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Memories of the future, on countervision, Stephen Wilson and Deborah Jaffé (eds)

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index

illustrations

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non fiction

Memories of the future

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Stephen Wilson and Deborah Jaffé (eds)

Cultural memories, 6

on countervision

"What is a memory of the future? Is it a myth, a fiction of a severed arm, a post-human debate or a broken time machine? In an increasingly insecure future-world there is an urgency to consider and debate these questions. Memories of the Future : On Countervision addresses these concerns by speculating on the connections between memory and futurity in fields such as counter-histories, women's studies, science fiction, art and design, technology, philosophy and politics. Structured by three topics--'The Basis of Memories', 'The Re-conditioning of Time' and 'The Mechanical Future'--this book reveals how these subjects regenerate at the intersections of vision, counter-cultural production and the former present. The volume links the re-imaginings of memory into the present with topics such as the fever dream allegory of the adolescent social experience, soft technologies of future dress, reinventions of monetary exchange, rekindled subjectivities of school days, and technics and human progression. These countervisions argue against the homogenising status quo of the present in order to challenge the customs, traditions and conventions of the past and propositions of the future"--, Provided by publisher

[1] Memories of the Future : On Countervision -- Three moves for a single advent/event : (a) From modern fiction to the latest seriality; (b) Means instead of ends; (c) The revolt of technics against human progress / Alberto Abruzzese (translated by Kevin W. Molin) -- The Plot Against the Future / Malcolm Quinn -- [2] The Basis of Memories -- Mortal Engines and The Hunger Games : how myths from the past shape visions of a sustainable future and the responsibility for it as represented in children's literature / Julia Eccleshare -- Girl Acting Out : Revisiting the fairy tale futures of Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White / Sarah Bonner -- Mirror : Time will Darken Paper / Penny McCarthy -- School of Change : re-dreaming past futures / Jennet Thomas -- [3] The Re-conditioning of Time -- Seizing the Future : the Futurists and future-oriented contemporary works / Ilaria Puri Purini -- The Blackening of Epekeina Tes Ousias / Liam Sprod -- The Attention Economy : From Cyber-Time to Cinematic Time / Claudio Celis -- Counterfiction : designing within alternative worlds / Austin Houldsworth -- [4] The Mechanical Future -- From Hardware to Softwear : The Future Memories of Techno-fashion / Anneke Smelik and Lianne Toussaint -- (Un)knotting Time : Imagining Past Futures in Early Victorian Street Ballads / Karl Bell