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Names[edit]
- Solarpunk
- Solar Punk
- Sunpunk
- Sun Punk
Origin[edit]
- The term "solarpunk" was first coined in a blog post called "From Steampunk to Solarpunk" in May 2008 by an anonymous author.
Definitions[edit]
- The "punk" part of solarpunk comes from its roots in counter-culture and other types of "alternate futurisms" like cyberpunk and steampunk, while the "solar" part refers to the use of solar energy and an overall eco-aesthetic, and the imagery of sunlight as a symbol of hope.
- It often includes Art Nouveau, ecological and eco-feminist aesthetics.
- Adam Flynn describes Solarpunk as including:
- 1800s age-of-sail/frontier living (but with more bicycles)
- Creative reuse of existing infrastructure (sometimes post-apocalyptic, sometimes present-weird)
- Jugaad-style innovation from the developing world
- High-tech backends with simple, elegant outputs
- Many solarpunk writings reference the films of Miyazaki as early influences.
- The genre came together via the blogging platforms Tumblr and Medium.
Artists and Creators[edit]
- Vincent Callebaut
- Olivia Louise
- Luc Schuiten
Curators, Theorists and Researchers[edit]
- Adam Flynn
- Andrew Dana Hudson
- KD Hume
- Tatjana Razaghi
- T.X. Watson
Discussions and Panels[edit]
Conferences and Forums[edit]
Exhibitions and Catalogues[edit]
Films, Short Films, Series[edit]
- Hayao Miyazaki, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, 1984.
Publications[edit]
Books[edit]
- Imagine Deroko (Illustrator), Christopher Henningsen (Author), Beautiful Futures: A Solarpunk Coloring Book, June 2023.
Magazines, Journals, Blogs[edit]
- Solarpunks.net, Tumblr blog with open submissions.
- Solarpunks, Medium Publication with submissions, 2016-.
- Solarpunk Press
Videos, Podcasts, Radio[edit]
- "What Is Solarpunk?", Andrewism, Youtube, December 16 2020.
- "In Defense of Disney’s Strange Solarpunk World", PopCultureDetective, Youtube, May 01 2023.
- "Solarpunk Prompts", Podcast, 2023-.
Essays, Articles, Book Chapters[edit]
- Adam Flynn, "Solarpunk: Notes toward a manifesto", September 04 2014.
- Andrew Dana Hudson, "On the Political Dimensions of Solarpunk", Medium.com, October 15 2015.
- Jay Springett, "SOLARPUNK : A REFERENCE GUIDE", Medium.com, Feb 26 2017.
- Nicola K Smith, "What is solarpunk and can it help save the planet?", BBC.com, August 03 2021.
- Alejandro Rivero-Vadillo, "Challenging Solarpunk’s Technophilia through Degrowth Imaginaries in Julia K. Patt’s “Caught Root” and Linda Jordan’s “Reclaiming”, ECOCENE: CAPPADOCIA JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HUMANITIES, Volume 3/Issue 1/June 2022.
- Sage Agee, "A Future Dream: How solarpunk helped alleviate my existential dread.", Earth Island Journal, Spring 2023.
Theses[edit]
- Tatjana Razaghi, "Exploring Ecotopian Futures: Solarpunk Narratives and their Multifaceted Modes of Engagement", Masters Thesis for Karl-Franzens-Universität, Graz, 2019.
- Emma Gilliam, "Petro Pasts and Solar Futures: An Exploration of Critical, Creative, and Activist Solarpunk Discourse", Honor Scholar Thesis for DePauw University, 2023.
See Also[edit]
Futurisms, Worlding, Re-Worlding, Wilding and Re-Wilding, Afrofuturism, Global South Futurisms, South Asian Futurisms, Amazofuturism, Post Western, Tropical Futurism, Decolonization
