Beschreibung:
This book brings Afrofuturism into conversation with digital humanities to pioneer the field of Digital Africana Studies, and shows how students and academics can engage with the vision of Afrofuturism, both theoretically and practically, in the classroom and through research.
Introduction; 1. Has the Future Caught Up Yet? Afrofuturism Through the Lens of Academia, Development, and Experience; 2. Bridging the Gap between Afrofuturism in Theory and in Practice; 3. I Produce, Therefore, I Extend; 4. Pedagogy of the People through Collective Knowledge Creation; 5. Seeking Definition in the Absurdity of a Post-Racial World; 6. Storytelling as Social Justice; 7. Defining Access where None was Ever Given