{"title":"Professor Sherryl Vint","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Sherryl Vint\u003c\/strong\u003e offers thoughtful explorations into the intersections of technology, culture, and society. Her work, such as \u003cem\u003eProgramming the Future\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into how digital innovation shapes human experience and the ethical considerations it raises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful analysis grounded in rigorous scholarship, ideal for those interested in education and reference materials that bridge the gap between emerging technologies and their broader cultural impact.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"programming-the-future-by-professor-sherryl-vint-9780231198318","title":"Programming the Future","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 9\/11 to COVID-19, the twenty-first century looks increasingly dystopian—and so do its television shows. Long-form science fiction narratives take one step further the fears of today: liberal democracy in crisis, growing economic precarity, the threat of terrorism, and omnipresent corporate control. At the same time, many of these shows attempt to visualise alternatives, using dystopian extrapolations to spotlight the possibility of building a better world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProgramming the Future\u003c\/em\u003e examines how recent speculative television takes on the contradictions of the neoliberal order. Sherryl Vint and Jonathan Alexander consider a range of popular SF narratives of the last two decades, including \u003cem\u003eBattlestar Galactica\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eColony\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the High Castle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Expanse\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMr. Robot\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey argue that science fiction television foregrounds governance as part of explaining the novel institutions and norms of its imagined futures. In so doing, SF shows allegorise and critique contemporary social, political, and economic developments, helping audiences resist the naturalisation of the status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVint and Alexander also draw on queer theory to explore the representation of family structures and their relationship to larger social structures. Recasting both dystopian and utopian narratives, \u003cem\u003eProgramming the Future\u003c\/em\u003e shows how depictions of alternative-world political struggles speak to urgent real-world issues of identity, belonging, and social and political change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471410643180,"sku":"9780231198318","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231198318-programming-the-future.jpg?v=1775242149"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/professor-sherryl-vint.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}