Colonialism ... In ... Space! (WisCon 31 panel)
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Politics, Race, Class, and Religion•Senate B• Sunday, 1:00-2:15 p.m.
This topic never gets old. Let's rehash some of the first-contact scenarios in science fiction through the lens of real, historical first contact situations among world cultures. How alien is alien? How do recent examples of first-contact stories work with, reject, or subvert the same old stereotypes? Your thoughts on modern ideas of empire are also appreciated.
M: Victoria McManus, Jane Acheson, Sara Brodzinsky, Naamen Gobert Tilahun, James A Trimarco