Located Afterworlds: How Imagination Bends
Everything happens in an intersection of time and space, and imagination fuels future actions. By considering narratives about alternate worlds located in the Bay Area and then in our broader world—via speculative fiction, nonfiction, films, articles, and theory—this course explores how creativity can shape social and technological change. It also examines ideas of place, and how personal change intersects with a transforming wider world.
Texts are available at:
University Press Books, 2430 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Cal Student Store
They Say / I Say (4th edition), Cathy Birkenstein and Gerald Graff; Genre: reference; Access: eTextbook, hardcover, paperback; ISBN-10: 0393631672, ISBN-13: 978-0393631678
Ecotopia, Ernest Callenbach; Genre(s): subgenre of science fiction and utopian fiction; Access: paperback; ISBN-10: 159714293X, ISBN-13: 978-1597142939
12 Monkeys, Terry Gilliam; Genres: Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction (1996 Film); Access: YouTube or other streaming service of your choice
Earth Abides, George R. Steward; Genre(s): "post-apocalyptic" subgenre of science fiction; Access: Kindel, audiobook, hardcover, paperback; ISBN-10: 0345487133, ISBN-13: 978-0345487131
The World Without Us, Alan Weisman; Genre: nonfiction; Access: Kindel, audiobook, hardcover, paperback; ISBN-10: 0312427905, ISBN-13: 978-0312427900
Films on the near future—TBD by the class; Genre: Documentary film; Access: Kanopy.com — free streaming service accessed through UC Berkeley Libraries