Event

Wednesday 11 December, 12:30

Ursula Kiausch

Another breach in the wall: political myth and social reality in the science fiction of East Germany (1949-1989)

The history of science fiction in the former German Democratic Republic is the chronicle of a gradual liberation from the narrow confines of party politics. When the Berlin wall still existed, sci-fi was a chance to escape from social reality and offer a subversive critique.

 

Participants
Speakers:
Ursula Kiausch
Themes
The Present Continuous, The Electromagnetic Spectrum, Open Science, Psi Particle, Art Now, Eco Factor, Emerging Culture, Cybersphere, New Activism