GEOG 2030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Margaret Atwood, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, The Briefing
13 Dec 2015
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Eco-fiction: includes climate fiction; fictional writing about the environment. Science fiction (sci-fi): linked to climate fiction; connection is purposeful to show concepts" scientific heritage. Psychological existence: understanding our purpose on earth; obscured by climate change. Unit 10 a different path to response: telling stories cli-fi. Cli-fi films & literature: largely dystopian; includes a wide array of perspectives; global environmental change is often the backdrop, focus on how people deal with issues and individual impacts. Cli-fi npr report so hot right now. News report: listen through at http://www. npr. org/2013/04/20/176713022/so-hot-right-now-has- climate-change-created-a-new-literary-genre. Arundhati roy: indian novelist and activist; renown public intellectualist in india; wrote the briefing". Margaret atwood: canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, environmental activist; most well- known canadian writer globally; has written science fiction before; wrote time capsule found on the. Sabrina mahfouz: british-egyptian poet, playwright, performer, writer; poet-in-residence at cape. Farewell; rising in prominence internationally; wrote and performed piece called environmental refugee.
