CLASS DESCRIPTION
This class will explore the roots of Eco feminism, looking at the theories and artists working within the field. Parallels will be drawn with 'end of the world' Science fiction as offering a space where possibilities for our world can be imagined which may be helpful in addressing the climate crisis. Cultural producers are taking stock in regard to the possible futures for human and non human life on earth. A global pandemic; climate collapse, the re-emergence of nuclear threat, and an acceleration of globalized capitalism are making the parallel worlds of science fiction, ecology and feminism all the more relevant. The class will focus on the writings of hydro-feminists such as Astrid Neimadis, the fiction of Atwood and Le Guin and the art works of Rhona Eve Clews, Kim V Goldsmith and Aviva Rehmani. Students will be able to take fresh ideas about the notion of ecological futurity within the arts from the session.
ABOUT OUR LECTURER
Gudrun Filipska is a writer, artist and End-of-the-World Scholar conducting Doctoral research at CEMORE (Centre for Mobilities Research) Lancaster University. She has published her writing widely and exhibited globally on the subjects of feminist ecologies, human-plant affinities, post colonial geographies and disaster tourism. She also runs a network called the Arts Territory Exchange which connects rural and remote territories through a large postal and digital network. She has taught in a range of capacities: as an 'arts educator' in galleries and museums, as a lecturer on fine art MA and BA programmes and online as a tutor and mentor. She regularly presents her research at events, conferences and symposiums.
INSTAGRAM: @gudrunfilipska
WEBSITE: https://www.gudrunfilipska.net/work
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Dr. Kate Pickering (she/her)
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Monday 6th October
Noelle Perdue (she/her)
The Evolution of Post-AI Pornography
Monday 13th October
Erin James (she/they)
The Real Housewives of Racist TV Tropes: a Black Feminist Reading of Reality TV
Monday 20th October
Jo Harrison & Holly Isard
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Luisa-Maria MacCormack (she/her)
The Vagina Dentata: Myths of The Monstrous Feminine
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Catherine McCormack (she/her)
The Snake's Tale: A Feminist Retelling of Serpent Symbolisms
Monday 10th November
Dr. Lena Mattheis (they/she)
From Thou to They: Gender Nonconformity Pronouns in Literary History
Monday 17th November
Giulia Palladini (she/her)
tbc.
Monday 24th November
Gudrun Filipska (she/her)
Eco-Feminist Art and Science Fiction
Monday 1st December
Anna Titov (she/her)
Encountering The Void: The Existentialist Writings Of Clarice Lispector
Monday 8th December
Jennifer Jasmine White (she/her)
Fashioning Class: Gender and Work in British Visual Culture
Monday 15th December
Anna Johnson (they/them)
Writing Motherhood: An Embodied Understanding of our Own Oppression
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