Essays about: "Laurine Avice"

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  1. 1. Moving Cities of the Future : The Power of Anticipation Fiction Over Our Modern Social Imaginaries

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Laurine Avice; [2023]
    Keywords : social imaginaries; fiction; moving cities; future;

    Abstract : The future is constantly growing as a more and more significant matter of interest, both in the academic fields and in everyday conversations. This thesis focuses on a specific perspective of the future: what if cities were no longer static by nature, but cruising across the world? By analysing three works of literary fiction, the aim is to illustrate how fiction, and more specifically ‘anticipation fiction’, can participate in shaping our social imaginaries, the understanding we have of the world, both when it comes to our present and our future. READ MORE