Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 4:08:18
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Synopsis
Inspired by the award-winning speculative fiction author Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006), leading experts in the field will explore the expansive ways Butler’s writing, research, and life foster deeper understanding of the past, present, and possible futures. The conference was held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.
Episodes
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Roundtable Communal Convergence / Question and Answer Session
23/06/2017 Duration: 01h19minSami Schalk, Jenny Terry, Aimee Bahng, Cassandra L. Jones, Gerry Canavan, and Shelley Streeby participate in a rountable discussion with facilitators Ayana Jamieson and Moya Bailey. Part of “Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field,” a conference held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.
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Climate Refugees in the Greenhouse World: Archiving Global Warming/Imagining the Future of Climate Change with Octavia E. Butler
23/06/2017 Duration: 23minShelley Streeby from University of California, San Diego, delivers a talk titled “Climate Refugees in the Greenhouse World: Archiving Global Warming/Imagining the Future of Climate Change with Octavia E. Butler” This talk was included in the session titled “Beyond Octavia E. Butler’s Parables.” Part of “Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field,” a conference held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.
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Parables of the Trickster
23/06/2017 Duration: 22minGerry Canavan from Marquette University delivers a talk titled “Parables of the Trickster.” This talk was included in the session titled “Beyond Octavia E. Butler’s Parables.” Part of “Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field,” a conference held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.
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Memory, Resistance, and Liberation: Anyanwu as “Lieu de Mémoire” in Octavia E. Butler’s Patternist Series
23/06/2017 Duration: 23minCassandra L. Jones from University of South Carolina Upstate delivers a talk titled “Memory, Resistance, and Liberation: Anyanwu as ‘Lieu de Mémoire’ in Octavia E. Butler’s Patternist Series.” This talk was included in the session titled “Beyond Octavia E. Butler’s Parables.” Part of “Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field,” a conference held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.
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Plasmodial Improprieties: Octavia E. Butler, Slime Molds, and Imagining a Femi-Queer Commons
23/06/2017 Duration: 28minAimee Bahng from Pomona College delivers a talk titled “Plasmodial Improprieties: Octavia E. Butler, Slime Molds, and Imagining a Femi-Queer Commons.” This talk was included in the session titled “Fictive Kindred / Seeding the Pattern.” Part of “Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field,” a conference held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.
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Time Bombs, Time Lapse, and Time Capsules in the Fiction of Octavia Butler and the Art of Ellen Gallagher
23/06/2017 Duration: 28minJenny Terry from Durham University delivers a talk titled “Time Bombs, Time Lapse, and Time Capsules in the Fiction of Octavia Butler and the Art of Ellen Gallagher.” This talk was included in the session titled “Fictive Kindred / Seeding the Pattern.” Part of “Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field,” a conference held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.
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Experience, Research, and Writing: Octavia E. Butler as Author of Disability Literature
23/06/2017 Duration: 21minSami Schalk from University of Wisconsin, Madison, delivers a talk titled “Experience, Research, and Writing: Octavia E. Butler as Author of Disability Literature.” This talk was included in the session titled “Fictive Kindred / Seeding the Pattern.” Part of “Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field,” a conference held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.
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Remarks by Ayana Jamieson
23/06/2017 Duration: 06minAyana Jamieson from the Octavia E. Butler Legacy Network and SUNY Empire State College delivers remarks for “Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field,” a conference held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.
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Welcome by Sue Hodson
23/06/2017 Duration: 13minSue Hodson from The Huntington welcomes participants and attendees to “Octavia E. Butler Studies: Convergence of an Expanding Field,” a conference held at The Huntington June 23, 2017.