Reading Richard Powers at the Intersection of Science, the Arts, and the University
Abstract
We are interested in science, technology, and the university because of its potential to create a Will to Art and an arena to play with our imaginations and creative muses. As Richard Powers’ literary vita intersects with science, technology, the university, and the humanities, we also are pulling up into this busy and fruitful intersection in our electric cars, public transportation, and other forms of technology to claim our own small and humble piece of this valuable “real estate” in order to riff off of Powers’ powerful vision to construct our own art. We are interested in the possibilities Powers’ literary imagination creates for us to rethink the connections between the sciences and arts and academic work and the university and reclaim the role of the arts in society and higher learning. To do this we will have to delve into some philosophy and theory. Literary theory helps us explain what it is we wish to create from Richard Powers’ fiction. It allows us to invent our own real worlds from the fictional worlds invented by a creative mind in a way that pays artistic respects to Powers but allows us to stake our own creative claims.
Presentation Description
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Location
Room 106
Publication Type and Release Option
Presentation (Open Access)
Recommended Citation
Weaver, John A. and Eaton, Paul W., "Reading Richard Powers at the Intersection of Science, the Arts, and the University" (2022). Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative. 45.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2022/2022/45
Reading Richard Powers at the Intersection of Science, the Arts, and the University
Room 106
We are interested in science, technology, and the university because of its potential to create a Will to Art and an arena to play with our imaginations and creative muses. As Richard Powers’ literary vita intersects with science, technology, the university, and the humanities, we also are pulling up into this busy and fruitful intersection in our electric cars, public transportation, and other forms of technology to claim our own small and humble piece of this valuable “real estate” in order to riff off of Powers’ powerful vision to construct our own art. We are interested in the possibilities Powers’ literary imagination creates for us to rethink the connections between the sciences and arts and academic work and the university and reclaim the role of the arts in society and higher learning. To do this we will have to delve into some philosophy and theory. Literary theory helps us explain what it is we wish to create from Richard Powers’ fiction. It allows us to invent our own real worlds from the fictional worlds invented by a creative mind in a way that pays artistic respects to Powers but allows us to stake our own creative claims.
