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SUMMARY:Oppression and Resistance in New Chinese and Chinese-American Science Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Join us to read selections from the best of Chinese and Chinese-American science fiction. Over the last ten years\, authors have reached English-speaking audiences with exciting and award-winning new literature using the metaphors and methods of speculative and visionary writing. \nThe new wave of younger Chinese science fiction writers often brings exciting explorations of political and social themes. Alongside daring new scientific imaginations\, our selections this fall feature issues of anti-Asian violence and racism\, colonialism\, then and now\, and the cruelties of global capitalism\, often resulting in resistance to oppression.  Our selections truly merit the new tag of “visionary fiction.” \nOur reading group includes people steeped in the speculative fiction tradition as well as new readers exploring themes with us for the first time. The tilt of global economics\, scientific research\, and politics Eastward makes this fall’s theme timely. \nOur list\, still in formation\, tentatively includes: \nVagabonds by Hao Jinfang\, as well as her Hugo award-winning story\, “Folding Beijing” \nSelections from short story collections written\, translated or edited by Ken Liu: Hidden Planets\, Broken Planets\, and The Hidden Girl \nBabel\, by RF Kuang \nOur Missing Children\, by Celeste Ng \nSeverance\, by Ling Ma \nWe plan to experiment with a hybrid format. We will meet monthly for a longer\, in-depth discussion as we finish a book. This more typical book club may better suit you if you want to read on your own and then take part in an overall discussion of the readings. We will also continue our weekly ninety-minute meetings for those who can make that commitment. You can register for all or just the monthly longer sessions. \nConvened by Steve Backman\, long-time explorer of the visionary side of science fiction; member of the MEP leadership team \nPlease click to see ticket options for this series and register. You can see all registration options on the first date listing for this reading group.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/oppression-and-resistance-in-new-chinese-and-chinese-american-science-fiction-2/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Multi-session Classes,Race and Class,Science Fiction,Speculative fiction,Visionary Fiction
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SUMMARY:Oppression and Resistance in New Chinese and Chinese-American Science Fiction
DESCRIPTION:Join us to read selections from the best of Chinese and Chinese-American science fiction. Over the last ten years\, authors have reached English-speaking audiences with exciting and award-winning new literature using the metaphors and methods of speculative and visionary writing. \nThe new wave of younger Chinese science fiction writers often brings exciting explorations of political and social themes. Alongside daring new scientific imaginations\, our selections this fall feature issues of anti-Asian violence and racism\, colonialism\, then and now\, and the cruelties of global capitalism\, often resulting in resistance to oppression.  Our selections truly merit the new tag of “visionary fiction.” \nOur reading group includes people steeped in the speculative fiction tradition as well as new readers exploring themes with us for the first time. The tilt of global economics\, scientific research\, and politics Eastward makes this fall’s theme timely. \nOur list\, still in formation\, tentatively includes: \nVagabonds by Hao Jinfang\, as well as her Hugo award-winning story\, “Folding Beijing” \nSelections from short story collections written\, translated or edited by Ken Liu: Hidden Planets\, Broken Planets\, and The Hidden Girl \nBabel\, by RF Kuang \nOur Missing Children\, by Celeste Ng \nSeverance\, by Ling Ma \nWe plan to experiment with a hybrid format. We will meet monthly for a longer\, in-depth discussion as we finish a book. This more typical book club may better suit you if you want to read on your own and then take part in an overall discussion of the readings. We will also continue our weekly ninety-minute meetings for those who can make that commitment. You can register for all or just the monthly longer sessions. \nConvened by Steve Backman\, long-time explorer of the visionary side of science fiction; member of the MEP leadership team \n 
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/oppression-and-resistance-in-new-chinese-and-chinese-american-science-fiction/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Classes/Events,Multi-session Classes,Race and Class,Science Fiction,Speculative fiction,Visionary Fiction
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-08-07/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-07-31/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-07-24/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52920729828_24a5ca0420_o.jpg
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-07-17/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52920729828_24a5ca0420_o.jpg
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-07-10/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52920729828_24a5ca0420_o.jpg
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-07-03/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52920729828_24a5ca0420_o.jpg
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T183000
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CREATED:20230623T130650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230623T131928Z
UID:10007394-1687798800-1687804200@marxedproject.net
SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-06-26/2/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230623T131928Z
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SUMMARY:"We're Going on an Adventure": Summer Visionary Fiction
DESCRIPTION:The MEP’s Science and Visionary Fiction Reading Group will read Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Ruin this summer.  The catchphrase\, “We’re going on an adventure\,” signals the novel’s overlapping themes of contemporary significance–desperate efforts to escape war and corporate destruction on Earth\, species-level competition to make new homes elsewhere\, and the varieties and the social significance of artificial intelligence. \nAbove all\, the book continues the author’s exploration of empathy between his characters and with us\, his readers: “I wanted to write sections from the point of view of an octopus.” \nAs befits summertime reading\, we will add other selections as we go\, meshing these themes with the interests of the group.
