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Correlation between Afrofuturism and science fiction in Space is the Place: praxis or paradox?
Diffractions, 2023 In this paper, I use the culture studies approach to investigate how themes such as the space age, psychedelia and the creation of a post-apocalyptic black colony in the film Space is the Place (Coney 1972), interweave with Darko Suvin's (1974) concept ...
Gloria Adjeiwaa Fofie
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The "Robot Voodoo Power" thesis: Afrofuturism and anti-anti-essentialism from Sun Ra to Kool Keith [PDF]
, 2017 In the 1990s the term Afrofuturism emerged to describe a vein of science fiction inspired artistic production that repositions black subjects in a purportedly race free future that is nonetheless coded as white.
Rollefson, J. Griffith
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A schizoanalytical praxis for social justice education [PDF]
, 2017 This paper uses Deleuzoguattarian schizoanalysis to interrogate concepts of social justice in relation to the crisis of neo-liberal capitalism by referring to the work of the Situationist International movement, the posthuman philosophy of Giles Deleuze ...
Carstens, Delphi
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American Ethnologist, Volume 51, Issue 4, Page 527-539, November 2024.Abstract Contemporary technoscience is rife with hype—inflated claims that rapidly propagate in favor of the next “new thing.” While scholars often strive to debunk and dispel hype, Tanzanian technologists working in health care face a different challenge: navigating hype.
Tom Neumark
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Ethnoforgery and Outsider Afrofuturism
Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture, 2013 This essay detours from Afrofuturism proper into ethnological forgery and Outsider practices, foregrounding the issues of authenticity, authorship and identity which measure Afrofuturism’s ongoing relevance to technocultural conditions and the globally ...
Trace Reddell
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Capital as Artificial Intelligence [PDF]
, 2015 This article examines science-fictional allegorizations of Soviet-style planned economies, financial markets, autonomous trading algorithms, and global capitalism writ large as nonhuman artificial intelligences, focussing primarily on American science ...
Canavan, Gerry
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Of Afrofuturism, Of Algorithms
Critical Analysis of Law, 2022 Algorithms are proliferating in criminal legal structures. The predictions produced by these algorithms inform life-altering decisions around surveillance and incarceration. Their continued use poses a challenge to ongoing racial justice efforts. Contesting how algorithms of today maintain the racial status quo requires a fundamental rethinking of the ...
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American Journal of Community Psychology, Volume 74, Issue 1-2, Page 127-141, September 2024.Abstract Third places—public and community settings like parks and libraries—are theorized to serve as sources of social connection, community, and play. Yet, young people who hold marginalized identities, such as those experiencing homelessness and housing instability, often endure discrimination in third place settings.
Danielle Maude Littman +4 more
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PAIR UP Imaging Science Program, a new framework for a diverse scientific workforce
Journal of Cellular Physiology, Volume 239, Issue 7, July 2024.Abstract PAIR‐UP is a new conceptual framework for developing a diverse scientific workforce for the 21st century. PAIR‐UP stand for Partnering to Advance Imaging Research for Underrepresented scientists Program. The goal of PAIR‐UP is to solve the longstanding and wicked problem of underrepresentation of Black scientists in the imaging science field ...
George M. Langford
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“I’d Rather Be in Afghanistan”: Antinomies of \u3cem\u3eBattle: Los Angeles\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]
, 2014 This article reads Battle: Los Angeles (2011) against the grain to argue that the film possesses an antiwar undertow running unexpectedly counter to its surface-level pro-military politics. The article uses the antinomy structuring Battle: Los Angeles as
Canavan, Gerry
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