Withers, Jeremy
| dc.contributor.other | Department of English | |
| dc.date | 2021-02-22T20:04:45.455 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-03-02T16:34:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-03-02T16:34:16Z | |
| dc.description | I study the relationship between science fiction and transportation politics. I am fascinated by what science fiction teaches us about which kinds of mobility practices and technologies of movement are more equitable, restorative, and sustainable. More specifically, much of my recent research focuses on science-fictional representations of what I call “post-automobile cities”: futuristic cities in which automobiles no longer dominate urban space and urban lives. Recent articles of mine analyze how writers like H. G. Wells, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke present useful and important visions of cities that have rejected the paradigm that automobiles should constitute the primary means by which people move around. In another recent article, I examine how the writer Kim Stanley Robinson uses a depiction of a flooded, post-automobile New York City (but one brimming with automobile-like boats) to warn us about how automobility is a menacing ideology that has grown so vast and complex that it encompasses much more than just materially existing cars. I am interested in how all these authors portray people using airships, moving sidewalks, zip lines, bicycles, or even simple walking in place of cars for their mobility needs. In sum, in much of my research I focus on science fiction’s value as a site for thinking through the dystopian and utopian possibilities of our daily movement and travel. | |
| dc.identifier | jeremy_withers | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/99511 | |
| dc.organization | Department of English | |
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| person.discipline | English Language and Literature | |
| person.email | withers@iastate.edu | |
| person.familyName | Withers | |
| person.givenName | Jeremy | |
| person.identifier.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5561-1456 | |
| person.jobTitle | Associate Professor | |
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