There are 6 included publications by Ian McLaughlin :

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The Enemy's Gate is Down: Orientation in Ender's Game and the Relationship Between the Oceanic and the Spaced [presentation transcript] 2022 104 [Slide deck and transcript from a presentation given at UNC Charlotte's 22nd Annual English Graduate Student Association Conference, February 18, 2022.] Orientation is a loaded word. Throughout much of history, the word simply meant "aperson or objec...
Giving Wands Their Due: Applying Speculative Realism to Harry Potter and Beyond [slides] 2022 64 [Slide deck and transcript from a presentation given at the 11th Annual Harry Potter Conference, October 21, 2022.] Magical objects are legion in Harry Potter. Some objects are even sentient. Wands,however, are the most common, most magical, and the ...
Giving Wands Their Due: Harry Potter, Speculative Realism, and the Power of Objects 2023 138 Magical objects are legion in Harry Potter. Among them, wands are the most magical and the mosttaken for granted. Wands are usually seen as tools, but no tool is only a tool. Speculative Realismsprovide the means to look past the mere usefulness of w...
Muggle Magic: What the Mirror of Erised and the Two-Way Mirror Teach Us about Social Media [slides] 2021 68 [Slide deck and transcript from a presentation given at the 10th Annual Harry Potter Conference, October 15, 2021.] I want you to take a second and reflect on your social media use. What platforms do youfrequent? When was the last time you checked th...
Queering Blood Purity: Abjection, Muggleborns, and MSM [slides] 2023 75 [Slide deck and transcript from a presentation given at the 12th Annual Harry Potter Conference, October 20, 2023.]
Quiet!!!: Supporting ADHD staff in Libraries [slides] 2023 206 [Slide deck and transcript from a presentation given at the 65th (virtual) North Carolina Library Association on October 16, 2023.]