The human condition in science fiction. An anthropological analysis

Abstract

The human condition is not relegated to its mere existence. We are plural and diverse beings. We are subjects that hold and subjects held. We are polysemic and multiform. We are the product of the conditions and producers of conditioning factors of human life. Starting from promoting an open dialogue between some anthropological and science fiction approaches to the idea of ​​the other, this text seeks to reflect on the nature of the human condition. Using a critical-reflexive scheme on the nature of certain famous texts in both areas, such as: "The Argonauts of the Western Pacific", "The noise of thunder" and "The wall of darkness", it is analyzed if, in a pregnant world Due to visuality and the cult of the image, ethnographic and science fiction stories may need some contribution to better understand our present and future. In light of questions such as: What is the human condition that these works pose –or could pose–? This analysis is divided into three sections: The human condition in anthropology and science fiction; The noise of thunder, the world of darkness and the archipelagos of New Guinea and; Where is the narrative going in anthropology and science fiction? Sections that seek to connect, on the one hand, ethnographic narratives with those of science fiction, and, on the other, to elucidate questions such as what is the human condition? Where is it heading?