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Practices of Speculation: Modeling, Embodiment, Figuration
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Abstract This volume offers innovative ways to think about speculation at a time when anticipation of catastrophe in an apocalyptic mode is the order of the day and shapes public discourse on a global scale. It maps an interdisciplinary field of investigation: the chapters interrogate hegemonic ways of shapi... view more
This volume offers innovative ways to think about speculation at a time when anticipation of catastrophe in an apocalyptic mode is the order of the day and shapes public discourse on a global scale. It maps an interdisciplinary field of investigation: the chapters interrogate hegemonic ways of shaping the present through investments in the future, while also looking at speculative practices that reveal transformative potential. The twelve contributions explore concrete instances of envisioning the open unknown and affirmative speculative potentials in history, literature, comics, computer games, mold research, ecosystem science and artistic practice.... view less
Keywords
literature; culture; media; cultural studies; speculation; science; sociology of knowledge
Classification
Science of Literature, Linguistics
Free Keywords
General Literature Studies; Media Aesthetics
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
279 p.
Series
Culture & Theory, 202
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839447512
ISBN
978-3-8394-4751-2
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0