ABSTRACT

This interview with science fiction writer Vandana Singh focuses on her rapidly expanding oeuvre in climate fiction. More specifically, she discusses her cli-fi under the umbrella of three major concerns: their realist settings in a near future, the affirmative depiction of technology as agent, and the representation of climate as a complex system. While the interview focuses largely on Singh’s cli-fi forays, it places these recent efforts within her career trajectories as both a noted science fiction writer and a professor of physics at Framingham State University. Besides discussing the politics and aesthetics of her stories that encompasses both humans and nonhumans, the interview also discusses how her pedagogy shapes her imaginative engagements with climate change and the geological epoch of the Anthropocene.

摘要

这篇对科幻作家万达娜·辛格的采访重点讲述了她在气候小说中迅速扩张的作品。更具体地说，她在三个主要关注点的保护伞下讨论了她的 cli-fi：它们在不久的将来的现实主义设置，对技术作为代理的肯定描述，以及气候作为一个复杂系统的表示。虽然采访主要关注辛格的 cli-fi 尝试，但它将这些最近的努力置于她作为著名科幻作家和弗雷明汉州立大学物理学教授的职业轨迹中。除了讨论她包含人类和非人类故事的政治和美学之外，采访还讨论了她的教学法如何塑造她对气候变化和人类世地质时代的富有想象力的参与。