To the best of my knowledge, speculative fabulation becomes a front and center concept in her work with the publication, in 2011, of the booklet entitled sf. Point of contact gallery announces the opening of carrying. Speculative fabulation and string figures, speculative fabulation is thought of as a speculative device aiming at shaping new ways of worlding towards a speculative people called terrapolis. Sympoiesis, not autopoiesis, threads the string figure game played by terran critters. It is argued that the concept of fabulation and its relation to the question of the people raises important concerns both for the critical analysis of deleuzes concepts and for politics. Attending to the intersection of biology with culture and politics, haraways work explores the string figures composed by science fact, science fiction, speculative feminism, speculative fabulation, science and technology studies, and multispecies worlding. Donna haraway sf, speculative fabulation and string figures. Science fiction, speculative fabulation, string figures. Sf is a sign for science fiction, speculative feminism, science fantasy, speculative fabulation, science fact, and also, string figures. To say i am astounded to receive the pilgrim award from the sfra. Speculative fabulation and string figures has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Introduction 3 and in visual pictures, braiding me and my readers into beings and pat.
This chapter focuses on the problematic of fabulation. Fabulation, on view at point of contact gallery, features six artists exploration into the potentials of fabulation, that is, of fabricating the real through speculative storytelling and alterworlding. Theoretically and methodologically driven by the signifier sfstring figures, science fact, science fiction, speculative feminism, speculative fabulation. Fabulation, or latin fabulat, meaning to relate as a fable or myth, comes from the. Theoretically and methodologically driven by the signifier sfstring figures, science fact, science fiction, speculative feminism, speculative fabulation, so far staying with the trouble further cements haraways reputation as one of the most daring and original thinkers of our time. Drawing on some lines from anna tsings book mushroom at the end of the. Oct 18, 2017 in this workshop we will take inspiration from starhawk and donna haraway. A type of narration that enables one to unfold new worlds through. Gough uses the term in association with the notion of the fabulation. Catalogue for the exhibition jakarta biennale 2017. At the same time, the random house web pages listed 981 books in their science fictionfantasy category, and the search box of penguin group usa yielded over 6,920 entries of fantasy, science fiction, and paranormal literature, which is a sizable number for a single publishing group even if many of the penguin listings appear to be e book.
Cultural theorist, biologist and feminist donna haraway 1944 is distinguished professor. Definitions of related terms such as science fantasy, speculative fiction, and fabulation are included where they are intended as definitions of aspects of science fiction or because they. Aug 05, 2015 and it would be irresponsible to mention any book by a major figure without also citing richard feynmans qed, based on a series of lectures he gave in the early 1980s. An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting. Aug 25, 2016 theoretically and methodologically driven by the signifier sf string figures, science fact, science fiction, speculative feminism, speculative fabulation, so far staying with the trouble further. Making kin in the chthulucene duke university press, 2016, which urgently argues for a nonanthropocentric view of climate change and is driven metaphorically and theoretically by the signifier sffor string figures, science fact, science fiction, speculative feminism, and speculative fabulation. In their writings since the later 1970s we can trace both the influence of a web of feminist sfs, including speculative fiction, science fiction and speculative fabulation, and their own crafting of sf. Dream figures lycan 14 statue nightmares collection. This is a tounge in cheek humorous guide to speculative bird species. In structural fabulation, the tradition of speculative fiction is modified by an awareness of the universe as a system of systems, a structure of structures, and the insights of the past century of science are accepted as fictional points of departure. Speculative evolution recommended reading speculative. Speculative fabulation that emerged with humanismexemplified in thomas mores utopia 1516, jonathan swifts gullivers travels 1726, samuel johnsons rasselas 1759, or thomas carlyles sartor resartus 1836draws on more liberal and secular reflection but lacks a firm grounding in the modern scientific understanding of. Thanks are due to donna haraway and the science fiction research association for their kind permission to reproduce this speech. The author of the influential cyborg manifesto devises a formula for a possible world named terrapolis, connecting it to the making of najavo string figures.
Art and science fiction is an anthology of new writings by artists, curators, art historians and writers who are selfconfessed science fiction fans. String figures and narration practices nero editions. Here we are explicitly made aware of the nounasgerund, active worlding, which in haraways most recent work is put into effect in the creation of terrapolis. This is a list of definitions that have been offered by authors, editors, critics and fans over the years since science fiction became a genre. Great books for nonphysicists who want to understand quantum.
This reiterated list whirls and loops throughout the coming pages, in words. Jun 12, 2014 the talk explores emerging transdisciplinary biologies, which might be called ecoevodevohistotechno, for the string figures tying together human and nonhuman ecologies, evolution, development. Science fiction, speculative fabulation, string figures, so far. Sf, speculative fabulation and string figures 100 notes, 100 thoughts. Sf and the human imagination that science fiction and speculative fiction are fluid terms. Scholes uses a fourdimensional framework to describe his view of literature. These figures seem much like the one offered by denham in his book on fryes critical method. Sf, speculative fabulation and string figures as want to read. In recent books including capitalist sorcery 2011 with philippe pignarre. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. For haraway, science fiction novels have long been a source of nourishment but she has now exploded sf into multiple versions. At speculative fiction, we have a deep passion for all things art.
