New Thinking: Science Fiction
It's sometimes defined as 'the literature of cognitive estrangement' ie it helps us see things in a new light. An architecture specialist & and a literary critic compare notes.
It's sometimes defined as 'the literature of cognitive estrangement'. In other words, it's a genre that helps us see things in a new light. Hetta Howes discusses current academic thinking on science fiction, as a way of thinking that extends beyond writing, film and TV to architecture and beyond. With Caroline Edwards, Senior Lecturer in Modern & Contemporary Literature at Birkbeck, University of London, and Amy Butt, Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Reading.
This conversation was recorded in mid February before coronavirus hit the UK.
It is one of a series of conversations - New Thinking - produced in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council, part of UK Research & Innovation.
Further podcasts are available on the 麻豆社 Radio 3 Free Thinking website under the playlist New Research /programmes/p03zws90
Producer: Luke Mulhall
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