In 1996, David Cronenberg released the adaptation of Crash, a novel by J. G. Ballard published in 1973. The film portrayed a cold and dystopian universe where affections were replaced by injuries and caused car accidents. The purpose of the article is to analyze how the director adapts Ballard's moral approaches through narrative procedures that tr...
The longstanding dismissal of the ecological in civilisations that have developed dramatic ecology-altering and planetary boundary crossing technologies is at the crux of contemporary planetary polycrisis. Desirable and even viable futures depend on the design of new ways of living on the planet based on understanding humans in dynamic entanglement...
This reflective article, after situating, etymologically and historically, the concepts of utopia and dystopia, takes a brief look at Schopenhauer’s pessimistic doctrine, to then show how Émile Zola articulates and deploys it in a dystopia, in certain excerpts from The Joy of Living. It is concluded, through several questions, how Zola fictionalize...
All these years of anti-pedagogy have led Pedro García Olivo -who has sometimes been defined as an eccentric, a radical, a madman, who has been verbally and vehemently attacked for carrying out a lucid and at the same time uncomfortable analysis- to be capable of conveying to us his understanding of how this process of self-repression that we exper...
This article analyzes how the contemporary dystopian imaginary expresses a profound crisis of the Enlightenment ideals of modernity. Dystopia, as a representation of oppressive societies, concentrates various widespread social fears that question the promises of emancipation of modernity. Originally, modernity was based on utopian conceptions and t...
In recent years, the metaverse—some form of immersive digital extension of the physical world—has received much attention. As tech companies present their bold visions, scientists and scholars have also turned to metaverse issues, from technological challenges via societal implications to profound philosophical questions. This article contributes t...
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The following article explores a proposed educational programme premised on writing for utopias. Specifically, through facilitated dialogue, participants would collectively engage in creative writing as a mechanism for envisioning alternative futures grown out of divergent political ideologies or social norms to those they experience today. Partici...
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A presente resenha possui como objetivo expor e discutir a respeito do filme "Medida Provisória". É apontado no trabalho, portanto, uma visão geral do enredo da obra cinematográfica, aspectos pertinentes da mesma e a contextualização com a sociedade brasileira atual e o momento sócio-histórico de outrora. A metodologia utilizada foi pesquisa biblio...
[EN] Arcane (Netflix, 2021-) has become a benchmark in the dystopian television genre. Its meticulous animation, the depth and diversity of its characters, the complexity of its narrative plots, its systemic critique and its transmedia approach make this series an example of quality. For this reason, this article seeks to examine how power relation...
