"From the moment of its inception, the genre has been concerned with the promise and peril of breaking from modernity"

In “After Yang,” Kogonada expands on the genre of “techno-Orientalism.”

An interview with Grace Dillon, an Anishinaabe cultural critic, professor in Indigenous Nations Studies at _...Read More_

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A Sun Ra tribute concert by a member of the pathbreaking pop group Labelle leads to reflections on how Black women artists and scientists _...Read More_

“Ruth E. Carter’s designs have given depth and veracity to some of the most iconic Black characters in film history. Her shrewd use of vibrancy, nuance, color, and texture transformed Oprah Winfrey into voting rights activist Annie Lee _...Read More_

Associated with Gulf Futurism, a movement of artists commenting on the accelerationist state of the Arabian Peninsula, Monira Al Qadiri creates work that addresses the tension between _...Read More_

"In the long history of science fiction, virtually every story about a utopia has really been a disguised story about utopias’ hidden dark side. A privileged elite may enjoy themselves in a post-scarcity, post-misery society, but they’re _...Read More_

“How might new places to live look, and how could they be created? Places that, rather than offering security and comfort at the price of self-determination, foster freedom _...Read More_

>"IN HIS BOOK On the Existence of Digital Objects (2016), Chinese philosopher Yuk Hui drew on his background as a computer engineer and _...Read More_

>"Hope Wabuke considers the future of Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism."

Being defeated often means you have to copy the conquering enemy. Must we accept this logic when it comes to modernization, no matter how much we want to reject cultural imperialism and a universal history wherein some countries and regions _...Read More_

FUTURISMS OF RAMADAN. Muslims also develop a tactile relationship with the holy book by performing wudu or ablutions before touching it, though _...Read More_

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