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Lesetour Isabella Hermann
Kaserne Basel
Kasernenhof 8, 4058 Basel
Science Fiction, Anti-Dystopia, and the Future of Our Society
How can people remain capable of taking action even in times of multiple crises? And what role do stories play in determining whether we perceive the future primarily as a threat or also as a space of possibilities that we can shape?
With a four-day series of events from November 11 to 14, 2026, Ima Adama is bringing science fiction expert and futurist Dr. Isabella Hermann to Switzerland. Three public evening events will take place in Basel, Bern, and Zurich. The series will conclude with a full-day workshop in Zurich.
The focus will be on community resilience, social prepping, and anti-dystopia. Isabella Hermann explores what we can learn from science fiction about social, technological, and political developments. In particular, she examines how stories about crises, resistance, and social change can influence our conception of the future. In her book *A Future Without Fear: How Anti-Dystopias Open Up New Perspectives* (oekom, 2025), she explores narratives that do not stop at the catastrophe but, emerging from crisis situations, open up possibilities for action and alternative societal perspectives.
Ima Adama complements this academic and cultural-theoretical approach with the practice of community building, participation, and collaborative future-shaping. We’ll showcase this through the ImaLabs community and “Zukunftsorte” (places of the future).
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
With a four-day series of events from November 11 to 14, 2026, Ima Adama is bringing science fiction expert and futurist Dr. Isabella Hermann to Switzerland. Three public evening events will take place in Basel, Bern, and Zurich. The series will conclude with a full-day workshop in Zurich.
The focus will be on community resilience, social prepping, and anti-dystopia. Isabella Hermann explores what we can learn from science fiction about social, technological, and political developments. In particular, she examines how stories about crises, resistance, and social change can influence our conception of the future. In her book *A Future Without Fear: How Anti-Dystopias Open Up New Perspectives* (oekom, 2025), she explores narratives that do not stop at the catastrophe but, emerging from crisis situations, open up possibilities for action and alternative societal perspectives.
Ima Adama complements this academic and cultural-theoretical approach with the practice of community building, participation, and collaborative future-shaping. We’ll showcase this through the ImaLabs community and “Zukunftsorte” (places of the future).
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.