Events at: Online event

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RSVP on the IHR site Black feminist scholar, activist and podcaster adrienne maree brown will present a virtual lecture to the community. We are pleased to welcome writer, pleasure activist,

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Join Claire Vaye Watkins, award-winning author of the climate fiction novel Gold Fame Citrus and the short fiction collection Battleborn, for a virtual reading and a conversation about climate writing.

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A young man extending his hand toward a mailbox, reaching toward a hand that is coming out of the mailbox.
Our Science Fiction TV Dinner series is going virtual for 2020-2021, to help keep our community safe during the pandemic. We’re shifting the format slightly, presenting Science Fiction TV Small

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An image of a scientific interface, in blue and yellow, over a turquoise bathymetric map. The interface shows various gauges, data readouts, and controls in a stylized, icon-centric manner.
In the CSI Skill Tree series, we examine and celebrate how video games envision possible futures, build rich and thought-provoking worlds, and engage people as active participants in unfolding and

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A screenshot from the video game Kentucky Route Zero, showing a cabin, viewed from above, under a floodlight in what looks to be a museum or gallery space. In the foreground, we can see shadowy beams holding up lighting. Superimposed on the image are headshots for the special guests at this event, Zoyander Street and Rachel Carr.
In the CSI Skill Tree series, we examine and celebrate how video games envision possible futures, build rich and thought-provoking worlds, and engage people as active participants in unfolding and

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When we imagine our climate future, it’s easy to drift towards catastrophe, especially in view of this summer’s shocking examples of climate chaos—from floods and sinkholes to heat domes and

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Join the Center for Science and the Imagination, the Journal of Science Policy & Governance (JSPG), and the UK Science and Innovation Network for a workshop that brings together innovative

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Headshots of Climate Imagination Fellows Vandana Singh, Libia Brenda, and Hannah Onoguwe.
Can we reimagine our relationship with nature and protect the future? How can we marshal our collective imagination to accelerate global transformations and move towards a sustainable way of life?

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If we hope to achieve the global will and cooperation needed to meet the challenges of the climate crisis, we need stories of hope and transformation, not just disaster and

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Illustration of a waterfall in a verdant forest, against a vibrant blue sky. The waterfall has a solar installation on top of it, and is caged by an orange structure of rings.
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow presents an opportunity for decisive global action amidst escalating climate chaos. Now, more than ever, we need narratives of positive climate futures

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Screenshot from the game Outer Wilds, showing a first-person view of a small round planet in the foreground, and a bright star in the background, from a spaceship cockpit.
In the CSI Skill Tree series, we examine and celebrate how video games envision possible futures, build rich and thought-provoking worlds, and engage people as active participants in unfolding and

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A copy of Neal Stephenson's novel Termination Shock, standing up against a white background.
With his string of bestselling novels, Neal Stephenson has carved out a space at the forefront of contemporary fiction, exploring and shaping our cultural imaginary about the future and how

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An illustrated background in bright colors of blue, magenta, and gold, showing rockets, cranes, ladders, and other technologies reaching up to create a busy, futuristic scene.
Science fiction can have real policy impacts, and comes rife with real-life commentary. For the third gathering of our Science Fiction/Real Policy Book Club, we have selected Malka Older’s novel

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CSI Skill Tree banner, featuring a screenshot from the game Cloud Gardens, showing plants overgrowing an abandoned car and other refuse. Superimposed on the image are headshots of our guest speakers, Ken Liu and Liz Fiacco.
In the CSI Skill Tree series, we examine and celebrate how video games envision possible futures, build rich and thought-provoking worlds, and engage people as active participants in unfolding and

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Join Critical Distance and the Center for Science and the Imagination for the launch of our new, free ebook, Sickness, Systems, Solidarity, which explores the tangled relationships between pandemics and games, both digital and analog.

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May 12, 2022

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An illustrated background in bright colors of blue, magenta, and gold, showing rockets, cranes, ladders, and other technologies reaching up to create a busy, futuristic scene.
Science fiction can have real policy impacts, and comes rife with real-life commentary. For the next gathering of our Science Fiction/Real Policy Book Club, we have selected All Systems Red

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White text says Us In Flux over a maroon and gold sunset gradient, and then half the image is birch tree artwork

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CSI Skill Tree banner, featuring a screenshot from the game Inside, showing a small person peering up into the light in a cavernous indoor environment. Superimposed on the image are headshots of our guest speakers, Amos Roddy and Tochi Onyebuchi.
  Register In the CSI Skill Tree series, we examine and celebrate how video games envision possible futures, build rich and thought-provoking worlds, and engage people as active participants in unfolding

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