Speculative fiction: dystopias between the local and the global

According to Donna Haraway’s definitions, we understand science fiction as a speculative artifact that allows us to think of a present that is absent, but possible, among the ruins of a present that is impossible, but real. In the last two decades, there has been an expansion of fictional discourses...

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Autor principal: Uzín, Magdalena
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Publicado: Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2023
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Dystopia
series
literature
reproduction
Distopía
literatura
reproducción
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/41655
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Speculative fiction: dystopias between the local and the global
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title Speculative fiction: dystopias between the local and the global
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description According to Donna Haraway’s definitions, we understand science fiction as a speculative artifact that allows us to think of a present that is absent, but possible, among the ruins of a present that is impossible, but real. In the last two decades, there has been an expansion of fictional discourses, globalized audiovisual series as local literary productions, inscribed in a dystopian mode of science fiction, but also in fantasy and other forms of alternate worlds creation. In many of these discourses, human reproduction in its biological sense takes a central place. We will approach a number of audiovisual fictions (series), globally distributed (The Handmaid's Tale, The House of the Dragon, Helix, Orphan Black, Westworld) in dialogue with local literary productions such as Cadáver Exquisito (Exquisite Corpse), Episodios de cacería (Hunting Episodes), Distancia de rescate (Rescue Distance), all from the last decade (2013-2023). The discussion on the material and affective configuration of a body as human travels through genres, discourses and geographical and time frontiers to bring light on dystopian zones of the extratextual present of our experiences. The stories we will analyze revolve around the topic of human body (re)production as a conflict between technology and humanity, copy and repetition, individual and State, nature (environment) and technology (capitalist production) showing the sharpest faces of their confrontation, pointing at the same time that those dystopian extremes are already here, in the impossible present of our existence.
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spelling I10-R333-article-416552023-07-01T20:38:30Z Speculative fiction: dystopias between the local and the global Ficciones especulativas: distopías entre lo local y lo global Uzín, Magdalena Dystopia series literature reproduction Distopía series literatura reproducción According to Donna Haraway’s definitions, we understand science fiction as a speculative artifact that allows us to think of a present that is absent, but possible, among the ruins of a present that is impossible, but real. In the last two decades, there has been an expansion of fictional discourses, globalized audiovisual series as local literary productions, inscribed in a dystopian mode of science fiction, but also in fantasy and other forms of alternate worlds creation. In many of these discourses, human reproduction in its biological sense takes a central place. We will approach a number of audiovisual fictions (series), globally distributed (The Handmaid's Tale, The House of the Dragon, Helix, Orphan Black, Westworld) in dialogue with local literary productions such as Cadáver Exquisito (Exquisite Corpse), Episodios de cacería (Hunting Episodes), Distancia de rescate (Rescue Distance), all from the last decade (2013-2023). The discussion on the material and affective configuration of a body as human travels through genres, discourses and geographical and time frontiers to bring light on dystopian zones of the extratextual present of our experiences. The stories we will analyze revolve around the topic of human body (re)production as a conflict between technology and humanity, copy and repetition, individual and State, nature (environment) and technology (capitalist production) showing the sharpest faces of their confrontation, pointing at the same time that those dystopian extremes are already here, in the impossible present of our existence. Siguiendo algunas reflexiones de Donna Haraway, entendemos que la ciencia ficción es un artefacto especulativo que nos permite pensar un presente ausente, pero posible, en las ruinas de un presente imposible pero real. En lo que va de este siglo, han proliferado discursos ficcionales tanto de distribución global audiovisual como de producción literaria local, que se encuadran en ese rincón de la ciencia ficción llamado ficción distópica, pero también en el género fantástico (fantasy) y otras formaciones de mundos alternativos . En esos discursos, la reproducción humana en su sentido biológico ocupa un lugar central. Abordaremos un conjunto de producciones audiovisuales (series) de distribución globalizada (El cuento de la criada, La casa del dragón, Helix, Orphan Black y Westworld), dialogando con narrativas literarias locales como Cadáver exquisito, Episodios de cacería, y Distancia de rescate, todas producidas en la última década (2013-2023). La reflexión acerca de la configuración material y afectiva de un cuerpo como humano atraviesa fronteras discursivas, literarias (genre), geográficas y temporales para iluminar zonas distópicas del presente extratextual de nuestras experiencias. Los relatos analizados abordan el tópico de la (re)producción del cuerpo humano como el eje conflictivo donde tecnología y humanidad, repetición y copia, Estado e individuo, naturaleza (medio ambiente) y tecnología (producción capitalista) muestran las aristas más extremas de su tensionamiento, señalando a la vez cómo esos extremos distópicos están ya presentes en el mundo imposible de nuestra propia experiencia. Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades. Escuela de Letras 2023-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/41655 Heterotopías; Vol. 6 No. 11 (2023): "Poetics of interruption: feminist aesthetic-political practices and sexual disobedience in/from the South".; 1-17 Heterotopías; Vol. 6 Núm. 11 (2023): "Poéticas de la interruqción: prácticas estético-políticas feministas y de las desobediencias sexuales en/desde el sur"; 1-17 2618-2726 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/heterotopias/article/view/41655/41604 Derechos de autor 2023 Heterotopías https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0

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