My poster will demonstrate an assignment given to the students in my course titled “Phenomenon of Kpop and How It Is Changing the World”. The main assignment was writing fanfiction, to do that first - we read about how fanfiction, specifically slash fanfiction (queer fanfiction) is a way for women to challenge heteronormativity, explore their desires and show their creative side. Next, we learned about the main aspects of fanfiction and held a workshop on writing fanfiction. After the workshop, students were divided into groups and had to peer review each other’s fanfictions. And finally students had to share their experiences of writing and reading each other’s fanfictions. This exercise in itself is already a feminist act, as Virginia Wolf once said in one of her most famous essays “A Room of One’s Own” if only women had more access to education and maybe just a separate place to write, there would have been so many more great writers.
Attendees of this session will be able to:- Learn new ways of engaging students
- Learn about the experiences from the Central Asian region in teaching
- How your classroom can be a place for creative writing and emancipating women
- How to make your assignments feminist
- Learn at least one subculture that is female dominated and provides girls with resources for achieving their subjectivity