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/were-going-on-an-adventure-summer-visionary-fiction/2023-06-26/1/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Classes/Events,Evolutionary biology,Literary Studies,Literature,Multi-session Classes,Science Fiction,Visionary Fiction,War Fiction
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/52920729828_24a5ca0420_o.jpg
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220620T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220620T183000
DTSTAMP:20220503T033939Z
CREATED:20220331T174324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220503T033939Z
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SUMMARY:From Science Fiction to Visionary Fiction: Learning from Octavia Butler
DESCRIPTION:“All organizing is science fiction. Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another world\, or many other worlds—so what better venue for organizers to explore their work than science fiction stories? ” from Walidah Imarisha’s Introduction to Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. \nThis reading group\, centered on Octavia Butler\, begins 15 years after her passing. Appropriately\, her influence continues to grow. Her writing and her life has nurtured a rising generation of social-justice oriented authors of color\, particularly women. When looking at the  wider culture\, it is apparent that at least five films and series based on her novels have hit or may soon be widely available. \nWriting in the years of momentous change from 1971 to 2006\, Octavia Butler embodied the emergence of “visionary fiction” as a new way to write\, read and draw inspiration from science fiction. This spring\, the Marxist Education Project’s first literature reading group devoted to science fiction will read Kindred (1979) and Parable of the Sower (1993)\, both now graphic novels and soon film and streaming series. Fifteen years on since her passing\, Butler’s influence continues to grow. We will also read NK Jemisin’s Fifth Season (2015) and  Martha Wells’ All Systems Red (2017) to explore some of Butler’s lasting legacy. We will also make room to explore related short stories\, graphic novels\, essays\, films\, and more. \nFor a taste\, check out “To Build a Future Without Police and Prisons\, We Have to Imagine It\,” by Walidah Imarisha. embed the url: https://onezero.medium.com/black-lives-matter-is-science-fiction-how-envisioning-a-better-future-makes-it-possible-5e14d35154e3
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/from-science-fiction-to-visionary-fiction-learning-from-octavia-butler/2022-06-20/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Classes/Events,Dystopian literature,Literary Studies,Science Fiction,Seminars and Talks
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20220613T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220613T183000
DTSTAMP:20220503T033939Z
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SUMMARY:From Science Fiction to Visionary Fiction: Learning from Octavia Butler
DESCRIPTION:“All organizing is science fiction. Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another world\, or many other worlds—so what better venue for organizers to explore their work than science fiction stories? ” from Walidah Imarisha’s Introduction to Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. \nThis reading group\, centered on Octavia Butler\, begins 15 years after her passing. Appropriately\, her influence continues to grow. Her writing and her life has nurtured a rising generation of social-justice oriented authors of color\, particularly women. When looking at the  wider culture\, it is apparent that at least five films and series based on her novels have hit or may soon be widely available. \nWriting in the years of momentous change from 1971 to 2006\, Octavia Butler embodied the emergence of “visionary fiction” as a new way to write\, read and draw inspiration from science fiction. This spring\, the Marxist Education Project’s first literature reading group devoted to science fiction will read Kindred (1979) and Parable of the Sower (1993)\, both now graphic novels and soon film and streaming series. Fifteen years on since her passing\, Butler’s influence continues to grow. We will also read NK Jemisin’s Fifth Season (2015) and  Martha Wells’ All Systems Red (2017) to explore some of Butler’s lasting legacy. We will also make room to explore related short stories\, graphic novels\, essays\, films\, and more. \nFor a taste\, check out “To Build a Future Without Police and Prisons\, We Have to Imagine It\,” by Walidah Imarisha. embed the url: https://onezero.medium.com/black-lives-matter-is-science-fiction-how-envisioning-a-better-future-makes-it-possible-5e14d35154e3
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/from-science-fiction-to-visionary-fiction-learning-from-octavia-butler/2022-06-13/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Classes/Events,Dystopian literature,Literary Studies,Science Fiction,Seminars and Talks
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://marxedproject.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/OctaviaBanner.jpg
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20220606T183000
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SUMMARY:From Science Fiction to Visionary Fiction: Learning from Octavia Butler
