Anthropology and Science Fiction - Ep 185

In a SURPRISE THIRD INSTALLMENT of our discussion of sci fi and archaeology, we talk about two giants of world building, Octavia E Butler and Ursula K LeGuin. We also talk about a few fictional anthropologists of TV and cinema. Interested in learning about how to use X-Rays and similar technology in archaeology? Check out the linked PaleoImaging course from James Elliot! Connect with James on Twitter: @paleoimaging Links Speculative Fiction (Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature) Fractured Fairy Tales (Rocky and Bullwinkle Wiki) Indian Epic Poetry & SF Origins (SciFi Fantasy Network) Read Mahabharata as science fiction: C Radhakrishnan (Deccan Chronicle) Vimana Aircraft of India: More Sloppy Scholarship from David Childress (Jason Colavito) Separating fact from ancient Indian science fiction (Live Mint) The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad (Japanese Fairy Tales, via Lit2Go) Hafele–Keating experiment (Wikipedia) The Lucian of Samosata Project Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Merman (Wikisource) The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. LeGuin) The Dispossessed (Ursula K. LeGuin) Ursula Le Guin’s Speculative Anthropology: Thick Description, Historicity and Science Fiction (Theory, Culture & Society) How Ursula Le Guin’s Writing Was Shaped by Anthropology (Sapiens) Introduction: Speculative Anthropologies (Society for Cultural Anthropology) The Parable Series (Octavia E. Butler) Thinking Parabolically: Time Matters in Octavia Butler’s Parables (Society for Cultural Anthropology) Why So Many Readers Are Turning to Octavia Butler’s Apocalypse Fiction Right Now (Slate) Octavia Butler (Society for Cultural Anthropology) Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism (Oakland Museum of California) Afrofuturism: From the Past to the Living Present (UCLA Newsroom) When is Wakanda: Imagining Afrofutures (The Long Now Foundation) Radical Reproduction: Octavia E. Butler’s HistoFuturist Archiving as Speculative Theory (Women’s Studies) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (via WorldCat) Anthropology in Outerspace (The Geek Anthropologist) Forensic TV Post-Mortem: The 5 Most And Least Accurate Episodes Of 'Bones' (Forbes) Contact Email the Dirt Podcast: [email protected] ArchPodNet APN Website: https://www.archpodnet.com APN on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/archpodnet APN on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/archpodnet APN on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/archpodnet Tee Public Store Affiliates Wildnote TeePublic Timeular Motion