1), 19-37. https://doi.org/10.1386/jfs_00048_1
Keidl, P. D., & Waysdorf, A. (Eds.) (2022). Fandom Histories. Transformative Works and Cultures, 37. https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/issue/view/71
Keidl, P. D., & Waysdorf, A. (2022). Fandom histories. Transformative Works and Cultures, 37. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2022.2299

2021

Scholarly publications

Waysdorf, A. (2021). Fan Sites: Film Tourism and Contemporary Fandom. (Fandom & Culture). University of Iowa Press.
Waysdorf, A. (2021). Remix in the Age of Ubiquitous Remix. Convergence : The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 27(4), 1129-1144. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856521994454
van Es, N., Reijnders, S., Bolderman, L., & Waysdorf, A. S. (Eds.) (2021). Locating Imagination in Popular Culture: Place, Tourism, and Belonging. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003045359
Müller, E., Waysdorf, A. S., & Erikson, M. E. (2021). Tracing and Understanding Online-Reuse of Audiovisual Heritage. Paper presented at ARN Conference "Digital Technology and Heritage - Challenges and Issues", Paris, France.

2020

Scholarly publications

Waysdorf, A. S. (2020). Placing fandom: Reflections on film tourism. In N. van Es, S. Reijnders, L. Bolderman, & A. Waysdorf (Eds.), Locating Imagination in Popular Culture: Place, Tourism, and Belonging (1 ed., pp. 283-296). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003045359-22
Waysdorf, A. S. (2020). This Is Our Night: Eurovision Again and Liveness Through Archives. In P. D. Keidl, & L. Melamed (Eds.), Pandemic Media: Preliminary Notes Towards an Inventory Meson Press. https://pandemicmedia.meson.press/chapters/activism-sociability/this-is-our-night-eurovision-again-and-liveness-through-archives/

2019

Scholarly publications

Waysdorf, A. (2019). “I Don’t Think the Two Would Be the Same Without Each Other”: Portmeirion as Unintentional Paratext. JOMEC Journal. https://doi.org/10.18573/jomec.178

2018

Scholarly publications

Waysdorf, A., & Reijnders, S. (2018). Fan homecoming: analyzing the role of place in long-term fandom of The Prisoner. Popular Communication. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2018.1524146

2017

Scholarly publications

Waysdorf, A., & Reijnders, S. L. (2017). The role of imagination in the film tourist experience: The case of Game of Thrones. Participations.

2016

Scholarly publications

Waysdorf, A., & Reijnders, S. (2016). Immersion, authenticity and the theme park as social space: Experiencing the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. International Journal of Cultural Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367877916674751

2014

Scholarly publications

Waysdorf, A. (2014). The creation of football slash fan fiction. Transformative Works and Cultures. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2015.0588
Hoebink, D., Reijnders, S., & Waysdorf, A. (2014). Exhibiting fandom: A museological perspective. Transformative Works and Cultures. https://doi.org/10.3983/twc.2014.0529