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Set Phasers to Teach! - Star Trek in Research and Teaching
von: Stefan Rabitsch, Martin Gabriel, Wilfried Elmenreich, John N.A. Brown
Springer-Verlag, 2018
ISBN: 9783319737768 , 242 Seiten
Format: PDF, Online Lesen
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Preis: 42,79 EUR
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Preface: “Engage!” Science Fiction and Science Inspire Each Other and Move Society Forward
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“With A Wondrous Leap of the Imagination”: Star Trek as Beacon and Compass
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Works Cited
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Contents
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“Where Many Books Have Gone Before”: Using Star Trek to Teach Literature
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“Strange New Worlds”: The Value of Intertextual Understanding
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“Ahab has to Hunt his Whale!”: Star Trek as a Tool to Teach Specific Texts
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“No more metaphors, Bones. That’s an order”: Learning Literary Concepts and Techniques Through Star Trek
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“Something Spock was trying to tell me on my birthday”: Literary Themes in Star Trek
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“You’ll find it in all the literature of the period”: Literature as Pleasure
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Works Cited
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From ‘Shalom Aleichem’ to ‘Live Long and Prosper’: Engaging with Post-war American Jewish Identity via Star Trek: The Original Series
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The Uses of Jewish Studies and Star Trek
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A Transitional Moment for American Jews
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Jewish Bodies, Jewish Characters?
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Beyond Embodiment: Jewish Stories in Star Trek
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Boldly Going Further: Towards Future Work On Star Trek and Jewish Studies
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Works Cited
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Recommended Reading
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“Wagon Wheels, Sails, and Warp Cores”: Star Trek and American Culture: Between Allegory and Worldbuilding
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Introduction – Recognizing the Known Unknown
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What If? – The Workings of sf
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Allegory – Westerns, Kennedy and the New Frontier of the 1960s
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Worldbuilding – Pax Transatlantica, or the Best of Both Worlds
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Conclusion – Continuing Voyages
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Works Cited
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Recommended Reading
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How to Name a Starship: Starfleet between Anglo-American Bias and the Ideals of Humanism
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Works Cited
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The Computer of the Twenty-Third Century: Real-World HCI Based on Star Trek
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“It’s interaction, Jim, but not interaction as we know it.”
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“The helm is not responding, Captain. Permission to turn it off and on again?”
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“I can nae get the power, Captain. She’s configuring her updates!”
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“Siri, where are the nuclear vessels?” “I’m sorry, I do not understand: ‘Fear art. See new, clear weasels’.”
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“Captain, I cannot raise the incoming craft. It is using an incompatible interface and an out of date codex.”
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“Dammit Jim, I’m a doctor not a search engine!”
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“Sir, the ensigns are refusing to wear red shirts and threatening to dox anyone who sends them on an away mission.”
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“Scanning the planet’s surface for Snarks, Captain, but detecting only Boojums.”
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An Upgrade from the Technicians of Cygnet-14
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Boldly Going Where No One Has Gone Before, in Order to Make It Accessible to Everyone
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References
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The Energy System in Star Trek and Its Real-Life Counterparts
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The Use, the Need, and the History of Energy
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Energy in Star Trek
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Energy Production and Consumption Through the Lens of Star Trek
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Works Cited
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“My People once lived in Caves”: Pre-modern Societies in Star Trek
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Introduction – “[O]n its way to rendezvous with history”
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Pre-modern, Modern, Postmodern – Where Do Historians Draw the Line(s)?
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Pre-modern Societies in Star Trek – “It was my first visit to a pre-warp culture”
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Conclusion – “I don’t know who writes your history books”
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Works Cited
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“Ready To Beam Up”: Star Trek and its Interactions with Science, Research and Technology
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Science, Research and Popular Culture
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Star Trek as a Fictional Laboratory
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Star Trek and the Public Communication of Science and Technology
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Star Trek as Inspiration for Innovation and Technology
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Positive Role-Models Provided by Star Trek
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Making Friends: Star Trek and NASA
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Conclusion
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Works Cited
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“Teaching with Trek”: Star Trek, the LGBTQ+ Community, and College Composition
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Works Cited
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“Resistance is Futile”: Using the Borg to Teach Collective Computing Systems
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Introducing the Borg
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The Borg, Their Traits, and Computer Science
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Self-Aware Systems
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Collectives
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Benefits of the Borg and Collectives
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Conclusion
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Works Cited
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Telepathic Pathology in Star Trek
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Introduction
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Mass Effects
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Single Effects
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Conclusions
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Works Cited
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Playing Captain Kirk: Designing a Video Game Based on Star Trek
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Introduction
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Why Is That?
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What Would It Take to Get There?
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Star Trek & Successful Games
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Cornerstones of Good Games
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Meaningful Choices
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Immersion and Identification
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Challenging Resource Management
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Progression and Achievement
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Pros and Cons for a Game Set in the Star Trek Universe
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Boldly Going
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A Proposal: Seeking Out New Life and New Civilizations
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Conclusion
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Works Cited
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To Seek Out New Forms of Knowledge: Viewing Star Trek as an Introduction to Cognitive Science and Ways of Thinking About Narrative, Theory of Mind, and Difference
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Introduction
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Theory of Mind and Empathy
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Look, a Mirror Mechanism
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Star Trek + POP CULTURE = POWER/POLITICS
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Star Trek and Empathy
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Empathy, Metaphor, and Star Trek
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An Emerging Lesson Plan, a Possible Assignment
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Works Cited
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La Forge’s VISOR and the Pictures in Our Heads: Understanding Media Studies Through Star Trek
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Introduction
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“A Fly on the Wall”
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“What’s normal?”
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“Special Insight”
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Conclusion
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Works Cited
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Recommended Reading
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“Logic is the beginning of wisdom … not the end”: Using Star Trek to Teach Scientific Thinking
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Works Cited
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Appendices
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Appendix 1
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Appendix 2
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Appendix 3
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Appendix 4
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Appendix 5
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Appendix 6
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Appendix 7
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Appendix 8
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