{"id":40802243484,"date":"2020-01-06T14:23:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-06T19:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802243484"},"modified":"2020-03-10T09:37:17","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T13:37:17","slug":"greason-explores-narratives-of-the-future-at-philadelphia-museum-of-arts-sci-fi-sundays-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/greason-explores-narratives-of-the-future-at-philadelphia-museum-of-arts-sci-fi-sundays-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Greason Explores Narratives of the Future at Philadelphia Museum of Art&#8217;s &#8216;Sci-Fi Sundays&#8217; Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Dec. 8, the Philadelphia Museum of Art continued its exhibit, &#8220;Designs for Different Futures,&#8221; and featured Monmouth University&#8217;s Walter Greason, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Educational Counseling and Leadership, as part of related public programming.<\/p>\n<p>Greason participated in &#8220;Sci-Fi Sundays,&#8221; a series of drop-in readings that explores narratives of the future. He read excerpts from Octavia Butler&#8217;s two books, &#8220;Parable of the Sower&#8221; and &#8220;Parable of the Talents,&#8221; and explained their connection to the exhibit&#8217;s &#8220;Cities&#8221; section.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit included elements from his two recent books, &#8220;Planning Future Cities&#8221; and &#8220;Cities Imagined.&#8221; He also read a section of the introduction to &#8220;Cities Imagined&#8221; and one of the key primary sources. The audience responded with questions about urban design and city planning in the context of public and higher education.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Designs for Different Futures&#8221; will be open at the Philadelphia Art Museum through March 2020.\u00a0 According to the museum&#8217;s press release, the exhibition &#8220;brings together some 80 works that address the challenges and opportunities that humans may encounter in the years, decades, and centuries ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"title_companyprofile\">\n<p title=\"Designs for Different Futures: Public Programs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/press.philamuseum.org\/designs-for-different-futures-public-programs\/\">Designs for Different Futures: Public Programs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, Dec. 8, the Philadelphia Museum of Art continued its exhibit, &#8220;Designs for Different Futures,&#8221; and featured Monmouth University&#8217;s Walter Greason, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of the Department of Educational Counseling and Leadership, as part of related public programming. 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