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Whose eggs are these? Gender in ocean-themed picture books 这些是谁的蛋?海洋主题绘本中的性别

Journal of Science & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1386/jspc_00029_1

Paul Venzo, Lara Hedberg, P. Francis

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Being the environment: Conveying environmental fragility and sustainability through Indigenous biocultural knowledge in contemporary Indigenous Australian science fiction 成为环境:通过当代澳大利亚土著科幻小说中的土著生物文化知识传达环境的脆弱性和可持续性

Journal of Science & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1386/jspc_00031_1

Isabel Richards, Anna-Sophie Jürgens

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Humour for change? Melting ice and environmental fragility in the animated film comedies Ice Age: The Meltdown and Happy Feet Two 幽默换改变?在动画电影喜剧《冰河世纪:大融化》和《快乐的大脚2》中，冰的融化和环境的脆弱

Journal of Science & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1386/jspc_00028_1

Parth Thaker, Anna-Sophie Jürgens, Karina Judd, Anastasiya Fiadotava, Anne Hemkendreis, C. Holliday

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Representations of robotics and AI in Westworld (1973–2016): A sociological analysis of the imagery of science and technology in popular culture 机器人与人工智能在《西部世界》中的表现(1973-2016):大众文化中科技意象的社会学分析

Journal of Science & Popular Culture Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1386/jspc_00030_1

A. Stengler, Antonio Camorrino, Anna Rutenbeck

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