The Veldt and historical context of 1950
The Veldt was written in 1950 by the American writer, Ray Bradbury in the era that…
Then was not non-existent nor existent: there was no realm of air, no sky beyond it.
Coming from a primarily catholic society, 89.3% of the Mexicans who practice a religion being catholic…
Oryx and Crake: A critical view of the Anthropocene
Introduction This paper presents an analysis of two works written in 2003. It seeks to contextualise…
A comparative review of The Veldt and Computing Machinery and Intelligence
The Veldt was written by American author Ray Bradbury in 1950, which is a…
“Let’s not talk about objectivity” …
… is what Ian Hacking said in 2015 about this topic. Tomorrow we will, obviously, still…
New routes to old places
A few days ago I found a Mythbusters video in which they test whether someone would…
New Materialism seminars at SFU!
There are a wealth of seminars relevant to this course happening at Burnaby, check out this…
Time and the Anthropocene
“Quantum Physics blows away any progressive notion of time” declares Karan Barad in a talk given…
Ludwig Fleck and Nazi Vaccines
Wonderful article relevant to today’s lecture. This is a fascinating account of the history of the…
Survey!
Hello Everyone, I’m your other instructor, Hannah Turner, and I’ll be co-teaching with Kate. We are…