Katherine Buse’s research focuses on digital media, technoscience, science fiction, and the environment. Her book in progress, “Speculative Planetology: Science, Culture and the Building of Model Worlds,” discusses how the world building of popular science fiction media is related to the work of planetary and climate scientists. She also uses video game design and criticism to think about questions of science, technology, and the environment. Buse considers how can game design help imagine better environmental futures. How can video game storylines contribute to citizen science? She is Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies and the Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization at the University of Chicago.
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