Citizen Science Fiction

Citizen Science Fiction

by Jerome Winter
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 19/03/2021

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Citizen Science Fiction draws on an interdisciplinary swath of literature and media to make the case that the science fiction genre can help rethink the pedagogical use of citizen science as a tool to interrogate our collective civic engagement with science and the incorporation of science into a rigorous, exciting writing-based curriculum. The book revolves around recent developments in specific scientific disciplines, including biology, ecology, computer science, astronomy, and cognitive science. Winter closely studies a range of science-fiction texts and tropes -- such as aliens, robots, clones, mind uploads, galactic empires -- for what they have to contribute to the ongoing scholarly discussion on psychological mindset and mindful argument, reading for probing inquiry and productive uncertainty in the age of the Anthropocene, reading for voice with a view to our digitally dominated future, and reading for threshold concepts in a scientifically driven society.

ISBN:
9781793621481
9781793621481
Category:
Literary studies: fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
19-03-2021
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing

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