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SUMMARY:Eco-fictions: the stories Ecology tells
DESCRIPTION:Which narratives can be considered eco-fiction? This talk explo
 res what counts as eco-fiction in a moment when climate crisis seems to be
  permeating contemporary literature. Rather than treating eco-fiction as a
  narrowly defined genre\, it is possible to identify recurring patterns in
  ecological discourse and consider how environmental concerns shape narrat
 ive forms more broadly. Drawing on my current research on a possible Subje
 ct of climate change\, I propose to explore the concept of eco-fiction as 
 a constructed set of narratives. Focusing on the evolving understanding of
  the term ecology and its presence in contemporary works\, the talk examin
 es how this concept operates as a key site of narrative construction. Ecol
 ogical awareness of humanity’s impact on the Earth as a planet emerged f
 rom viewing it for the first time as a photographed artifact from space. D
 rawing on this perspective\, the narration of ecology began to take on for
 ms fundamentally different from those of the past. By understanding the em
 ergence of ecology\, and more broadly of global ecological awareness\, as 
 a paradigm shift within the Cold War context\, this talk traces its concep
 tual and cultural implications and proposes a lineage that continues to sh
 ape its use in contemporary fiction.
X-ALT-DESC:<p>Which narratives can be considered eco-fiction? This talk exp
 lores what counts as eco-fiction in a moment when climate crisis seems to 
 be permeating contemporary literature. Rather than treating eco-fiction as
  a narrowly defined genre\, it is possible to identify recurring patterns 
 in ecological discourse and consider how environmental concerns shape narr
 ative forms more broadly. Drawing on my current research on a possible Sub
 ject of climate change\, I propose to explore the concept of eco-fiction a
 s a constructed set of narratives. Focusing on the evolving understanding 
 of the term ecology and its presence in contemporary works\, the talk exam
 ines how this concept operates as a key site of narrative construction. Ec
 ological awareness of humanity’s impact on the Earth as a planet emerged
  from viewing it for the first time as a photographed artifact from space.
  Drawing on this perspective\, the narration of ecology began to take on f
 orms fundamentally different from those of the past. By understanding the 
 emergence of ecology\, and more broadly of global ecological awareness\, a
 s a paradigm shift within the Cold War context\, this talk traces its conc
 eptual and cultural implications and proposes a lineage that continues to 
 shape its use in contemporary fiction.</p>
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