Imagining the Future in Modern Central and Eastern Europe

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985963:_____/20:00535753

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Imagining the Future in Modern Central and Eastern Europe

Original language description

Imagining the future is another form of memory. It is a crucial aspect of modern thinking closely connected to our experiences from the past. Imagining the future is an important but neglected aspect of memory studies. It aims to estimate, create or even a void the future by discussing various fields: technologies, forms of society, human behaviour, gender roles, lifestyles, wars and catastrophes. Imagining the future has many subgenres, including scholarly works, fiction, sci-fi, children’s literature and political writing. It appears in the form of different media, as books, movies, visual art (cartoons) or journalism. It has existed in the forms of projects, prognoses, prophecies, topias, dystopias, counterfactual history, programmes, parodies. It is an important source for the culture and society existing at the time it was created, and thus a vital source for understanding modern societies. Its topics have shifted with the spirit of the times, e.g. from flying and space exploration to the misuse of modern machines, from atomic warfare to the use of genetic manipulation and environmental destruction, from alien invasions to humans destroying alternative forms of life. How were changes in thinking about the future related to major political events in the region? What kinds of major chase s were there in the genres and discourses on the future? Which forms of society, technological changes, forms of government etc. were expected to arise? How are communism and fascism reflected in them? What is the relevance of environmental risks and the misuse of technology?

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

W - Workshop organization

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

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

Event location

On-line

Event country

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Event starting date

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Event ending date

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Total number of attendees

11

Foreign attendee count

8

Type of event by attendee nationality

EUR - Evropská akce