Science Fiction in Scandinavia Summing up. Questions to ponder: What do you think characterizes the science fiction we have read? Do you find any particular.

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Science Fiction in Scandinavia Summing up

Questions to ponder: What do you think characterizes the science fiction we have read? Do you find any particular “Scandinavian ambiance” in the Scandinavian texts? What are the most interesting aspects of our readings, and what characterizes them? Is Science Fiction “real” literature? Is the genre of science fiction a valid tool to discuss important matters of philosophy, sociology, ethics, etc.?

St. Kilda, Scotland, 41 miles west of The Outer Hebrides

Norse Occupation – The Past The Earth-House Incised cross on a stone re-used in house 16

The Population Distant landlord Small settlement Factor Rent paid in kind Evacuation in 1930

Communal Living Land divided according to run-rig system 1830’s: each tenant his own strip of land Built a house Plucking sheep in 1927

Birds Seabird breeding ground Gannets Fulmars Puffins Food, feathers, oil Consumption and rent Caught by hand or with a snare

Communications No roads, no wheels Produce carried on people’s backs Small open boats Landing on the rocks Jetty built in 1901

Religion and education 18 th cent. Ministers School from 1884 Hebridean stock Spoke Gaelic Free Church of Scotland Women, 1886

The Village, on main island, Hirta

The Village Watercolor, 1831 Same view today

The Village 1886 Mrs. Gillies and her house

The Final Years Fishing Fleet Tourists

The Evacuation Mailboat,

Collective Society Seabirds Government Provider Isolation Disease Decisions Education Marriage and children Gender roles Lover’s Stone

The Hutterites Anabaptist Jacob Hutter, 1529 Peter Riedeman: Adult baptism of believers Community of goods Non resistance Separation of church and state 1874 to the US 1918 to Canada

Education Kindergarten, 2-2½ years Grade school Diplomas University Apprenticeships German, English The Bible

Dress

Ownership Communally owned goods Some personal belongings Everything based on need Responsibility Potato Harvest

Women’s roles Mothers – average of 10 children per household Housewives Cooks Gardeners Teachers Seamstresses - crafts Secretaries No decision making No driving Closed off from the consumer society

Relationships Purity Led together by God Dating ok Impurity is severely dealt with Choral singing No TV etc.

Structure Hierarchy Minister Advisory board Colony manager Farm manager Witness brothers all male, baptized members vote for the advisory board Language: no thank you’s, please, or titles

Summing UP Criticism of existing society Portraying the ideal society What if? / Speculative fiction Fantasy / Philosophizing The good life / quality Important aspects? Roles of men, women, and children, family Education Ethics and morals War and enemies Politics The urge to survive Language Power Identity Classes / privileges Love / Sexuality Choice / Existence freedom