Gardeners of the Galaxies: How Imaginary Worlds Teach Us to Care for This One
Gardeners of the Galaxies: How Imaginary Worlds Teach Us to Care for This One will be an academic, peer-reviewed collection of interdisciplinary essays, coedited by Brenton Dickieson and Sørina Higgins. This volume will explore literature, film, the visual arts, and other creative works (especially cli-fi, genre fiction, and speculative lit) that imagine, invent, and embody environmental concerns. Rather than coercing texts to conform to our analyses, however, we want to approach our subjects humbly and earnestly, listening to what they say about creation care, biodiversity, or neighborliness; immersing ourselves in their stories of ecological harmony and disharmony; mourning the disasters they depict; and celebrating the solutions they imagine. In particular, we would love analyses of works that envision ingenious alternatives to large-scale planetary depredation. For more information, visit https://tinyurl.com/GalaxyGardenersCFP.