[[alternative]]Visual Culture of Cosplay

[[abstract]] Cosplay是大眾媒體上能見度極高的次文化╱迷文化活動，但是僅止於表面的能見度，其實大眾對於Cosplay是處於一知半解且常常有刻板印象與偏見的狀態。Cosplay是動漫畫的迷文化，動漫迷將自己以服飾化身為動漫畫的角色，在動漫迷的聚會中表達自己對動漫畫的喜愛，而非一個「秀自己」的青少年娛樂。 Cosplay在台灣已經發展了十年，參與的人數日益增加，活動力越來越旺盛，活動舉辦的也越來越頻繁。然而近年，Cosplay卻內部卻出現了重大的分歧，爭議在於：Lolita/自創算不算Cosplay？Cosplay的界限到底在哪裡？ 為了探究這個問題的解答，本文首先回歸Cosplay的源頭——同人誌，與生產同人誌的動機——同人精神，來重新定義Cosplay，確立Cosplay的範圍，並分析Cosplay的實踐與活動方式，從Cosplay的實踐上著手，研究歧異的原因。 Cosplay是在活動方式上與攝影緊密相關的活動，Cosplay社群使用攝影來紀錄、分享、交流。網路相簿代表一個成員的身分，是架構起社群的基礎。因此透過分析Cosplay使用攝影的功能與意義，我們得以找出攝影對於Cosplay的影響。 由於Cosplay對於攝影的大量使用，使得另一個族群——攝影玩家得以大量、積極的參與Cosplay的活動。攝影玩家的攝影習慣、活動方式都使得Cosplay的社群組成、活動空間、精神意義開始發生轉變，從「同人文化」成為一種「視覺文化」。[[abstract]] Cosplay is a fan-culture well-known to the mass media, but only skin-deep. Actually, most people only have a smattering of knowledge on Cosplay, often with a a prejudiced view. Cosplay is a fan-culture of Anime and Manga, Anime and manga fans dressed up themselves into Anime and Manga characters by costumes, express themselves the passion to Anime and Manga, but not a 'show-up' of teenagers. Cosplay had developed ten years in Taiwan, the number of participating is increasing, the energy inside is getting stronger, and the activity hold more frequently. But nearly, there is difference inside the Cosplay community----is those Lolita/origin a kind of Cosplay? Where is the margin and limit of Cosplay? To answer these questions, first we back to the source of Cosplay----Doujinshi, and the spirit of Doujinshi to redefine Cosplay, analyze the practice and Cosplay to find out the cause of differences. Cosplay highly depend on Photography while activities. Cosplay community use photography to document, to share, and to communicate. A web album represents a exist of member in community, and it build up the community. Thus, by analyze the use and meaning of photography, we can find out what photography had changed. As Cosplay highy usage of photography, another group---- avocational photographer can easily participate Cosplay activities. The habit and culture of avocational photographers changed the members, space, and spirit of Cosplay, from a 'fan-culure' to a 'visual culture'