50 Shades of Solarpunk

Ariel and Christina open Season 3 with a chat about what solarpunk, or, at least this solarpunk podcast, is setting out to achieve… according to how Ariel sees it. With her occasionally curmudgeonly devil’s advocacy, Christina provides the nuance we need as we push through topics, including the definition of solarpunk in a time of slippery postmodern language (that, in true solarpunk fashion, changes according to cultural context and locale), the Anthropocene and its multiple issues, mix-tape metaphors, Ursula K LeGuin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, aesthetics (of course), infrastructure as resistance, and a liiiiittle bit of academic theory. Join us!LinksAlmanac for the Anthropocene "Solarpunk: A Container for More Fertile Futures" by Jay Springett in Solarpunk Magazine Listen to Season 1 here!Listen to Season 2 here!The Solarpunk Presents Pinterest has examples of solarpunk aesthetics we dig.Cruising Utopia by José Esteban MuñozPosthuman feminism definitionPostmodern linguistics / language plus a more philosophical definition of postmodernismConnect with Solarpunk Presents Podcast on Twitter, Mastodon, or at our blog.Connect with Ariel at her blog, on Twitter at @arielletje, and on Mastodon.Connect with Christina at her blog, on Twitter, and on Mastodon Support the show on Patreon or make a one-time donation via PayPal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Ariel and Christina open Season 3 with a chat about what solarpunk, or, at least this solarpunk podcast, is setting out to achieve… according to how Ariel sees it. With her occasionally curmudgeonly devil’s advocacy, Christina provides the nuance we need as we push through topics, including the definition of solarpunk in a time of slippery postmodern language (that, in true solarpunk fashion, changes according to cultural context and locale), the Anthropocene and its multiple issues, mix-tape metaphors, Ursula K LeGuin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, aesthetics (of course), infrastructure as resistance, and a liiiiittle bit of academic theory. Join us!LinksAlmanac for the Anthropocene "Solarpunk: A Container for More Fertile Futures" by Jay Springett in Solarpunk Magazine Listen to Season 1 here!Listen to Season 2 here!The Solarpunk Presents Pinterest has examples of solarpunk aesthetics we dig.Cruising Utopia by José Esteban MuñozPosthuman feminism definitionPostmodern linguistics / language plus a more philosophical definition of postmodernismConnect with Solarpunk Presents Podcast on Twitter, Mastodon, or at our blog.Connect with Ariel at her blog, on Twitter at @arielletje, and on Mastodon.Connect with Christina at her blog, on Twitter, and on Mastodon Support the show on Patreon or make a one-time donation via PayPal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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