Designing Nature's Futures

How can fiction positively or negatively shape our narratives of the design of nature’s future(s)? [Note: I’ve read a couple of other students’ posts and they seem to be answering how fiction can both positively and negatively affect our narratives. I interpreted the question as asking me to select how…

We might not realize it immediately, but fiction plays an important role in shaping society’s narratives of the design of nature’s future, both positively and negatively. This importance of fiction is not meant to undermine that of news outlets, as those are helpful for showing a broad audience current technologies…

Discussion prompt: How can fiction positively or negatively shape our narratives of the design of nature’s future(s)? Be sure to give an example or two. Fiction is a great form of entertainment; we read fantasy books and watch science-fiction movies. However, fiction is more to us than just entertainment, as…

First of all, I think that fiction itself is shaped by what we, as a society, value, fear, or are simply fascinated by. For example, before the turn of the millennium, science fiction primarily focused on emerging technologies that would soon take over every aspect of our lives.1,2 As the…

Typically when we ask what your vision is we are talking about your sight. We want to know if you have perfect vision 20/20. However, from the environmental standpoint we are asking about your goals. What do you see the future of this planet looking like? Will there be cars?…

Yesterday in class we discussed how pessimistic speculative fiction reflects the author’s, and society’s, fears relating to the changes happening to our planet. I believe that this notion – that our imaginings reflect powerful internal sentiments – gives fiction the power to shape the design of nature’s future, whether it…

There are some things in this world that are based up on facts and can not be disputed. On the other hand, there are concepts and theories that are up for interpretation. One that was discussed in class is nature. What is nature? Nature is different to everyone. Part of…

For the most part of my life, I live in urban area with rare adventures to the nature. The lack in experience of wildness contributes to my sentiment toward nature, the one that Frankenstein shares when he goes to the mountains to cure his trauma, the awe to its sublimity…

Cox prompt: Is wilderness merely a symbolic construction? Does this matter to whether or not you want to protect it? In 1964, congress designated “wilderness” areas to be defined under the following definition through the 1964 Wilderness Act: “A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man [sic] and his…

It’s hard not to hold your breath in front of a majestic landscape of mountain chains surrounding a pristine blue lake. Something about the serene atmosphere, clean air and bright colors makes you naturally dilute your pupils and try take in as much as you can in. Romanticism and transcendentalism…