Night_sky /

"What is science communication? This collection proposes that it can be creative writing aimed at the heart, rather than information directed to the mind. FicSci playfully subverts the term 'science fiction' to offer an experimental process that explores the limits of imagination in r...

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Corporate Author:	FicSci (Workshop) Stellenbosch, South Africa)
Other Authors:	Iqani, Mehita (Editor), Mbao, Wamuwi (Editor), English, Alicia (Contributor)
Format:	Conference Proceeding Book
Language:	English Xhosa
Language Notes:	English with one contribution in Xhosa.
Published:	Cape Town, South Africa : African Minds, 2024.
Series:	FicSci ; 02
Subjects:	Communication in science > Literary collections. Technical writing > Congresses. Creative writing > Congresses. Science fiction, South African (English) South African poetry (English) Short stories, South African (English) Astronomy > Fiction. Nouvelles sud-africaines (anglaises) Astronomie > Romans, nouvelles, etc. Information scientifique > Anthologies. Rédaction technique > Congrès. Création littéraire > Congrès. proceedings (reports) short stories. poetry. Conference papers and proceedings. Science fiction. Short stories. Poetry. Creative nonfiction. Actes de congrès. Nouvelles. Poésie. Essais fictionnels.

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Summary:	"What is science communication? This collection proposes that it can be creative writing aimed at the heart, rather than information directed to the mind. FicSci playfully subverts the term 'science fiction' to offer an experimental process that explores the limits of imagination in relation to scientific possibility (and vice versa). FicSci is an experiment in hybridized creative practice that induces new forms of knowledge-making between the hard sciences and the social world. This collection offers writing that emerged from an encounter that brought twelve creative writers together with an astronomer. The presented science invited contemplation of scientific aspects of the night sky, in specific X-ray binary stars, extra-galactic sources, and magellanic clouds. The creative writings that emerged are attendant to the wider potentialities of scientific thought, and reveal how methodologies for storying the scientific encounter are creatively multi-form."--Page 4 of cover.
Item Description:	Published in conjunction with the FicSci 02 workshop, a non-profit research project supporting interdisciplinary encounters between science and creative writing. The second workshop took place at the Mont Fleur Conference Centre in the Blaauwklippen Valley, Stellenbosch, South Africa over the course of three days. Invited scientist: Tana Joseph. Invited writers: Alicia English, Eduardo Cachucho, Maneo Refiloe Mohale, Mathapelo Mofokeng, Melissa Sussens, Mzwakhe Xulu, Peggy Tunyiswa, Sarah Uheida, Shamin Chibba, Skye Ayla Mallac, Taryn Mackay, and Yolanda Mbelle. Collection includes poetry, art, short stories, essays, a screenplay, etc.
Physical Description:	vii, 131 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Also available online.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781928502920 192850292X