DESCRIPTION:“All organizing is science fiction. Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another world\, or many other worlds—so what better venue for organizers to explore their work than science fiction stories? ” from Walidah Imarisha’s Introduction to Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. \nThis reading group\, centered on Octavia Butler\, begins 15 years after her passing. Appropriately\, her influence continues to grow. Her writing and her life has nurtured a rising generation of social-justice oriented authors of color\, particularly women. When looking at the  wider culture\, it is apparent that at least five films and series based on her novels have hit or may soon be widely available. \nWriting in the years of momentous change from 1971 to 2006\, Octavia Butler embodied the emergence of “visionary fiction” as a new way to write\, read and draw inspiration from science fiction. This spring\, the Marxist Education Project’s first literature reading group devoted to science fiction will read Kindred (1979) and Parable of the Sower (1993)\, both now graphic novels and soon film and streaming series. Fifteen years on since her passing\, Butler’s influence continues to grow. We will also read NK Jemisin’s Fifth Season (2015) and  Martha Wells’ All Systems Red (2017) to explore some of Butler’s lasting legacy. We will also make room to explore related short stories\, graphic novels\, essays\, films\, and more. \nFor a taste\, check out “To Build a Future Without Police and Prisons\, We Have to Imagine It\,” by Walidah Imarisha. embed the url: https://onezero.medium.com/black-lives-matter-is-science-fiction-how-envisioning-a-better-future-makes-it-possible-5e14d35154e3
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/from-science-fiction-to-visionary-fiction-learning-from-octavia-butler/2022-06-06/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Classes/Events,Dystopian literature,Literary Studies,Science Fiction,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:From Science Fiction to Visionary Fiction: Learning from Octavia Butler
DESCRIPTION:“All organizing is science fiction. Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another world\, or many other worlds—so what better venue for organizers to explore their work than science fiction stories? ” from Walidah Imarisha’s Introduction to Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. \nThis reading group\, centered on Octavia Butler\, begins 15 years after her passing. Appropriately\, her influence continues to grow. Her writing and her life has nurtured a rising generation of social-justice oriented authors of color\, particularly women. When looking at the  wider culture\, it is apparent that at least five films and series based on her novels have hit or may soon be widely available. \nWriting in the years of momentous change from 1971 to 2006\, Octavia Butler embodied the emergence of “visionary fiction” as a new way to write\, read and draw inspiration from science fiction. This spring\, the Marxist Education Project’s first literature reading group devoted to science fiction will read Kindred (1979) and Parable of the Sower (1993)\, both now graphic novels and soon film and streaming series. Fifteen years on since her passing\, Butler’s influence continues to grow. We will also read NK Jemisin’s Fifth Season (2015) and  Martha Wells’ All Systems Red (2017) to explore some of Butler’s lasting legacy. We will also make room to explore related short stories\, graphic novels\, essays\, films\, and more. \nFor a taste\, check out “To Build a Future Without Police and Prisons\, We Have to Imagine It\,” by Walidah Imarisha. embed the url: https://onezero.medium.com/black-lives-matter-is-science-fiction-how-envisioning-a-better-future-makes-it-possible-5e14d35154e3
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/from-science-fiction-to-visionary-fiction-learning-from-octavia-butler/2022-05-30/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Classes/Events,Dystopian literature,Literary Studies,Science Fiction,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:From Science Fiction to Visionary Fiction: Learning from Octavia Butler
DESCRIPTION:“All organizing is science fiction. Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another world\, or many other worlds—so what better venue for organizers to explore their work than science fiction stories? ” from Walidah Imarisha’s Introduction to Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. \nThis reading group\, centered on Octavia Butler\, begins 15 years after her passing. Appropriately\, her influence continues to grow. Her writing and her life has nurtured a rising generation of social-justice oriented authors of color\, particularly women. When looking at the  wider culture\, it is apparent that at least five films and series based on her novels have hit or may soon be widely available. \nWriting in the years of momentous change from 1971 to 2006\, Octavia Butler embodied the emergence of “visionary fiction” as a new way to write\, read and draw inspiration from science fiction. This spring\, the Marxist Education Project’s first literature reading group devoted to science fiction will read Kindred (1979) and Parable of the Sower (1993)\, both now graphic novels and soon film and streaming series. Fifteen years on since her passing\, Butler’s influence continues to grow. We will also read NK Jemisin’s Fifth Season (2015) and  Martha Wells’ All Systems Red (2017) to explore some of Butler’s lasting legacy. We will also make room to explore related short stories\, graphic novels\, essays\, films\, and more. \nFor a taste\, check out “To Build a Future Without Police and Prisons\, We Have to Imagine It\,” by Walidah Imarisha. embed the url: https://onezero.medium.com/black-lives-matter-is-science-fiction-how-envisioning-a-better-future-makes-it-possible-5e14d35154e3
