Conversation: What, How, Where, and Why is Speculation?

Authors

  • Essi Varis
  • Elise Kraatila
  • Hanna-Riikka Roine
  • Sarah Bro Trasmundi

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conversation

Abstract

Fafnir is an academic journal focusing on research of speculative fiction, a popular spectrum of genres that has absolutely nothing to do with financial speculation, speculative philosophy, or speculative computing – or does it? Although speculative works, practices, and moods have popped up in numerous different domains for a long time, finding a proper definition for ‘speculation’ – what it is and how it works in each domain – remains difficult. Let us speculate: what if things were different? Could speculation, more carefully observed and defined, emerge as a useful methodological tool for humanist research and beyond?

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Published

2023-12-30

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Conversations