Suspicious Minds: trust and mistrust in sci-fi narratives

Join celebrated feminist theorist Professor Donna Haraway FBA, author of the ‘Cyborg Manifesto’, British Academy Funded Researcher Dr Anna McFarlane and celebrated sci-fi author and screenwriter Temi Oh, as they explore the themes of trust and mistrust in science-fiction.
They will be sharing and discussing examples from the worlds of film, television and books that have resonated with their own work. Dystopian stories of alien invasions and climate apocalypse dominate our screens and bookshelves, and our panel will dig into why these stories continue to fascinate us, but they will also be dissecting works that cultivate hope and inspire us to imagine better futures.