Hello

Welcome! I do research and resource-building on Japanese-language fanworks and their role in the cultural economy, to support efforts worldwide to improve the legal position of fanworks. Right now, I'm in the process of obtaining a PhD in Japanese Studies from the University of Leuven (Belgium) and also in the middle of a research stay at Doshisha University (Japan). 

This site contains some basic info about me and aggregates content I publish elsewhere. In the spirit of open notebook research, I try to make as much of my research progress and results public as-it-happens. Most of the visible action takes place in this notebook, on twitter, and on my blog.

Some things I make:

  • Academic works on fanwork, doujinshi, and their role in the cultural economy.
  • Wiki entries on doujinshi and Japanese fan culture for Fanlore, a wiki for and about fans and fanworks that's a project of the Organization for Transformative works.
  • Translations of manga, academic articles, and OTW materials in Japanese and English, to Dutch and English.
  • An English-Japanese, Japanese-English glossary of fan-related terms (not online yet).
  • Bibliographies of academic publications on Japanese pop culture fandoms and legal issues surrounding fanwork.