2023W
Julia Grillmayr
Institut für Kunst und Gesellschaft, Cross-Disciplinary Strategies
2024W, Workshop (WSP), 4.0 ECTS, 2.0 SemStd., LV-Nr. S04935
In this seminar, we will look at how possible and impossible futures are envisioned by Science Fiction on the one hand, and futurology on the other hand. We will investigate into the entwined history of these two fields and think about their respective methodologies and styles, their similarities and differences. By reading SF theory and literature as well as texts by futurists, we will discuss what role probability, factuality and science play in these genres. We will ask what kind of knowledge these texts want to gain and how. Overall, we will try to carve out the underlying understanding of ‘the future’ in these different approaches and thereby critically discuss the various ideas and methods of forecasting.
This seminar will be held in a workshop format. Requirements to finish the course: Presence, active participation and a short written essay.
The first sessions will provide an introduction into the matter, we will read and discuss Science Fiction theory and literature in class. For the second part of the seminar, students will read texts of SF Studies and Futurology and prepare them in order to be discussed in class together.
SF theory
Futurology
18. Dezember 2024, 10:00–16:00 KUG Lecture Room PSK 149
08. Jänner 2025, 10:00–16:00 KUG Lecture Room PSK 149
15. Jänner 2025, 10:00–16:00 KUG Lecture Room PSK 149
22. Jänner 2025, 10:00–14:30 KUG Lecture Room PSK 149
Von 04. September 2024, 00:00 bis 30. November 2024, 00:01
Per Online Anmeldung
Cross-Disciplinary Strategies (Master): Studienfelder 4-6: Studienfeld 5: Kommunikations- und Kooperationsstrategien 569/022.05
Mitbelegung: möglich
Besuch einzelner Lehrveranstaltungen: möglich