Nexa Annual Conference 2022 - Science Fiction from Around the Globe: The Future of Digital Societies

Описание: 14th Nexa Annual Conference
In collaboration with MUFANT - Museo del Fantastico e della Fantascienza di Torino

SCIENCE FICTION FROM AROUND THE GLOBE:
THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL SOCIETIES
Friday, 2 December 2022

Science fiction has often tried to delineate potential societal futures based on technological trends (more or less connected to current capabilities). In other occasions science fiction, rather than an anticipation of the future, delivers a critical look at the present of the complex relationship between technological innovations and humanity.
For these reasons the Politecnico’s Nexa Center for Internet and Society - in collaboration with Turin’s Mufant - Museo del Fantastico e della Fantascienza - will devote its 14th annual conference to science fiction literature. Involving writers from Africa to America, from China to Italy, we will try to imagine how, today and in the near future, art, identity, spirituality, affectivity, life, death and, in a single word, Humanity, can be shaped by the increasingly decisive role of digital technologies.

Conference Programme

CONFERENCE OPENING - Prof. Fulvio Corno, Vice Coordinatore Collegio ICM (Collegio di Ingegneria Informatica, del Cinema e Meccatronica)

INTRODUCTION: WHY THIS CONFERENCE - Co-Directors of Nexa Center for Internet and Society and Director of Mufant - Museo del Fantastico e della Fantascienza di Torino

KEYNOTE | FANTASCIENZA AND SCIENCE FICTION IN TORINO - Bruce Sterling (Trustee Nexa Center, Author, Journalist, Editor and Critic)

PANEL #1 | COULD REALITY ANTICIPATE SCIENCE FICTION? The digital revolution as told by contemporary mainland Chinese literature - Moderator: Davide Monopoli (Director of MUFANT - Museo del Fantastico e della Fantascienza di Torino); Panelists: Xie Yunning (Science Fiction Writer from China) and Ding Peifu (Editor of Science Fiction World).
Consecutive translation provided by Giorgia Rampi

PANEL #2 | MEMORIES OF THE FUTURE. Existence, Machines, Identities in Taiwanese Science Fiction - Moderator: Ilaria Peretti (Editor for the Asia collection by Add editore); Panelist: Chi Ta-wei (Science Fiction Writer from Taiwan)

PANEL #3 | THE LONG TOMORROW. Technologies for living, dying, rebirth: a multicultural Science Fiction perspective - Moderator: Giorgio Raffaelli (Editor of Zona 42); Panelists: Martín Felipe Castagnet (Science Fiction Writer from Argentina), Tlotso Tsamasee (Science Fiction Writer from Botswana, Africa) and Alessandro Vietti (Science Fiction Writer from Italy)

OPEN DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS - After brief summaries by the panels rapporteurs, the Nexa community and the conference participants will discuss what are the key takeaways emerged during the day. The conference will be closed, as usual, by a few remarks by the Nexa center co-directors.


TIMESTAMP
00:00 - 15:45 Saluti Istituzionali
15:45 - 45:09 Introduzioni
45:09 - 1:47:30 Bruce Sterling
1:47:30 - 3:18:25 Pausa Pranzo
3:18:25 - 4:43:10 Panel #1
4:43:10 - 5:17:30 Panel #2
5:17:30 - 5:48:00 Coffe Break
5:48:00 - 7:18:05 Panel#3