Sf is that potent materialsemiotic sign for the riches of speculative fabulation, speculative feminism, science fiction, speculative fiction, science fact, science fantasy and, i suggest, string figures. Under this umbrella category, the genres include, but are not limited to, science fiction, fantasy. Notes includes bibliographical references and index. Speculative fiction oxford research encyclopedia of. Sometimes called whatif books, speculative literature changes the laws of whats real or possible as we know them in our current. Speculative fiction is a broad category of fiction encompassing genres with certain elements that are nonexistent in terms of reality, recorded history, or nature and the present universe, covering various themes in the context of the supernatural, futuristic, and many other imaginative topics. Being attis in the anthropocene august 29, 2018 november 27, 2018 by john halstead, posted in capitalism, climate change, environmentalism, paganism. All figure content in this area was uploaded by juan francisco salazar. Writers and theorists like donna haraway, ursula le guin and noel gough, for example, draw connections between a number of sf phrases. By some definitions, speculative fiction spec fi is characterized as an umbrella description of the broad spectrum of science fiction and fantasy, but the term first appeared as a genre reference in 1947 in an editorial essay, on the writing of speculative fiction, by the venerable scifi author, robert a.
Nov 08, 2020 speculative fiction is a literary super genre, which encompasses a number of different genres of fiction, each with speculative elements that are based on conjecture and do not exist in the real world. Her work explores the string figures composed by speculative feminism, speculative fabulation, science and technology studies, and multispecies studies. Speculative fiction oxford research encyclopedia of literature. In a booklet published in 2006 for the kassel dokumenta and entitled sf. The worlds of science fiction and speculative fiction dont exist, and their nonexistence is of a difference in order than the nonexistence of the realistic novels.
The various partners engaging in string figuring are active and passive. No wonder i read biological relatives as a fabulous work of sf in all its tones string figures, speculative fabulation, science fact. The uses of genre and the classification of speculative. Indonesia plans regulation to ensure bond dealers produce. Speculativeedu an overview of contemporary speculative.
In string figures, a simple loopa structure of string in a circleis transformed. Sep 06, 2016 string figuring, one of the many sfs in the book, involves making patterns with others. Donna haraway, anthropocene, capitalocene, chthulucene. Oct, 2008 another book, that while not speculative zoology per see but worth a look if you have a sense of humor, is a field guide to little known and seldom seen birds of north america by ben. After centuries of genocides, environmental destruction and its unevenly distributed suffering, and rampant killing of species, as well as individuals, haraway suggests that humans turn to sf string figures, science fiction, speculative fabulation, speculative feminism as mechanisms for envisioning the future. Theoretically and methodologically driven by the signifier sf string figures, science fact, science fiction, speculative feminism, speculative fabulation, so farstaying with the trouble further cements haraways reputation as one of the most daring and original thinkers of our time. The main thread i will follow today is speculative fabulation, one of the sf. There have been many attempts at defining science fiction. Jan 24, 2020 margaret atwood writes in her book in other worlds.
In looping threads and relays of patterning, this sf practice is a model for worlding. Can we engage in speculative fabulation which no longer e. Playing games of string figures is about giving and receiving patterns, dropping threads and failing but sometimes finding something that works, something consequential and maybe even beautiful, that wasnt. Science fiction, speculative fabulation, string figures, so far by d. After centuries of genocides, environmental destruction and its unevenly distributed suffering, and rampant killing of species, as well as individuals, haraway suggests that humans turn to sf string figures, science fiction, speculative fabulation, speculative feminism as. Jun 26, 2018 these are the questions i explore in critical fabulations, my book out with mit pres s this week. By hidayat setiaji and gayatri suroyo jakarta reuters indonesia is planning regulation to ensure primary bond dealers produce only factual research, senior government officials said, in a. Our mission is to bring the finest comic, television and film based collectibles to collectors, at a fair price with the friendliest service. Sf is that potent material semiotic sign for the riches of speculative fabulation, speculative feminism, science fiction, science fact, science fantasy. Watch the lecture on vimeo here, and then come back to this thread to discuss it. Wgss welcomes donna haraway womens, gender, and sexuality. Making string figures amid the troubles on zoom museum.
Jun 21, 2017 using the tools of what she terms sf speculative fabulation, speculative feminism, science fiction, science fact, string figures, so far haraway imagines and invents new ways of living and dying in our multispecies world. There, she writes about the people of terrapolis, made of compost rather than posthuman. The sciences of the mid20thcentury new evolutionary synthesis shaped approaches to humaninduced. Donna haraways lecture on anthropocene, capitalocene. String figures, commonly known as the object of cats cradle, are a game in. Mar 29, 2021 carrying the thick present is broken down into three central themes. Sarah franklin makes vivid how ivf is a kinmaking, personmaking, and worldmaking engine, one that refabricates the facts of life into bundles of kin and bundles of kin into facts of life. The linking point is the idea of science fiction as a platform for the building of. Each version has an aspect of what our thinking, imaginative life demands to keep glittering. Documenta series 033 100 notes 100 thoughts 100 notizen 100 gendanken. The book by diego gualandris is in fact a collectio. Deleuze enticingly alludes to this bergsonian figure in invoking a new earth and a people to come, yet offers little elaboration. Donna haraway is distinguished professor emerita in the history of consciousness department at the university of california at santa cruz. Speculativeedu an overview of contemporary speculative practice.
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