From Starships to Video Games: The Importance of Popular Culture

From blockbuster starships to immersive video game worlds, popular culture does far more than entertain us. It shapes how we see ourselves, each other, and the future. In this talk, MVCC Faculty members, Carey Millsap-Spears will explore how TV, film, and gaming create powerful narratives about identity, power, technology, and fear. Drawing on her work as the author of Star Trek Discovery and the Female Gothic and contributor to Set Phasers to Teach!: Star Trek in Research and Teaching, and other works, she will show how even the “geekiest” stories reveal deep cultural anxieties and hopes.