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At ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination, we create visions of the future that are inclusive, imaginative, and inspiring.

Tempe, Arizona
Joined May 2012
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
5 years
Want to keep up with the goings on at CSI? Here are a few helpful links: Subscribe to our newsletters: https://t.co/mzO8pPKGps Listen to our podcasts: https://t.co/MhGfjIksUG Download & read our books: https://t.co/3vg6400cFz Find resources for educators:
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
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This summer, our Solar Tomorrows Fellows created learning materials for all ages about solar tech and opportunities in AZ. Read more over at @asunews and check out the materials for K-12, informal and lifelong learning + journalism:
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@mitpress
The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social
2 years
It's Frankenstein Day, folks! Celebrated every year on 8/30 to honor Mary Shelley, who was born #OTD in 1797. A good opportunity to re-up our beautiful edition of her classic novel, expanded with essays & annotations: https://t.co/DKWMmwxBvG (#OpenAccess edition available)
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has endured in the popular imagination for two hundred years. Begun as a ghost story by an intellectually and socially precocious...
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@Syllble
Syllble Studios
2 years
We're excited for the debut collaborative science fiction novel from The Nova Aera Collective. 8 writers and artist at @ASU came to imagine a compelling futuristic world 'Nova Aera'. https://t.co/bmd6mwzkho @imaginationASU @jennahanchey @Syllble @GuerrierFabrice @zonal
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Phoenix, AZ – August 24, 2023 — A group of innovative minds has converged at Arizona State University, giving rise to The Nova Aera Collective. Comprising both a distinguished faculty member and a...
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
1960s Peruvian speculative fiction. Nier: Replicant. Preparing journalists to cover artificial intelligence. Read the latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter, featuring writing from Mateo Díaz Choza and Devan Hakkal!
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A quarterly newsletter about science fiction worldbuilding, futures thinking, and the imagination. In this issue: Peruvian speculative fiction, Nier: Replicant, and preparing journalists to cover AI.
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
Our friend + collaborator @andresDCmtz reflects on the difficulty of thinking precisely about the future, and the dangers of nostalgia and unrelenting gloom:
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Plus, stories from the recent past of Future Tense.
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@asunews
ASU News
2 years
Supporting veterans in transition: Marine veteran & @imaginationASU’s Bob Beard launched the Veterans Imagination Project to empower veterans with future thinking and collaborative imagination skills. Learn more from the current cohort: https://t.co/G9r5mlF0ld
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
Watch the latest CSI Skill Tree, featuring the science fiction roleplaying game @CitizenSleeper, with developer @JumpOvertheAge + author, researcher, and solarpunk editor @pheebs_w:
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
ICYMI: Watch the video of our event “Reimagining the Future of [X],” part of our Applied Sci-Fi Project! Featuring @Annaleen, Tobias Buckell, @august_cole, @shrapnelofme + @torystephens:
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@nora_castle
Dr Nora Castle
2 years
Love to see @imaginationASU works in the wild! Phillip M Crosby discusses Paolo Bacigalupi’s “Efficiency” from the collection at #unbuilding23. You can download the book for free from ASU CSI’s website! https://t.co/gGhUgdkFm5
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
Delighted to be partnering with @co_futures on this virtual conference! You can watch the livestream at https://t.co/vUfWGI2qR7.
@MerveTabur7
Merve Tabur
2 years
Interested in "Community Speculations and Technopolitics"? The 2023 CoFUTURES Virtual Conference is starting today! Check out our 3 day-program filled with exciting keynote speeches, paper presentations, artistic performances, and roundtables collaborated with @imaginationASU.
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
Congratulations to @AtGreenblatt, whose Future Tense Fiction story "If We Make It Through This Alive," about a road race across a future U.S. reshaped by climate chaos, is a finalist for the 2023 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (alongside a number of other amazing stories)!
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
Join us June 14 at 9am Pacific for “Reimagining the Future of [X],” a conversation featuring @Annaleen, Tobias S. Buckell, @august_cole, @shrapnelofme, @torystephens + @KevinBankston! Learn more and register (it’s free):
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How to Build Collective Visions of the Future Using Sci-Fi & Foresight Tools Applied Sci-Fi | Ep. 4: Reimagining the Future of [X]The Applied Sci-Fi Project at Arizona State University’s
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@ASU
Arizona State University
2 years
.@imaginationASU, @NewAmerica and @Slate’s partnership is making waves in Hollywood, catching moviemakers' attention with its innovative storytelling. @FutureTenseNow's “This, But Again,” is being adapted into a film to be directed by actor @BenStiller:
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@Regina_Kanyu
Regina Kanyu Wang
2 years
ASU's Leonardo Imagination Fellowship, virtual and open to people everywhere, designed to support the development of all kinds of digital-media projects, is call for applications! I have been working with ASU for several projects and cannot recommend it more! DDL: June 2!
@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
We're proud to announce our second Imagination Fellowship program, in collaboration with @LeonardoISAST, exploring Planetary Health Futures! Applications are due by June 2.
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
C. S. Lewis writes science fiction. Africanfuturist cinema. A new collection edited by @chineloonwualu. Read the latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter, featuring writing from @jennahanchey + @ek_wagner!
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A quarterly newsletter about science fiction worldbuilding, futures thinking, and the imagination. In this issue: Africanfuturist cinema, C. S. Lewis writes science fiction, and a collection of...
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@NewAmerica
New America
2 years
We need creative stories that envision positive climate futures—ones to work towards, not prevent against. Ed Finn (@Zonal) and Joey Eschrich of @imaginationASU and @FutureTenseNow discuss why climate optimism is a necessary tool. ☁ Read more:
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
Read CSI’s Joey Eschrich over at @FutureTenseNow on the space-opera videogame trilogy Mass Effect, and its obsession with transportation and infrastructure:
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Plus, stories from the recent past of Future Tense.
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
We're proud to announce our second Imagination Fellowship program, in collaboration with @LeonardoISAST, exploring Planetary Health Futures! Applications are due by June 2.
@ASUGlobalFuture
ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
2 years
Applications for the 2023 @LeonardoISAST Imagination Fellowship are now open! Participants will explore experimental media projects related to topics like climate, human well-being and democracy. Fellows will receive mentorship and a $6,000 stipend. https://t.co/BJuapvrOxR
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@imaginationASU
ASU CSI
2 years
And don’t miss the response essay by video game designer @lizfiacco:
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A video game designer responds to K Chess’ “Escape Worlds.”
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