Essays about: "environmental science fiction"

Found 4 essays containing the words environmental science fiction.

  1. 1. Filmmakers’ interpretation of environmental science fiction : an exploration of how movies can be used for change making

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sara Gustavsson; [2021]
    Keywords : environmental communication; science fiction; cinematic storytelling; storytelling; futuristic science fiction; environmental science fiction; social cognitive theory of mass communication; Albert Bandura;

    Abstract : We are now living within the reality of the worst environmental crisis mankind has ever seen and some modes within environmental communication are struggling to help us create change. In recent decade, there has been a growing interest in using storytelling for sustainable change. READ MORE

  3. 2. Age of Arrakis: State Apparatuses and Foucauldian Biopolitics in Frank Herbert's Dune

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Pontus Viberg; [2019]
    Keywords : power; ideology; biopower; religion; science fiction; Herbert Dune; America; colonialism; state apparatus;

    Abstract : Frank Herbert’s Dune is generally recognized as the best-selling science fiction novel of all time. While it is commonly referred to as a novel of environmental characteristics, this essay investigates the depiction of society and how the power dynamics in this far future setting are presented. READ MORE

  4. 3. Storytelling in the Anthropocene: A critical consideration of the Anthropocene using socio-ecological theory and science fiction to scrutinise current and envision future stories of social justice and ecological sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Petra Van Der Kooij; [2016]
    Keywords : Anthropocene; social justice; ecological sustainability; socio-ecological theory; eco-Marxism; posthumanism; science fiction; utopia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : We now have entered the Anthropocene. Humanity is the new geological force drastically changing the systems of the Earth. At least this is the story told by natural scientists. Social scientists are critical of this ‘natural’ narrative as it cannot deal with the social dimension of geological changes. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Human Animal : An Ecocritical View of Animal Imagery in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad

    Author : Erik Fredriksson; [2013]
    Keywords : Aldous Huxley; Julian Huxley; ecocriticism; biofuturism; zoomorphism; dystopia; science fiction; animal imagery; environmentalism;

    Abstract : The early twentieth century saw the beginning of modern environmentalism. Intellectuals dreamed up solutions to the world’s problems and hoped for a better future being made possible by advances in science and technology. However, Aldous Huxley produced Brave New World which, as this essay argues, mocks the enthusiasm of his intellectual peers. READ MORE