Melbourne uni holds convention on Taylor Swift forward of Eras Tour
The College of Melbourne rolled out the crimson carpet for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour concert events within the metropolis by holding ‘Swiftposium’, a two-day educational convention in regards to the pop star’s life and profession.
In keeping with the Swiftposium website, the occasion – held on the college’s campus from February 11 to February 13 – was “a hybrid educational convention for students to have interaction in vital dialogue about Swift’s reputation and its profound implications for a spread of points.”
Round 400 educational papers from 78 universities internationally had been submitted for dialogue on the occasion. 130 of those papers had been accepted, with researchers concerned in disciplines together with gender research, musicology, economics, city planning and drugs, amongst others.
The convention noticed attendees talk about subjects together with Swift’s feud with Kanye West, the feminism of her lyrics, using her songs for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and her ongoing battle with graphic deepfake pictures. The Swiftposium additionally hosted a keynote deal with by Dr. Georgia Carroll, who revealed a thesis on fandom communities like Swift’s in 2023.
Taking to X (previously generally known as Twitter) to debate the occasion, senior lecturer in cultural research and Swiftposium organiser Hannah McCann wrote: “Lecturers from all around the world [are] making use of their experience and important lens to this loopy phenomenon.”
First day of the educational a part of @swiftposium is DONE! It was unbelievably wonderful, a number of occasions I needed to cease myself from crying on the marvel of all of it. Lecturers from all around the world making use of their experience and important lens to this loopy phenomenon #Swiftposium2024
— Hannah McCann (@binarythis) February 12, 2024
Whereas the convention was solely open to lecturers, the close by RMIT College hosted a ‘Fanposium’ on February 11, the place followers and the general public had been capable of collect for offshoot Swiftposium occasions.
The convention comes forward of the Aussie leg of Swift’s Eras Tour, which kicks off with a three-night run at Melbourne Cricket Floor from February 16. These exhibits – which are predicted to attract the biggest-ever crowds of Swift’s profession – will likely be adopted by 4 concert events in Sydney, with the Aussie leg of the tour wrapping up at Accor Stadium on February 26.
In different Swift information, the pop star made headlines by attending the 2024 Tremendous Bowl, the place her boyfriend Travis Kelce was taking part in for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. She went viral for downing a beer on the large display screen and managed to meet up with Paul McCartney, who was additionally current on the American soccer sport.