Winter 2023
Meeting:
TTh 3:30pm - 5:20pm / MGH 295
SLN:
12532
Section Type:
Seminar
Instructor:
"WORLD BUILDING IN ART, LITERATURE,
AND SCIENCE"
OUR WORLD IS IN TROUBLE. PROBLEMS
CAUSED BY SYSTEMIC INEQUITIES BASED
ON RACE, GENDER, AND ABILITY STILL
CONSTRAIN HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS,
WHILE SEEMINGLY NEW PROBLEMS, SUCH
AS GLOBAL WARMING, PROCEED FASTER
THAN PREVIOUSLY IMAGINED. MAKING
THINGS EVEN WORSE, OUR ATTEMPTS TO
CREATE BETTER FUTURES THROUGH
INNOVATION OFTEN END UP
EXACERBATING THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY
WERE MEANT TO ADDRESS.
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):
CHID 498: Experimental Futures: World Building in Science, Art, and Literature
This class uses the concept “experimental futures” to investigate the role of creating imaginary futures in science fiction, immersive art, and scientific modelling. Through the intensive study of different immersive worlds, students will be encouraged to think about the relationship between speculation and critical practice and activism in relationship to theory. Students will be especially encouraged to investigate how world building functions in different disciplines and they will be encouraged to develop their own experimental future.
Catalog Description:
As preparation for senior thesis work, introduces a range of interdisciplinary humanities methodologies. Builds upon the importance of reflection and research design in the form of a research praxis. Offered: ASp.
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
May 6, 2024 - 1:12 pm