Anthropology and Science Fiction - Dirt 185

What this episode covers

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! [https://www.paleoimaging.com/about-the-paleoradiography-course] Connect with James on Twitter: @paleoimaging [https://twitter.com/Paleoimaging] Links * Speculative Fiction (Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature) [https://oxfordre.com/literature/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-78] * Fractured Fairy Tales (Rocky and Bullwinkle Wiki) [https://rockyandbullwinkle.fandom.com/wiki/Fractured_Fairy_Tales] * Indian Epic Poetry & SF Origins (SciFi Fantasy Network) [http://www.scififantasynetwork.com/indian-epic-poetry-sf-origins/] * Read Mahabharata as science fiction: C Radhakrishnan (Deccan Chronicle) [https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/110318/read-mahabharata-as-science-fiction-c-radhakrishnan.html] * Vimana Aircraft of India: More Sloppy Scholarship from David Childress (Jason Colavito) [https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/vimana-aircraft-of-india-more-sloppy-scholarship-from-david-childress] * Separating fact from ancient Indian science fiction (Live Mint) [https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/R3qHit95m09xNttJNPo43L/Separating-fact-from-ancient-Indian-science-fiction.html] * The Story of Urashima Taro, the Fisher Lad (Japanese Fairy Tales, via Lit2Go) [https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/72/japanese-fairy-tales/4881/the-story-of-urashima-taro-the-fisher-lad/] * Hafele–Keating experiment (Wikipedia) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafele%E2%80%93Keating_experiment] * The Lucian of Samosata Project [http://lucianofsamosata.info/wiki/doku.php?id=home%3Alucian_website_home] * Abdallah the Fisherman and Abdallah the Merman (Wikisource) [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Thousand_Nights_and_One_Night/Abdallah_the_Fisherman_and_Abdallah_the_Mermanhttps://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Thousand_Nights_and_One_Night/Abdallah_the_Fisherman_and_Abdallah_the_Merman] * The Left Hand of Darkness (Ursula K. LeGuin) [https://www.ursulakleguin.com/left-hand-darkness] * The Dispossessed (Ursula K. LeGuin) [https://www.ursulakleguin.com/dispossessed] * Ursula Le Guin's Speculative Anthropology: Thick Description, Historicity and Science Fiction (Theory, Culture & Society) [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02632764211051780] * How Ursula Le Guin's Writing Was Shaped by Anthropology (Sapiens) [https://www.sapiens.org/culture/ursula-le-guin/] * Introduction: Speculative Anthropologies (Society for Cultural Anthropology) [https://culanth.org/fieldsights/introduction-speculative-anthropologies] * The Parable Series (Octavia E. Butler) [https://www.octaviabutler.com/parableseries] * Thinking Parabolically: Time Matters in Octavia Butler's Parables (Society for Cultural Anthropology) [https://culanth.org/fieldsights/thinking-parabolically-time-matters-in-octavia-butlers-parables] * Why So Many Readers Are Turning to Octavia Butler's Apocalypse Fiction Right Now (Slate) [https://slate.com/culture/2020/09/octavia-butler-parable-of-the-sower-talents-pandemic.html] * Octavia Butler (Society for Cultural Anthropology) [https://culanth.org/fieldsights/octavia-butler]