“I am humanity”: Posthumanism and Embodiment in Rick Yancey’s The 5th Wave
As one looks around today, it almost feels like the impact of technology on our daily lives can scarcely be overstated. Innovations in the digital realm have revolutionized the way we move, work, interact, learn, etc. in short the way we are. It is important then for popular literature for young adult (YA) to consider these issues, especially as it addresses a readership that is often the most directly affected by these technological changes at a time of formative “physical, cognitive, social, and psychological development” (Latrobe and Drury 4).
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Blade Runner 2049: Zwischen Nostalgie und Auslöschung
In seinem Buch Postmodern Theory and BLADE RUNNER beschreibt Matthew Flisfeder die Charakteristika postmoderner Kulturproduktion und verweist dabei vor allem auf das angespannte Verhältnis der Postmoderne zur Geschichte.
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Tagungsbericht: Worlding SF – Building, Inhabiting, and Understanding SF Universes, Graz, 6.–8. Dezember 2018
Es hat sich etwas getan in Sachen Internationalisierung in den Science Fiction Studies – wo noch bis in die 2000er-Jahre hinein der einzig mögliche Austausch in den USA (und teilweise in Großbritannien) stattfand, da ist in den letzten zehn Jahren deutlich Bewegung in Forschungsgemeinde gekommen.
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Kino- und Diskussionsabende Zukunft | Gesellschaft | Technologie
Hamburg Open Online University | Technische Universität Hamburg | HafenCity Universität
Read MoreWas? Veranstaltungsreihe mit Filmabenden und Diskussionsrunden
Wer? Organisation: Dr. Lars Schmeink (HCU), Axel Dürkop (TUHH)
Wann? Dienstags, 14-tägig, 22.10.19 bis 21.01.20, 19-22 Uhr
Wo? Abaton Kino, Allende-Platz 3, Grindelviertel, Hamburg
Wieviel? Kostenlos
Talk: Methods for Surviving the Future, Liverpool, Oct 2, @The Bluecoat
Leviathan Public Programme
Wednesday 2 October | 6.30 – 8pm | Tickets £5/3
Dr. Lars Schmeink (HafenCity University Hamburg), Nicole Prandi (PhD candidate at Manchester University) and Natasha Josette (environmental and political organiser) will explore how we might adapt to the future, discussing possible life-saving algae, inclusive activism, and changing notions about what it means to be human.
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Talk in Liverpool at the Olaf Stapledon Centre, Liverpool
From Cyberpunk to Biopunk: On Posthuman Technologies
In the 1980s science fictional imaginary, the future was saturated with invasive technology. Bodies were invaded by mechanical and electronic prosthesis, overcoming physical biological limitations and creating cyborg hybridity. Digital structures invaded the mind, opening it to new, virtual worlds that paralleled our own.
Coming of Age and the Other: Critical Posthumanism in Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker and The Drowned Cities
Paolo Bacigalupi is one of science fiction’s most outspoken voices on issues of environmentalism; thus it is no wonder that his work has garnered critical attention whenever “climate fiction” (abbreviated as “cli-fi”) or “eco-fiction” is mentioned (see, for example, Berry).
Read MoreInterview – VOX Nachrichten (TV) vom 05.04. zum Horrorfilm
Interview zum Horrorfilm für die VOX Nachrichten am 05.04. – blieb nicht viel über von 20 Minuten Gespräch. Qualität ist mies, aber zur Info, weil es nirgendwo in der Mediathek steht, sollte es reichen.
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