Dennis the Peasant: Class and Social Stratification in Speculative Fiction and Gaming
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Join our panel of experts as they discuss the romanticization or erasure of class and class stratification in fantasy fiction and tabletop roleplaying.
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Featuring: Victor Raymond PhD, Brady McReynolds, Erin M. Evans, Michael R. Underwood, Sandra Tayler #gcws #worldbuilding
Join our panel of publishing experts as they discuss exciting and ethical possibilities of Trustworthy AI, beyond unethical and heavily mediatized generative platforms (such as plagiaristic LLMs).
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AI technology offers a wide range of methods and algorithms that have been contributing to science for the past 70 years, and are likely to have positive impacts on our speculative communities. We discuss where the currently unseen vastness of AI is going and how can it be of use. Featuring: Chris Bell, Ava Kelly, Dedren Snead, Karen Menzel #gcws #tech
Join our panel of expert writers as they remind you, yes you!, that if you write, you're a writer, and what you're doing is beautiful. Maybe it needs work? You've got that too. Join us for the love.
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Featuring: Jesse J. Holland, Danian Darrell Jerry, E.D.E. Bell, Erin M. Evans, Linda D. Addison #gcws #writerlife
Medieval food historian Daniel 'Doc' Myers talks about the fictional foods in writing, television and film, highlighting both the good, the bad, and the truly weird.
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In Fantasy and Science Fiction, any food is usually in the background. Most often it's presented as setting or set decoration and ignored by the viewer. Sometimes though, it seems to take on a life of its own and can even become the center of the plot. Bring a napkin, this workshop gets into the feast of possibilities. Featuring: Daniel 'Doc' Myers #gcws #classroom #worldbuilding
Join our panel of writers as they discuss the need for every one of us to do what we can in the fight for equality - and what that could look like within the pages of your stories.
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Featuring: Cat Rambo, Bryan Young, Danian Darrell Jerry, Khaldoun Khelil, Victor Raymond PhD #gcws #multimedia #writerlife