2023/24 Annual Report
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Veterans Imagination Project Community Workshops
Learn new skills to navigate your transition and define your post-service success.
Arizona STEM Acceleration Project
Arizona STEM Acceleration Project (ASAP) is a new initiative transforming how Arizona’s K-12 educators deliver high-quality, hands-on STEM activities to our state’s future leaders.
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The Applied Sci-Fi Project
The Applied Sci-Fi Project, made possible by support from the Sloan Foundation, is an event series and research project that brings together science fiction writers, futurists, scholars, and technologists to
EVOKE: The Collaborative Process
EVOKE: The Collaborative Process from Science & the Imagination on Vimeo.
Want to change the future? Start with a great story. EVOKE is a massive multi-player online educational game that uses narrative to help players develop 21st century skills and drive collaborative innovation.Nancy Baker Cahill
In this conversation, Ed Finn and Nancy Baker Cahill explore the intersections of interdisciplinary art, imagination, and technology. Nancy, an interdisciplinary artist and expanded filmmaker, discusses the importance of imagination in her work and its…
Walter Parkes
In this conversation, Ed Finn and renowned film producer, screenwriter, and media executive Walter Parkes (whose credits include WarGames, Sneakers, Men in Black, and Minority Report) explore the relationship between imagination and storytelling…
Imaginary Papers: Issue 21
Sarah M. Ruiz, Libia Brenda & Rachael Kuintzle
Imaginary Papers: Issue 20
Leah Newsom, Samuel Clamons & Andrew Dana Hudson
Expanding Our Solution Space: How We Can Build an Inclusive Future
By Deji Bryce Olukotun This essay was originally published by the Center for Science and the Imagination in Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures, a 2017 collection
Imaginary Papers: Issue 19
Philipp Kürten, Chinelo Onwualu & Christopher Cokinos
CSI Skill Tree: Signs of the Sojourner
with Leigh Alexander and Mia Armstrong-López
Imaginary Papers: Issue 18
Alexis Lothian, David J. Staley & Joey Eschrich
CSI Skill Tree: Mass Effect: Andromeda
with Souvik Mukherjee & Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay
2022/23 Annual Report
Center for Science and the Imagination celebrates 10 years
How To Transition From Soldier to Civilian
Bob Beard on how to make long-term plans amid the culture shock of civilian life. Slate.com
Veteran Imagination Project helps soldier dream big for next career
“You know, we’re trying to populate the desert, well you can’t do it without food,” said Curtis Merritt. Merritt is sharing his vision for the future of agriculture, one that
Program helps veterans reckon with reintegration
Veterans Imagination Project helps vets craft future narratives, find success ASU News
Imaginary Papers: Issue 17
Erin K. Wagner, Joe Tankersley & Joey Eschrich
CSI Skill Tree: Game Localization
with Siyang Gao & Emily Xueni Jin
Introducing Griots & Galaxies
This is a ten episode series hosted by Jenna Hanchey, Chinelo Onwualu, and Yvette Lisa Ndlovu that explores the work of ten African speculative fiction authors and imagining new futures for the continent.
Griots & Galaxies: Wole Talabi
In this conversation, Wole speaks about gods going on heists and how technologies hold the potential to bring us together in alternative histories and imagined futures.
Griots & Galaxies: Kemi Ashing-Giwa
In this conversation, Kemi takes us to galaxies far, far away, reimagining the hero’s journey through African-centered space opera.
Griots & Galaxies: Suyi Davies
In this conversation, Suyi talks to us about godpunk, Stranger Things, and how to support African and other marginalized writers…