Fandoms and collecting

Presents and historically contextualizes fan culture, fandoms, and collecting as a practice. This research sought to understand what fan culture is, fandoms, and the activities inherent to it, relating it to collecting. Using Pomian's (1984) work on collections as a theoretical basis, the formation of a collection is questioned. It was observed how collecting is applied in these virtual communities. Finally, it sought to understand the relationship between collecting, fan culture, and fandoms. It is concluded that collecting is inseparable from fandom and fan culture, being understood as an enunciative practice according to Fiske's (1992) categorization. Collecting as a participatory practice of fans is a major object of study and it is up to researchers to investigate this topic to understand it more completely.