Rotten World: Understanding the Fungal Imaginary
If you have any questions, please contact Tilman Bürger (he/him) at tilman.buerger@mailbox.tu-dresden.de
Date: Tuesday 3rd DS Place: ABS/214
Course description:
In the last decade or so there has been a surge of interest in the mycological: documentaries, academic texts, films, and video games are replete with discussions of fungus and the fungal. This course examines the history of the fictional, scientific, and theoretical uptake of mushrooms (and their close relatives) and how and why they have become so prevalent. Such an examination will move across multiple genres and also engage with scientific and mythological understandings of the fungal world.
The course will move through multiple genres in which fungus represents and complicates different meta-narratives such as fungus functioning as failed life, degeneration, consciousness warping, and apocalyptic.
taught by Dr. Ben Woodard
Date: Tuesday 3rd DS Place: ABS/214
Course description:
In the last decade or so there has been a surge of interest in the mycological: documentaries, academic texts, films, and video games are replete with discussions of fungus and the fungal. This course examines the history of the fictional, scientific, and theoretical uptake of mushrooms (and their close relatives) and how and why they have become so prevalent. Such an examination will move across multiple genres and also engage with scientific and mythological understandings of the fungal world.
The course will move through multiple genres in which fungus represents and complicates different meta-narratives such as fungus functioning as failed life, degeneration, consciousness warping, and apocalyptic.