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CATEGORIES:Departmental Seminars in History and Philosophy of
  Science
SUMMARY:Creating citizen history of science: science\, fic
 tion and the future of the 20th century - Amanda R
 ees (University of York)
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20181122T153000
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/110332
DESCRIPTION:If something isn't real\, or true – if it's (whisp
 er it) fake – then\, other than to debunk it\, it 
 can sometimes be hard to see why you should study 
 it. By focusing on the histories of the future\, t
 his paper will show how the humanities\, and in pa
 rticular the history of science\, can engage with 
 the unreal\, the fictional and the imaginary. By d
 oing this\, we will show how the idea of 'expertis
 e' and the figure of the 'expert' can be interpret
 ed more broadly\, and indicate ways in which non-h
 istorians can influence the structure and shape of
  academic histories. We will begin by exploring th
 ese ideas in relation to science fiction\, the nat
 ure of fictional realities and the impact of the i
 maginary on academic disciplines\, and we will end
  (we hope) with a game in which players can recons
 truct – and sometimes redirect – the history of th
 e 20th century.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philoso
 phy of Science
CONTACT:Agnes Bolinska
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