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Dystopia
About: Dystopia is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2146 publications have been published within this topic receiving 15163 citations. The topic is also known as: cacotopia.
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TL;DR: In this paper , the authors examine two works that deal with the desired ideal world and a world that faces the danger of extinction as a result of conscious or unconscious harm, within the scope of Sociological Criticism.
Abstract: The first known Ecological Utopia novel was written by Ernest Callenbach in 1975 in America. Ecological Dystopia, on the other hand, has already taken its place in many dystopian works, even if it had not been named yet, as dystopia takes the future as its subject. In dystopian fiction, since the problems that are and can be experienced in a country or in the world are discussed, the dystopian writer expresses the negativities that may be experienced in the future based on his/her own geography. Ecological dystopia writers make predictions about how environmental pollution, forest fires, natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and erosion will affect humanity and the universe in the future. Since there is no other planet suitable for human life, the authors' predictions about the need to protect the planet we live in can be described as a cry of enlightenment. In this study, we will examine comparatively two works that deal with the desired ideal world and a world that faces the danger of extinction as a result of conscious or unconscious harm, within the scope of Sociological Criticism. Hoping that every dystopia can evolve into a utopia; even though Ernest Callenbach's "Ecotopia" and Oya Baydar's "The Night of Children with Dogs" seem to opposite each other, we will try to demonstrate with examples that both works carry the same ecological danger’s outcry. Keywords: utopia, dystopia, ecological outcry.
TL;DR: Humanity: From Survival to Revival as mentioned in this paper is a participatory survival game and audiovisual performance work that depicts the transformation of the dystopian state of humanity to utopianism in both the visual and sonic realms.
Abstract: “Humanity: From Survival to Revival” (“Dystopia to Utopia”) is a participatory survival game and audiovisual performance work that depicts the transformation of the dystopian state of humanity to utopianism in both the visual and sonic realms. Audience members are invited to participate in humanity's interactive survival games and to contribute their photographic facial outlines as visual content for the performance. This paper explores the theoretical framework behind designing audience participation and interaction by reflecting on the notion of dystopia as related to the COVID-19 pandemic, while also reflecting on this event's outcomes and challenges. In doing so, this study showcases the process of visual transformation, depicting the transition from dystopian to utopian paradigms via audience participation and musical performance.
TL;DR: In this article , the authors examine the impact of AI on societal structure and ethics, and propose a proactive, vigilant stance in order to safeguard misuse, such as in the case of robot-soldiers or armed drones.
Abstract: : The technological revolution in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Autonomous Robotics is expected to transform societies in ways we cannot even imagine. The way we live, interact, work, and fight wars, will not be like anything witnessed before in human history. This qualitative research paper endeavors to examine the effect of said technological advancements on multiple socio-philosophical planes, including societal structure and ethics. AI mismanagement which we are already beginning to witness, coupled with humankinds’ historical ethical infractions, serve as an awakening call for global action to safeguard humanity; AI ethics ought to be examined through the Social Principle and the Social Contract. A proactive, vigilant stance seems imperative, in order to safeguard misuse, as in the case of robot-soldiers or armed drones, which is a case of amensalism disguised. As technological progress is already interfering with humankind and conscience, and in light of expressed concerns from legal and civil liberties groups, it is imperative to immediately criminalize any research in AI weapons, transhumans and the crossbreeding of humans with machines, considering these as crimes against humanity.
TL;DR: In this paper , a hybrid memoir-collage brings together myths and folklore from Iban communities in Sarawak and deep personal loss amid the pandemic that continues to shape and reshape the lives of humans around the world.
Abstract: This hybrid memoir-collage brings together myths and folklore from Iban communities in Sarawak and deep personal loss amid the pandemic that continues to shape and reshape the lives of humans around the world. The stories of death and life, reincarnation and the mingling of the orang-utan and human populations that share life in the Bornean rainforest are teased forth in this creative nonfiction piece. Upon these layers of many truths, hope still kindles and from this flickering light, new life emerges. It seems that the world that is rebuilt from this pandemic still has room for myths and folklore. Perhaps we live by creating new legends from the true tales that help us to survive though surrounded by the invisible alien that threatens to invade our bodies, damaging and sometimes killing its hosts, trying to find a way to live in this new century. We are living in a dystopian nightmare, but we survive on the hope that there is life still, beyond.
TL;DR: In this paper , the authors focus on the dystopian camp of climate fiction and its affinities with another fiction genre: horror, and suggest a label for the crossover between cli-fi and horror fiction: terrestrial horror.
Abstract: This paper focuses on the dystopian camp of climate fiction and its affinities with another fiction genre: horror. During cli-fi’s rise, horror has enjoyed a resurgence of popular interest and sustained and reinvigorated scholarly interest in the past few years. While horror and dystopian cli-fi have different roots and conceptual underpinnings, there are points of contact between the genres, when the horrible in horror fiction spawns from environmental collapse or when the climatic in cli-fi drives what horrifies. My central claim is that these contact points, the overlap between cli-fi and horror fiction, become critical research nodes for developing the necessary societal, cultural, and intellectual framework for living in a destroyed world. I suggest a label for the crossover between cli-fi and horror fiction: terrestrial horror. Analyzing multiple texts within this subgenre renders visible the societal, cultural, and intellectual changes necessary for the kinds of posthumanism needed in a destroyed world.