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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
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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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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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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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Delighted to be partnering with @co_futures on this virtual conference! You can watch the livestream at https://t.co/vUfWGI2qR7.
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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Can science fiction help us navigate the challenges of the 21st century? Read + listen to CSI's @zonal, along with @gerrycanavan and @ytashawomack, pondering that question and more on @cbcradio:
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From the moon landing to universal translators, science fiction has offered us visions of our technological future. But the genre also offers writers and thinkers around the world the tools to tell...
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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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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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.@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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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!
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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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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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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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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We're proud to announce our second Imagination Fellowship program, in collaboration with @LeonardoISAST, exploring Planetary Health Futures! Applications are due by June 2.
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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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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