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How did science fiction films imagine the 21st century, and how close were they to our reality?

Cycle D | Science and technology in the 21st century

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Prices

Free admission

Location

Onassis Stegi

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Day
Time
Venue
Day
Tuesday
Time
19:00
Venue
Upper Stage

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Free admission

The 21st century has brought with it an ever more pressing need to debate technological developments and advances in the natural sciences. Facing up to climate change beyond myths and exaggerations, the need to safeguard bio-diversity, revolutionary developments in the fields of genetics and biotechnology and the impact these will have on our lives are all areas in which we owe it to ourselves to stay fully informed. This thematic cycle will equip us with the knowledge we need to debate and act accordingly.

How did science fiction films imagine the 21st century, and how close were they to our reality?

A survey of the future as imagined by the movies of the past. Is science fiction a portent of what the future holds, wishful thinking, or a means of casting out our demons? Do we long for the future more, or fear it?

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Speaker

  • Lecturer in the Sociology of Communication at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specialist in political communication and mass culture

    Vasilis Vamvakas

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