October 12th, 2009
by
Ariel Wetzel
For those of you in the Seattle area, you might be interested in a panel I’m moderating at the Seattle Anarchist Bookfair on anarchism and science fiction.
This panel, presented by Common Action, will consist of local anarchist fans, writers, and scholars of science fiction. The panel will discuss major works of anarchist and leftist science fiction, and anarchist themes in science fiction; i.e. anarchist utopias and dystopias, class struggle, radical social movements and revolutions in sci-fi. We will also explore the intersection of feminist, anti-racist and Marxist science fiction with anarchist sci-fi. We will discuss the dynamics of anarchists in sci-fi fandom, and sci-fi fans in the anarchist movement. The panel will also cover the relationship between social movements and sci-fi’s representations of the future, and the transformative power of speculative literature.
Panelists: L. Timmel Duchamp, Eileen Gunn, Kristin King, Saab Lofton, Nisi Shawl, Ariel Wetzel
This panel is this Sunday (October 18) at 11 am, but the bookfair will be going on all day on Saturday and Sunday.
Underground Events Center
2407 1st Ave
(between Battery St & Wall St)
Seattle, WA 98121
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Filed under Events, Writers & Artists, women writers | Comments (5)
Good luck with what sounds like it’s going to be a terrific panel and I hope to be able to read a report of it at some point.
I’d love to read a report of the panel!
Love, C.
There’s an excellent essay provoked by this panel up currently on the ambling along the aqueduct blog here, by Timmi Duchamp.
She begins with ” … I was fascinated to note that I came away from it filled with a sense of just how important the topos of anarchism has been for feminist sf.”
It continues as strongly throughout, as she contrasts what some sf masculine <masculinist? she asks) political sfers seem to think is feminist sf, with what feminist sf writers and thinkers actually think and aspire to.
Love, C.
Thanks for the link! I posted a bit of a discussion about the bookfair in the comments. I’ll try to write up something here, too.
Kristin has posted notes on two panels at Ambling Along the Aqueduct here.