Souvik Mukherjee: ‘No Cyclones in Age of Empires’: Colonialism and Ecocriticism in Videogames
Souvik Mukherjee (CSSSC, Kolkata, and Tampere University) on colonialism and video games. In-person event, Blindern Campus.
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Hanna-Riikka Roine: “Digital Media and the Futurity of Fiction”
Hanna-Riikka Roine (Tampere University, and visiting fellow, CoFUTURES) will present her ongoing research on futurity. In-person event, Blindern Campus, UiO. Contact us directly if you want to join the event.
Leandro Pisano: The Manifesto of Rural Futurism
PAM: Møterom 252Leandro Pisano, co-author of The Manifesto of Rural Futurism, will be visiting CoFUTURES and giving a lecture on the manifesto. Open, public event. Location: PAM: Møterom 252 Read the manifesto here: https://www.ruralfuturism.com/
Lena Pfeifer: “The Ethics of ‘Nature’ and ‘Environment’ in the Discourse of the Anthropocene Since the 1980s”
Lena Pfeifer (Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, and visiting fellow, Oslo School of Environmental Humanities) will discuss her ongoing research. In-person, Blindern campus.
Filip Hauer: Dreaming About Work: The Board Game playthrough/playtesting and discussion
PAM: Møterom 489 , NorwayFilip Hauer (Academy of Fine Arts in Prague) will present his game "Dreaming About Work: The Board Game," developed as part of his doctoral research, and at the Erasmus internship project with CoFUTURES
In Conversation with Manjula Padmanabhan
OnlineManjula Padmanabhan (b. 1953), is an author, playwright, artist and cartoonist. She grew up in Europe and South Asia, returning to India as a teenager. Her plays include LIGHTS OUT and the MATING GAME SHOW. Her play HARVEST won the first ever Onassis Award for Theatre, in 1997, in Greece. She writes a weekly column and draws a weekly comic strip in Chennai’s “Business Line”. Her books include UNPRINCESS, GETTING THERE and THE ISLAND OF LOST GIRLS. She lives in the US, with a home in New Delhi. Website: https://magnoliana.com/
Chiara Cigarini: Tales of (technological) anomalies: Chinese SF’s re-enchantment
OnlineTales of (technological) anomalies: Chinese SF's re-enchantment Dr. Chiara Cigarini is a lecturer in Chinese Studies, a translator, and Postdoctoral Fellow at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. She received her PhD at Beijing Normal University, with a project focused on contemporary Chinese SF. In China, she collaborates w/the Research Center for Science and Human Imagination […]