Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as ANTH-201
Vanessa L. Fong (Section 01)
How can anthropology help us understand the cultural assumptions, empirical knowledge, and causal and interpretive theories underlying science fiction and help science fiction draw on more valid and plausible assumptions, knowledge, and theories? How can science fiction writers' efforts to develop hypotheses about what events, people, and processes might be like under different conditions help anthropologists develop hypotheses in the real world? This class will help students think about these questions by reading, analyzing, discussing, and writing anthropological and science fiction texts that relate to each other in enlightening ways.
Limited to 19 students. Spring semester. Professor Fong.
Section 01
Tu 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM CONV 209
Th 11:30 AM - 12:50 PM CONV 209
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ark | Penguin | Baxter, Stephen | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Dark Forest: Remembrance of Earth's Past | Macmillan | Liu, Cixin | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship with God | Vintage | Luhrmann, Tanya M. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins | Princeton University Press | Tsing, Anna Lowenhaupt | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.