La Ilusión Persistente

Silvia G. Kurlat Ares, Ph.D., is an independent researcher. Her work focuses on the relationship between cultural production and politics. Her book Para una intelectualidad sin episteme (Corregidor, 2006) analyses the ideological matrices of the Argentine intelligentsia. She has edited several dossiers and collective volumes for international academic journals, including Conversaciones del Cono Sur, Revista Iberoamericana, Iberoamericana (Berlin), and Alter/nativas. She has numerous publications in various research journals such as Alambique, Revista Académica de Ciencia ficción y Fantasía, Revista de Estudios Culturales Latinoamericanos, Travesía, Hispamérica, Revista de Literatura, etc. Her recent article ＂Políticas de lo estético en la ilustración de ciencia ficción. El caso de ’Think Blue, Count Two’ de Cordwainer Smith＂ which explores the relationship between art and science fiction, was a finalist for the 2017 IAFA Jamie Bishop Award.