Winter 2026
Science Fiction Archive of Technological Imaginaries
Led by Tyler Fox & René Capella
Technologies are a product of situated cultural and political contexts. This DRG posits the same is true for imagined technologies found in speculative fiction which has been described as not a genre to predict the future but material to help us imagine possibility.
This DRG will be the first to start the curation of the Science Fiction Archive of Technological Imaginaries which contain short stories and novellas from the late 20th century to early 21st century that were published in Analog Magazine. We will read short stories from these magazines, locate/index technologies within them, and analyze these technologies within what Lisa Yaszek describes as “the flow” of the magazine itself.
You'll gain: research methods experience, qualitative analysis skills, and critical perspective on where design ideas come from. Potential for co-authorship on publications. No SF experience required, just curiosity about how we imagine technological possibility.
Commitment: Weekly 1-2 hour meetings, 1-2 stories/week reading during the Winter quarter of 2026.
This DRG is at capacity and closed to new applicants.
Questions? Contact rene2024@uw.edu via email.