03641oam 2200625 c 450 991083183900332120231110213104.03-8394-4751-810.14361/9783839447512(CKB)4930000000056070(DE-B1597)521842(DE-B1597)9783839447512(OCoLC)1233041612(MiAaPQ)EBC6759252(Au-PeEL)EBL6759252(transcript Verlag)9783839447512(MiAaPQ)EBC6956065(Au-PeEL)EBL6956065(MiAaPQ)EBC30474015(Au-PeEL)EBL30474015(EXLCZ)99493000000005607020220221d2020 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPractices of SpeculationModeling, Embodiment, FigurationJeanne Cortiel, Christine Hanke, Jan Simon Hutta, Colin Milburn1st ed.Bielefeldtranscript Verlag20201 online resource (284 p.)Edition Kulturwissenschaft2023-8376-4751-X Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Practices of Speculation 7 Chapter 1: Cultures of Speculation-Histories of Speculation 31 Chapter 2: The Working Planetologist 51 Chapter 3: The Rule of Productivity and the Fear of Transgression 77 Chapter 4: Lagging Realities 97 Chapter 5: "La vie impossible" 119 Chapter 6: Spores of Speculation 145 Chapter 7: Enacting Speculation 167 Chapter 8: Scale and Speculative Futures in Russell Hoban's Riddley Walker and Kim Stanley Robinson's 2312 191 Chapter 9: The Lifecycle of Software Engineers 209 Chapter 10: Uncertainty between Image and Text in Ben Templesmith's Singularity 7 221 Chapter 11: This World Which Is Not One 243 List of Figures 275 Biographical Notes 277This volume offers innovative ways to think about speculation at a time when anticipation of catastrophe in an apocalyptic mode is the order of the day and shapes public discourse on a global scale. It maps an interdisciplinary field of investigation: the chapters interrogate hegemonic ways of shaping the present through investments in the future, while also looking at speculative practices that reveal transformative potential. The twelve contributions explore concrete instances of envisioning the open unknown and affirmative speculative potentials in history, literature, comics, computer games, mold research, ecosystem science and artistic practice.Edition Kulturwissenschaft Speculation; Literature; Media; Culture; Science; Cultural Studies; General Literature Studies; Media Aesthetics; Sociology of Knowledge;Cultural Studies.General Literature Studies.Literature.Media Aesthetics.Science.Sociology of Knowledge.Speculation; Literature; Media; Culture; Science; Cultural Studies; General Literature Studies; Media Aesthetics; Sociology of Knowledge;303.49Cortiel JeanneUniversität Bayreuth, DeutschlandedtHanke ChristineUniversität Bayreuth, DeutschlandedtHutta Jan SimonUniversität Bayreuth, DeutschlandedtMilburn ColinUniversity of California, Davis, USAedtDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910831839003321Practices of Speculation2559292UNINA