Citizen Science Fiction
By (Author) Jerome Winter
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Lexington Books
19th March 2021
United States
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Science fiction
Fantasy
507.1
Hardback
222
Width 164mm, Height 227mm, Spine 23mm
526g
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.
Jerome Winter is lecturer at the University of California, Riverside.