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"It’s often not easy to be optimistic about our future, and you may even find yourself resisting this kind of thinking, but as part of the “rebuilding” aspect of this course, I want you to speculate/reflect upon possible futures that differ from the dominant dystopian mode. This does not mean that all major problems need to be solved, as in the traditional version of a utopia; it could look something more along the lines of a protopia. How you “design the future” is largely up to you—I’d like you to follow your interests. Perhaps you delve deeply into solarpunk (an offshoot of cyberpunk, and a microgenre that is primarily utopian. Solarpunk is also an aesthetic that appears in art and fashion.) Or maybe you examine biotech that promises to revolutionize our lived reality. While this article deals with 2050 and addressing climate change, you could go another route, perhaps thinking 100 or even a thousand years ahead. As we make our way through the different apocalyptic agents, think about where utopian ideas might fit in. Example: Pandemic/universal vaccine or other world-changing innovations in medicine. Or maybe we’ll figure out plastic! Keep in mind: you’re going to come across some wacky—perhaps even sinister—stuff. (Elon and longtermism, anyone? Potentially risky geoengineering?) That’s OK, and you should feel free to characterize it the way you see it." - Dr. Thomas
Crafting a citation can be as easy as filling in blanks or adding new elements to a template.
For example, the Modern Language Association (MLA), recommends using this template (of core elements) for citing online articles.
On the Works Cited Page, this is how it looks like:
Author last name, First name. “Title of Source.” Publisher, Publication Date, URL.
So, if I am citing this article from the NYT “Suddenly, It Looks Like We’re in a Golden Age for Medicine”. This is how I would fill out the template.
Wallace-Wells, David. “Suddenly, It Looks Like We’re in a Golden Age for Medicine.” The New York Times, 23 Jun. 2023, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/magazine/golden-age-medicine-biomedical-innovation.html?smid=url-share.
For more examples browse the ACC MLA Documentation 9th Edition, 2021 page or visit the MLA Style Center online!