Technological Futures in and beyond the Anthropocene: A Dialogue with Chen Qiufan

From e-waste recycling to carbon neutrality, and from space leeks to AI climate governance, the science fiction of Chen Qiufan invites us to imagine posthuman futures where technology and ecology are mutually constitutive. Given that the planetary crisis warrants long-term sociocultural change rather than short-term techno-fixes, science fiction plays a powerful role in shaping our understanding of emerging techno-environmental dynamics. This conversation focuses on how science fiction helps us explore new conceptual scenarios and speculative ethics, and asks what Indigenous and non-Western epistemologies might contribute to alternative technological futures in and beyond the Anthropocene.

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲
📆Date: 3 March 2025
🕞Time: 15:30-17:00
📍Venue: WLB208
🌟Speaker: Chen Qiufan 陳楸帆, Award-winning Chinese speculative fiction author
💡Moderators:
Prof. Lo Kwai Cheung, Professor, Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Academy of Language and Culture, HKBU
Dr. Emily Zong, Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Academy of Language and Culture, HKBU