Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://ceska-literatura.phil.muni.cz/fantastika" target="_blank" >https://ceska-literatura.phil.muni.cz/fantastika</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Fantasy and Myth in the Anthropocene

Original language description

Myth and fantasy have always been forms of collective dreaming. They offer metaphorical grounding in existing reality but inspire imagination to conceive of a world that is different. Humanity has used myth and fantasy as vehicles for exploring the notions of heroism, group identity, power and destiny; for asking questions about the meaning of life, ethics, and happiness; for expressing social criticism and speculating about the supernatural. What do these questions mean at a time when human activity has been altering the planet in game-changing ways? How can myth and fantasy be used for hopeful dreaming that is not escapist? Can they point a way to restoring the connection with the natural rather than the supernatural? Can they articulate a vision of non-anthropocentric life, in which humans are part of rather than rulers of the biosphere?

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

M - Conference organization

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60205 - Literary theory

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Event location

Moravská zemská knihovna v Brně

Event country

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Event starting date

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Event ending date

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Total number of attendees

56

Foreign attendee count

36

Type of event by attendee nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce