Critical Black Futures

Critical Black Futures imagines worlds, afrofutures, cities, bodies, art and eras that are simultaneously distant, parallel, present, counter, and perpetually materializing. From an exploration of W. E. B. Du Bois' own afrofuturistic short stories, to trans* super fluid blackness, this volume challenges readerscommunity leaders, academics, communities, and creativesto push further into surreal imaginations. Beyond what some might question as the absurd, this book is presented as a speculative space that looks deeply into the foundations of human belief. Diving deep into this notional rabbit hole, each contributor offers a thorough excursion into the imagination to discover 'what was', while also providing tools to push further into the 'not yet'.

Uniquely incorporates queer, feminist, metahumanist, posthumanist, technological, scientific, mathematical metaphysical, performance, critical theoretical, popular culture, and digital warfare perspectives to critically analyze and speculatively imagine futuristic iterations of Black possibility Deconstructs colonial connections to futuristic modes of world building/framing, while simultaneously holding in tension with the need to create from distantly Black perspectives, methodologies, and sources Brings together leading scholars to critique current futuristic landscapes and speculatively imagine the future from various Black perspectives

Auteur

Philip Butler is an Assistant Professor of Theology and Posthuman Artificial Intelligence Systems at Iliff School of Theology. He is the founder of the Seekr Project, a distinctly Black conversational artificial intelligence with mental health capacities. His work primarily focuses on the intersection of neuroscience, technology, spirituality and race. He is the author of Black Transhuman Liberation Theology: Spirituality and Technology (2019).

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Critical Black Futures imagines worlds, afrofutures, cities, bodies, art and eras that are simultaneously distant, parallel, present, counter, and perpetually materializing. From an exploration of W. E. B. Du Bois' own afrofuturistic short stories, to trans* super fluid blackness, this volume challenges readers-community leaders, academics, communities, and creatives-to push further into surreal imaginations. Beyond what some might question as the absurd, this book is presented as a speculative space that looks deeply into the foundations of human belief. Diving deep into this notional rabbit hole, each contributor offers a thorough excursion into the imagination to discover 'what was', while also providing tools to push further into the 'not yet'.

Contenu
1.Introduction.- 2. The Black Futures of W. E. B. Du Bois.-3. A Black Tetratic Future: Blackness and the Age of Hyper-Exponentiation (Hyper-4).- 4.Towards an Afro-Futuristic Feminist Manifesto.- 5. Writing on Dance, Artistic Reframing of Unimagined Bodies.- 6. A Disruptive Visual Respite: Stacey Robinson.- 7. Black Radical Nationalist Theory and Afrofuturism 2.0.-8. Afrofuturism and Black Futurism: Some Ontological and Semantic Considerations.- 9. Super Fluid / Super Black: Translations and Teachings in Transembodied Metaphysics.- 10. Race, Economics, and the Future of Blackness.- 11. Newhampton: A Future Forward(ified) Black City in the United States.