TY - BOOK ID - 80753136 TI - Practices of Speculation : Modeling, Embodiment, Figuration AU - Cortiel, Jeanne AU - Hanke, Christine AU - Hutta, Jan Simon AU - Milburn, Colin PY - 2020 SN - 3839447518 383764751X PB - Bielefeld transcript Verlag DB - UniCat KW - Cultural Studies. KW - General Literature Studies. KW - Literature. KW - Media Aesthetics. KW - Science. KW - Sociology of Knowledge. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture. KW - Speculation; Literature; Media; Culture; Science; Cultural Studies; General Literature Studies; Media Aesthetics; Sociology of Knowledge UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:80753136 AB - This volume offers innovative ways to think about speculation at a time when anticipation of catastrophe in an apocalyptic mode is the order of the day and shapes public discourse on a global scale. It maps an interdisciplinary field of investigation: the chapters interrogate hegemonic ways of shaping the present through investments in the future, while also looking at speculative practices that reveal transformative potential. The twelve contributions explore concrete instances of envisioning the open unknown and affirmative speculative potentials in history, literature, comics, computer games, mold research, ecosystem science and artistic practice. ER -