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/from-science-fiction-to-visionary-fiction-learning-from-octavia-butler/2022-05-23/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Classes/Events,Dystopian literature,Literary Studies,Science Fiction,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:From Science Fiction to Visionary Fiction: Learning from Octavia Butler
DESCRIPTION:“All organizing is science fiction. Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another world\, or many other worlds—so what better venue for organizers to explore their work than science fiction stories? ” from Walidah Imarisha’s Introduction to Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. \nThis reading group\, centered on Octavia Butler\, begins 15 years after her passing. Appropriately\, her influence continues to grow. Her writing and her life has nurtured a rising generation of social-justice oriented authors of color\, particularly women. When looking at the  wider culture\, it is apparent that at least five films and series based on her novels have hit or may soon be widely available. \nWriting in the years of momentous change from 1971 to 2006\, Octavia Butler embodied the emergence of “visionary fiction” as a new way to write\, read and draw inspiration from science fiction. This spring\, the Marxist Education Project’s first literature reading group devoted to science fiction will read Kindred (1979) and Parable of the Sower (1993)\, both now graphic novels and soon film and streaming series. Fifteen years on since her passing\, Butler’s influence continues to grow. We will also read NK Jemisin’s Fifth Season (2015) and  Martha Wells’ All Systems Red (2017) to explore some of Butler’s lasting legacy. We will also make room to explore related short stories\, graphic novels\, essays\, films\, and more. \nFor a taste\, check out “To Build a Future Without Police and Prisons\, We Have to Imagine It\,” by Walidah Imarisha. embed the url: https://onezero.medium.com/black-lives-matter-is-science-fiction-how-envisioning-a-better-future-makes-it-possible-5e14d35154e3
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/from-science-fiction-to-visionary-fiction-learning-from-octavia-butler/2022-05-16/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Classes/Events,Dystopian literature,Literary Studies,Science Fiction,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:From Science Fiction to Visionary Fiction: Learning from Octavia Butler
DESCRIPTION:“All organizing is science fiction. Organizers and activists dedicate their lives to creating and envisioning another world\, or many other worlds—so what better venue for organizers to explore their work than science fiction stories? ” from Walidah Imarisha’s Introduction to Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. \nThis reading group\, centered on Octavia Butler\, begins 15 years after her passing. Appropriately\, her influence continues to grow. Her writing and her life has nurtured a rising generation of social-justice oriented authors of color\, particularly women. When looking at the  wider culture\, it is apparent that at least five films and series based on her novels have hit or may soon be widely available. \nWriting in the years of momentous change from 1971 to 2006\, Octavia Butler embodied the emergence of “visionary fiction” as a new way to write\, read and draw inspiration from science fiction. This spring\, the Marxist Education Project’s first literature reading group devoted to science fiction will read Kindred (1979) and Parable of the Sower (1993)\, both now graphic novels and soon film and streaming series. Fifteen years on since her passing\, Butler’s influence continues to grow. We will also read NK Jemisin’s Fifth Season (2015) and  Martha Wells’ All Systems Red (2017) to explore some of Butler’s lasting legacy. We will also make room to explore related short stories\, graphic novels\, essays\, films\, and more. \nFor a taste\, check out “To Build a Future Without Police and Prisons\, We Have to Imagine It\,” by Walidah Imarisha. embed the url: https://onezero.medium.com/black-lives-matter-is-science-fiction-how-envisioning-a-better-future-makes-it-possible-5e14d35154e3
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/from-science-fiction-to-visionary-fiction-learning-from-octavia-butler/2022-05-09/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Anti-capitalist Literature,Classes/Events,Dystopian literature,Literary Studies,Science Fiction,Seminars and Talks
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SUMMARY:Disputing the Deluge with Darko Suvin joined by Editor Hugh O’Connell and special guests
