Director, Center for Science and the Imagination + Associate Professor @ASU. I write research + experiment for better futures. He/him. Tweets my own.
Phoenix, AZ
Joined March 2009
- Tweets3.2K
- Following880
- Followers1.8K
- Likes7.2K
THAT'S RIGHT. A FUTURE TENSE FICTION PODCAST!
You heard right! Future Tense Fiction has a new podcast.
Tune in tomorrow for a conversation between @Annaleen and @themadstone about "When Robot and Crow Saved East St. Louis."
In which I discuss imagination and the future of learning
In every school, students learn about history—why not the future? On the latest episode of @asueducation's Learning Futures podcast, CSI director @zonal and learning scientist @szuiker discuss futures thinking in K12 education: learning-futures.simplecast.…
In which I opine on what might happen if we replace search bars with chatbots @FutureTenseNow: slate.com/technology/2023/03…
How often do you get to call a Utopian Hotline? Come dial up the future through daytime hours at the call center and evening performances, all at the amazing @asumixcenter in downtown Mesa this week! herbergerinstitute.asu.edu/e…
It’s such a thrill to be working with @DrSianProctor this year!
We're delighted to welcome the polymathic @DrSianProctor, our new artist + explorer in residence, hosted along with our friends at @II_ASU, @SESEASU, and @ASUTheCollege! news.asu.edu/20220930-creati…
1
This was a great conversation:
ICYMI: Watch the video of our event “Designing the Future with Applied Sci-Fi,” featuring @bruces @darthjulian @anabjain @worldbldg + @radha_mistry , moderated by @BDJFuturist! youtu.be/meALupEOPHw
1
Kicking off an amazing panel on design fiction and #appliedscifi, moderated by @BDJFuturist--such a great lineup! Happening now, leading off with the great Bruce Sterling! Part of our Applied Sci Fi project led by @KevinBankston.
csi.asu.edu/applied-sci-fi/
.@radha_mistry on how to deploy design fiction: pay attention to your audience's tolerance, fluency, and comfort levels with different media and genres. Build your way toward more experiential futures methods.
1
Go @LKonstan!
Hot off the press & now available: THE LAST SAMURAI REREAD, by Lee Konstantinou (@LKonstan)! An exciting new addtion to the #Rereadings series that combines a riveting reading of @helendewitt's novel and the world of corporate publishing. bit.ly/3P2xSIZ @ColumbiaUP
3
Recording some videos for @imaginationASU it was very pleasing to use this Video Walkman to hold my computer in place.
2
One of the terrible things I have learned in my forties is that I write better if I don't eat breakfast.
3
6
Out today! From Clark Miller’s chapter: “If we’re smart about how we get to zero carbon, we can arrive at our destination having vastly improved human futures,”
Only FIVE DAYS until our volume, "The Green New Deal and the Future of Work," hits shelves!! 📗🌎🌳📘
Grab your copy on August 16th or pre-order with this link: cup.columbia.edu/book/the-gr…
Stories like this inspire us to keep going. Thanks for sharing @dalyashleydrH2o!
💙 thanks for the boost, Patricia 💙@imaginationASU continues to do so much good work!
if i hadn't seen their call for submissions to this contest 7ish years ago, i don't know when i would have figured out the nebulous story idea lingering in my brain was Cli Fi. i'd never ->
2
Using! Frankenstein-themed! science! activities! for science! ethics! education!: An exploratory study (!)
🚨 #NewIssue Alert! 🚨
51.3 of the Journal of #MoralEducation is out now! 👇
tandfonline.com/toc/cjme20/5…
I have seen this book and it is beautiful!
Hello, it is now just ~one week until the release of Terraform: Watch/Worlds/Burn, an anthology of, imo, some of the very best speculative fiction of the last decade, edited by @TheUniverse and yours truly, from @mcdbooks & @motherboard.
us.macmillan.com/books/97803…
I am so excited about the new Le Guin Prize for Imaginative Fiction. Delighted to see colleague @mdbell79 on the short list and I can’t wait to read the rest!
electricliterature.com/annou…
5
The future keeps catching up with us…don’t miss this month’s Future Tense Fiction story by @premeesaurus!
Our latest piece of fiction with @FutureTenseNow: “All That Burns Unseen,” a story by @premeesaurus about the future of fighting wildfires: slate.com/technology/2022/07…
1
Future of food film festival!
We’re seeking short films to screen at our festival of futures, @ASUEmerge 2022, “Eating at the Edges,” on Nov 19 in Mesa, AZ. Several cash prizes are available–learn more and submit your film: forms.gle/CKCaLTKyiciScZDJ9
ALT The word Emerge spelled out in pieces of sliced fruit, against a light blue background.
1
Job opportunity: Digital Culture Coordinator at @ASU_ArtsMedia. Become part of one of the coolest degree programs at ASU!
sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/…
1