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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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Foresight and futures thinking for international development co‐operation: Promises and pitfalls
Development Policy Review, Volume 42, Issue S1, June 2024.Abstract Motivation Strategic foresight is gaining traction for anticipating changes in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world—one which will require different mindsets and approaches. Yet international development co‐operation practitioners have been slow to adopt foresight.
Fraser Reilly‐King +2 more
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The German Quarterly, Volume 97, Issue 1, Page 75-92, Winter 2024.Abstract This article engages with aesthetic acts of experimentation in Olivia Wenzel's 1000 Serpentinen Angst. Building on recent scholarship on the politics of aesthetics in Wenzel's text, I argue that these experiments are intertwined with key themes in the book, particularly issues of racialization and of Black (im‐)possibility in present‐day ...
Maria Roca Lizarazu
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Black Science – Black Magic. Afrofuturism, narrative and cognition [PDF]
, 2016 Afrofuturism plays an important part in the cultural landscape of contemporary american, african, and african-american culture, being integral to the popular culture also in other modern societies (afropean culture). Afrofuturism is, as Ytasha L.
Brzostek, Dariusz
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German Life and Letters, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 33-50, January 2024.ABSTRACT Charlie, the main character in Sharon Dodua Otoo's Afrofuturist Christmas novella Synchronicity, is a Black single mother of Ghanaian heritage working as a graphic designer in Berlin who has spent her whole life feeling the constraints of her ancestral traditions.
joseph kebe‐nguema
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August Wilson, Afrofuturism, & Gem of the Ocean
Open Cultural Studies, 2018 August Wilson's Century Cycle is as much a theatrical experiment of black cultural history and sociology as it is one of storytelling. Though often considered a realist playwright, Wilson walks beyond the realist landscape into speculative and imagined ...
Boynton Anthony Dwayne
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VOCABULARY FOR AN UNTHINKABLE GRAMMAR: SHARON DODUA OTOO'S SYNCHRONICITY
German Life and Letters, Volume 77, Issue 1, Page 51-67, January 2024.ABSTRACT This article examines the eponymous notion of ‘synchronicity’ in Sharon Dodua Otoo's novella, Synchronicity: the original story. Drawing on Denise Ferreira da Silva's notion of Black Feminist ‘poethics’, I argue that ‘synchronicity’ might serve as a ‘guide’ for the imagination that also expands significant critiques of (post)‐Enlightenment ...
Stephanie Galasso
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Ogilvy Afrofuturism Fashion Show [PDF]
The Ogilvy Afrofuturism Fashion Show closed out Black History Month 2022 with an exploration of Afrofuturism and fashion in partnership with FIT. The fashion show features creations from up-and-coming designers Khyri Ford, Zhané Norman, Abigail Ohene ...
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Afrofuturism Rising: The Literary Prehistory of a Movement [PDF]
, 2019 Growing out of the music scene, afrofuturism has emerged as an important aesthetic through films such as Black Panther and Get Out. While the significance of these sonic and visual avenues for afrofuturism cannot be underestimated, literature remains ...
Lavender, Isiah, III
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Scars to Stars: Redefining Black Womanhood in Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred through Afrofuturism
ILN Journal: Indian Literary NarrativesThis article examines the redefinition of Black womanhood in Octavia E. Butler’s Kindred from an Afrofuturist perspective, through the concepts of trauma, memory, survival, resistance, and identity. Building on the work of Afrofuturist scholars including
Bharathidasan J, Dr J. Amalaveenus
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