DESCRIPTION:Collected 21st-Century Writings on Utopia\, Narration\, and Survival by DARKO SUVIN\nwith Editor HUGH O’CONNELL\nwith guests Marc Angenot\, Gerry Canavan\, Patricia McManus\, & Eric D. Smith\n“Everything in here is of note\, from the essays early in this century on fascism and on fantasy to the most recent pieces on the enduring importance of communism; the growing danger of anti-utopian discourse; and especially the totalizing environmental\, economic\, political\, and cultural terror and destruction brought on by the systemic operations of the Capitalocene.” —Tom Moylan\, Glucksman Professor Emeritus at the University of Limerick\, Ireland\, and author of Becoming Utopian: The Culture and Politics of Radical Transformation (Bloomsbury\, 2020) \nFor over 50 years\, Darko Suvin has set the agenda for science fiction studies through his innovative linking of science fiction to utopian studies\, formalist and leftist critical theory\, and his broader engagement with what he terms “political epistemology.” Disputing the Deluge joins a rapidly growing renewal of critical interest in Suvin’s work on science fiction and utopianism by bringing together in a single volume 29 of Suvin’s most significant interventions in the field from the 21st century\, with an Introduction by editor Hugh O’Connell and a new preface by the author. \nBeginning with writings from the early 2000s that investigate the function of literary genres and reconsider the relationship between science fiction and fantasy\, the essays collected here—each a brilliant example of engaged thought—highlight the value of science fiction for grappling with the key events and transformations of recent years. Suvin’s interrogations show how speculative fiction has responded to 9/11\, the global war on terror\, the 2008economic collapse\, and the rise of conservative populism\, along with contemporary critical utopian analyses of the Capitalocene\, the climate crisis\,COVID19\, and the decline of democracy. By bringing together Suvin’s essays  all in one place\, this collection allows new generations of students and scholars to engage directly with his work and its continuing importance and timeliness. \nDarko Suvin is Emeritus Professor of English at McGill University\, Canada\, and has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada\, Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences\, since 1986. Darko has authored 25 books\, including the foundational study in science fiction Metamorphoses  of Science Fiction: On the Poetics and History of a Literary Genre(1979\, 2016)\, Victorian Science Fiction in the U. K.: The Discourses of Knowledge and of Power (1983)\, Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction (1988)\, and In Leviathan’s Belly: Essays for a Counter-Revolutionary Time (2012). \nHugh C. O’Connell is Assistant Professor of English at University of Massachusetts-Boston\, USA. He is editor of Legacies of Blade Runner\, special issue of Science Fiction Film and Television (2020; with Sarah Hamblin); Speculative Finance/Speculative Fiction\, and a special issue of CR: The New Centennial Review (2019; with David M. Higgins). \nMarc Angenot\, FRSC\, a professor in McGill’s French Language and Literature Department for over forty years\, has been awarded the Prix du Québec Léon-Gérin for his outstanding contributions to the social sciences. He is world-renowned for his research and is widely considered the founder of Social Discourse Theory. His vast body of work encompasses intellectual history\, linguistics\, politics\, semiotics\, rhetoric and informal logic\, as well as literary theory. Among his critically acclaimed works are Le Marxisme dans les grands récits (Paris\, 2005) and Dialogues de sourds (Paris\, 2008). In 2004\, The Yale Journal of Criticism published a special issue titled “Marc Angenot and the Scandals of History”.  Gerry Canavan is co-editor of special issues of American Literature and Polygraph on “speculative fiction” and “ecology and ideology\,” respectively and has edited (with Kim Stanley Robinson) the critical anthology\, Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction\, 2014 and The Cambridge Companion to American Science Fiction (co-edited with Eric Carl Link\, 2015. Dr\, Patricia McManus is a senior lecturer in the Humanities at the University of Brighton. She is the founder of the Dystopia Project. Her research interests are the novel —in particular the problems involved in understanding genre as a productive force in literary history — and Marxism as a methodology for utopianism. Eric D. Smith. is professor of modern and contemporary British and Anglophone literature at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is the author of Globalization\, Utopia\, and Postcolonial Science Fiction: New Maps of Hope (Pagrave\, 2012) and editor of Darko Suvin’s career-spanning collection Parables of Freedom and Narrative Logics: Positions and Presuppositions in Science Fiction and Utopianism in the Ralahine Utopian Studies Series (Peter Lang\, 2021).
URL:https://marxedproject.net/event/disputing-the-deluge-with-darko-suvin-joined-by-editor-hugh-oconnell-and-special-guests/
LOCATION:Online Event – Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Art and politics,Capital Studies,Classes/Events,Climate Change,Critical Theory,Emancipation,Fantasy Fiction,Food and politics,Literary Studies,Marx,Media Criticism,Modernity,Pandemics,Science and Technology,Science Fiction,Seminars and Talks
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