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Carrie Lambert-Beatty: What Happens When an Artwork Deceives its Audience?
Publisher |
Harvard Magazine
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Interview
Society & Culture
Categories Via RSS |
Education
Science
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Nov 30, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:36:07

The term “parafiction” refers to an artistic performance or presentation that depicts fiction as fact. This idea has particular relevance for our current post-truth moment, in which Americans find themselves overrun with conspiracy theories, misinformation, and fake news.

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Ask a Harvard Professor is hosted by Jonathan Shaw, Marina Bolotnikova,  Lydialyle Gibson, Jacob Sweet, and produced by Jacob Sweet and Niko Yaitanes. Our theme music was composed by Louis Weeks.

The term “parafiction” refers to an artistic performance or presentation that depicts fiction as fact. This idea has particular relevance for our current post-truth moment, in which Americans find themselves overrun with conspiracy theories, misinformation, and fake news. In this episode, art historian Carrie Lambert-Beatty explains how parafiction can actually help us sort out fact from fiction, and how reflecting on the experience of being tricked by a work of art can help train our minds to confront other kinds of information, both true and untrue, in the world around us.

The term “parafiction” refers to an artistic performance or presentation that depicts fiction as fact. This idea has particular relevance for our current post-truth moment, in which Americans find themselves overrun with conspiracy theories, misinformation, and fake news.

For more information about Harvard Magazine and this podcast, visit www.harvardmagazine.com/podcast and follow us on TwitterFacebook, and Instagram.

For a transcript of this episode, go to https://harvardmagazine.com/2020/carrie-lambert-beatty

Ask a Harvard Professor is hosted by Jonathan Shaw, Marina Bolotnikova,  Lydialyle Gibson, Jacob Sweet, and produced by Jacob Sweet and Niko Yaitanes. Our theme music was composed by Louis Weeks.

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