During the pandemic lockdowns when there were no actual conventions to visit and research, RoCCET Lab researchers began building an archive of the policy statements available on convention websites. The resulting archive of codes of conduct and policies related to children and minors, costuming and prop weapons, firearms/non-prop weapons, guest relations, harassment and assault, and intellectual property can help us understand how convention organizations attempt to structure how conventions as spaces and to address various “problems” that arise.
Research Team
Data Collection and Cleaning
- Zaynab Al-Hemed
- Shoshana Cohen
- Emelie Cowan
- Sarina McGillivray
- Aseel Qazzaz
- Alyssa Tremblay
Literature Reviews
- Kate Fedchun
- Brittney Greening
- Aseel Qazzaz
- Alyssa Tremblay
Data Entry and Quantitative Analysis
- Sarina McGillivray
- Shoshana Cohen
- Jen Siushansian
Project Outputs
The Con Polizine
Produced for the 2023 Comic Arts Conference, The Con Polzine provides an overview of findings from the Con Policies project and uses them to inform an analysis of the San Diego Comic-Con’s policy.
Conference Presentations and Posters
Fedchun, Kate, Aseel Qazzaz, Jing Bai, and Benjamin Woo. “Policing the Con: SDCC‘s Policies in Context.” Comic Arts Conference / San Diego Comic-Con, July 19–23, 2023.
Bai, Jing, Shoshana Cohen, Kate Fedchun, Sarina McGillivray, Allison Norris, Jen Siushansian, and Benjamin Woo. “Cosplay and Consent: Discourses of Harassment in Fan Convention Policies.” Canadian Communication Association, May 30–June 2, 2023, York University.