October 5 • Future Tense: On Writing the Future of Culture with Devon Powers
Date: Thursday, October 5
Time 7:00 p.m. EST
Location: At the Roethke House (1805 Gratiot Avenue, Saginaw, Michigan 48602) and online via zoom.
Cost: Free, donations welcome
About the event:
This talk will explore the relationship between writing and the future of culture. It will discuss major authors of books on the future, like Alvin Toffler and Faith Popcorn, as well as examine how journalists shape cultural understandings about the future. The talk will also explore ways that every one of us can write our own futures.
About Devon Powers:
Devon Powers is Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. Her research explores historical and contemporary consumer culture and the dynamics of cultural intermediation, circulation, and promotion. She is the author of On Trend: The Business of Forecasting the Future (University of Illinois Press, 2019), Writing the Record: The Village Voice and the Birth of Rock Criticism (University of Massachusetts Press, 2013), and co-editor of Blowing Up the Brand: Critical Perspectives on Promotional Culture (Peter Lang, 2010). Her academic work has appeared in Communication Theory, New Media & Society, Journal of Consumer Culture, and Creative Industries Journal, among others; she has also written for Wired, Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, and other popular venues.
Thank you to the SVSU Visiting Dow Scholars and Artists program for funding this public talk.
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