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URL:/centre-for-society-technology-values/events/critic
 al-tech-talk-11-speculative-imaginaries-and
SUMMARY:Critical Tech Talk 11: Speculative Imaginaries and Technological\nD
 esign
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nThe Critical Media Lab is excited to invite you to 
 register\nfor CRITICAL TECH TALK 11: SPECULATIVE IMAGINARIES AND TECHNOL
 OGICAL\nDESIGN with guest speaker Sherryl Vint\, Professor of Media and\n
 Cultural Studies at the University of California\, on how speculative\nfic
 tion can help us cultivate a more inclusive social imagination.\n\nThis i
 s a virtual event taking place on Zoom\, Friday January 24th at\n3:00 PM.
  Full details are below. Registration is required using this\nlink\n[http
 s://uwaterloo.ca/arts/events/critical-tech-talk-11-speculative-imaginaries
 -and]. \n\nWe look forward to you joining us!\n\nABOUT THE TALK: Specula
 tive fiction (sf) is an influential mode that\nshapes how we imagine what 
 technologies and futures we find desirable\,\nfeasible\, and valuable. But
  whose values inform imagined\ntechno-utopian futures? How can we draw on 
 the power of sf if we\nunderstand the genre not as a storehouse of technol
 ogies we might one\nday create\, but instead as a critical engagement with
  the way that\ntechnology inevitably shapes the social world in ways that 
 extend far\nbeyond its intended use? Using the example of the intersection
  of sf\nwith disability studies\, this talk will outline how sf can functi
 on as\na mode of enquiry\, a rhetorical tool that can help us guide\ntechn
 ological development toward greater inclusion and equity by\nopening new p
 erspectives on the problems technology seeks to solve.\nFocusing on the sp
 ecific example of sf written from the perspective of\npeople with disabili
 ty\, it will show how such fictions can help us\nunderstand how to cultiva
 te a more capacious social imagination as a\ncrucial element of equitable 
 and inclusive technological design.\n\nSHERRYL VINT is Professor of Media
  and Cultural Studies and of\nEnglish at the University of California\, Ri
 verside\, where she founded\nthe Speculative Fictions and Cultures of Scie
 nce program. She has\npublished widely on science fiction\, including\, mo
 st recently\,\nBiopolitical Futures in Twenty-First Century Speculative Fi
 ction\n(2021)\, Science Fiction: The Essential Knowledge (2021)\, and\nPro
 gramming the Future: Speculative Television and the End of\nDemocracy (202
 2\, co-authored with Jonathan Alexander). She was a\nfounding editor of Sc
 ience Fiction Film and Television and is the\nManaging Editor of Science F
 iction Studies and editor of book series\nScience in Popular Culture.\n 
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SUMMARY:CSTV Movie Night: Things to come
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:Summary \n\nJoin us to watch THINGS TO COME\n[https://www.imdb.
 com/title/tt0028358/]\n\nthe science fiction classic by H.G. Wells\,\n\nau
 thor of THE TIME MACHINE\n[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine]
  and THE WAR OF THE\nWORLDS [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_
 Worlds]!\n\nOct. 6 @ 7pm in E5 6006.\n\nFree admittance—Free popcorn!\n 
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