elanya

I have been reading your posts! part of my issue with replyin is that in general I tend to be reading stuff at work, where I'm always distracted and I don't always have the time to think hard about my answer or some up with something that contributes very much to the discussion.

Anthropologists have allll kinds of problems wherever they go trying to figure out how to ask questions in order to get usable answer - even figuring out who to ask and what the right questions are, or even what they should be asking *about* can be tricky. There is a balance to be struck by giving people a chance to talk about themselves and also watching to see what they are doping from the outside that is fascinating. That said, most of *my* training to date is dealing with people who are already dead >.> I'd need to do more research, and thinking, myself to try and figure out the best way to approach fandom.

As for gender, I suspect that you are right, but of course there is an infinite variety of ways that groups of people of any scale can organize themselves, as nice as it would be, I have a hard time seeing how we will get there.