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Aug 3, 2017 · Science fiction is significant in studies of human culture as it is an ancient and enduring form of literature that has been part of what Brian Aldiss called our “cultural wallpaper” since the origins of recorded history (Aldiss & Wigmore, 1986, p. 14).
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Aug 3, 2017 · An unclear boundary between real science and science in the public imagination is problematic for research success, but the purposeful integration of fictional representations of science...
Oct 9, 2020 · Researchers employ science fiction and fantasy in public engagement, advocacy, and education as significant sources of insights to identify public interests, inspire public policy, and influence future science.
- Christopher Benjamin Menadue, Kristi Giselsson, David Guez
- 2020
Aug 1, 2018 · Sociologists will need new metaphors, new ideal types, new counterfactuals, and new guiding lights as we navigate the 21st century. We face new problems, like anthropogenic climate change, and old, enduring ones, like the Color Line. Science fiction can help.
- Daniel Hirschman, Philip Schwadel, Rick Searle, Erica Deadman, Ijlal Naqvi
- 2018
Feb 1, 2024 · We show that this hypothesis can explain (1) why science fiction works are perceived as homogenous and different from works of fiction of other genres, (2) why science fiction emerged and became culturally successful rather late in literary history, and (3) why the preference for science fiction varies across time, across space, and across ...
Jul 18, 2022 · I see science fiction as a prototype, a scenario, a design fiction, knowledge, and a source for ideas to study our world. Science provides us with a transparent methodology for...
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First, we explore how the social sciences have employed science fiction; second, we examine how sf has addressed the social sciences; third, we consider how sf criticism has made use of social theory; and finally, we analyze how sf has itself emerged as a social science methodology. We conclude by.
