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Presenter: Ed Finn, PhD
Director, Center for Science and the Imagination
Associate Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Art, Media and Engineering
Arizona State University
Bio:
Ed Finn is the founding director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University where he is an associate professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society and the School of Arts, Media and Engineering. He also serves as the academic director of Future Tense, a partnership between ASU, New America and Slate Magazine, and a co-director of Emerge, an annual festival of art, ideas and the future. Dr. Finn’s research and teaching explore the workings of imagination, digital culture, creative collaboration, and the intersection of the humanities, arts and sciences. He is the author of What Algorithms Want: Imagination in the Age of Computing and co-editor of Future Tense Fiction, Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers and Creators of All Kinds and Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, among other books. He completed his PhD in English and American Literature at Stanford University in 2011. Prior to graduate school, Dr. Finn worked as a journalist at Time, Slate, and Popular Science.
Talk Description:
Imagination is the ignition system for anticipation, innovation and resilience. We lament “failures of imagination” but rarely invest time or resources in trying to build or support this capacity except in times of crisis. What is imagination, and how can we foster it in individuals, teams and communities?
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Time: 2:00 - 2:45pm (MST/PST)
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