“Practice believing that the world can change radically”: Interview with Malka Older

Authors

  • Anke Schwarz Technische Universität Dresden

Keywords:

Speculative Fiction, territory, Futures, Latin America

Abstract

For the Latin American Futures edition of CROLAR, Anke Schwarz had a written conversation with Malka Older, author and Faculty Associate at Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society, on speculative fiction, contemporary dystopias, and the future of borders and nation states. Older’s cyberpunk Centenal Cycle trilogy is a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Series. Her latest publication is the 2019 short story collection …And Other Disasters from Mason Jar Press. The interview was conducted in August/September 2020.

Author Biography

Anke Schwarz, Technische Universität Dresden

Postdoc and lecturer in Human Geography at TU Dresden's Institute of Geography

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Older, Malka (2019c): …And Other Disasters, Baltimore: Mason Jar Press.

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Published

2021-02-11

How to Cite

Schwarz, A. (2021). “Practice believing that the world can change radically”: Interview with Malka Older. Critical Reviews on Latin American Research - CROLAR, 9(1). Retrieved from https://crolar.org/index.php/crolar/article/view/376

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2021): Protagonists of Latin American Futures

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Conversations

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