Unofficial WisCon 40 Programming Idea-Generation Fest
Let’s talk about what we would like to see at WisCon 40 for programming, any topic.
Post any thoughts you have, however semi-formed.
People can comment & try to come up with the best panels possible! Anyone can suggest panel ideas: People who run the convention, authors, attendees, or people who have never attended WisCon and never will. Please feel free to join in!
If the comments go in a direction you dislike, or you don't want to participate in a discussion, you can submit your own panel idea here on WisCon's website.
Things to know:
--Not every panel idea that gets suggested ends up on the schedule. Programming chairs typically have to cut about 50% of the panels due to space/time constraints.
--Much closer to WisCon 40, people will be able to vote on WisCon's website for panels they'd like to attend, & also indicate their interest in being a panelist or a moderator. These votes matter.
--Programming minions edit panel titles/descriptions after they've been submitted. Sometimes they combine multiple panels on the same theme into a single panel.
Commenting disclaimer: If you're reading this on LiveJournal, I would appreciate it if you could post your comments on the Dreamwidth post, so they're all in one spot. Of course, if you are unable to do so, comment at LJ.
Post any thoughts you have, however semi-formed.
People can comment & try to come up with the best panels possible! Anyone can suggest panel ideas: People who run the convention, authors, attendees, or people who have never attended WisCon and never will. Please feel free to join in!
If the comments go in a direction you dislike, or you don't want to participate in a discussion, you can submit your own panel idea here on WisCon's website.
Things to know:
--Not every panel idea that gets suggested ends up on the schedule. Programming chairs typically have to cut about 50% of the panels due to space/time constraints.
--Much closer to WisCon 40, people will be able to vote on WisCon's website for panels they'd like to attend, & also indicate their interest in being a panelist or a moderator. These votes matter.
--Programming minions edit panel titles/descriptions after they've been submitted. Sometimes they combine multiple panels on the same theme into a single panel.
Commenting disclaimer: If you're reading this on LiveJournal, I would appreciate it if you could post your comments on the Dreamwidth post, so they're all in one spot. Of course, if you are unable to do so, comment at LJ.
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The idea of blatantly illegal human subjects experimentation (where the subjects are held against their will and the experiments delve into torture) are also common - most recently in the Charlotte anime of the 2015 summer anime season, but going back even to Final Fantasy VII - Zack, Cloud, Vincent, Aeris, and Red XIII are all essentially imprisoned for experimentation.
Where are the IRBs in these universes?!
In lots of Western action SF movies, one ultimate evil is the removal of people's individuality in addition to their autonomy. The absence of color in stories like The Giver, the need for people to assimilate and avoid attention lest their dystopian government try to kill them. It's a very...desperado feel, like a successor to cowboy Western movies, or what I assume constitute the constant worries of white male Libertarians in the U.S. in a surveillance state (when in reality a surveillance state would have much more negative effects on women, people of color, and other oppressed parties).
It seems like a more "feminist" ideal that sometimes making sacrifices for the common good is a thing that would ultimately be positive, but obviously this needs to be done in a way that individuals retain their own autonomy. Are there examples of this - contribution without exploitation - happening in feminist SF? Is there a way for society to progress technologically without becoming a horrifying dystopia?
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