The NYC Afrofuturism Editathon will be held on the afternoon of Sunday May 3, from 2:30-5:30pm, as part of The New School's three day student-led Afrofuturism Conference. - conference program schedule.
Event information edit
- Date: Sunday May 3, 2015
- Time: 2:30-5:30pm
- Location: The New School, 63 Fifth Avenue (btwn 13th and 14th St), Manhattan - Room: UC Lab 1
- This takes places in a computer lab, so there should be desktops for anyone who wants one.
- If you plan to bring your own device, editing Wikipedia is much easier on a laptop than a tablet!
Action list: Afrofuturism topics to work on edit
Afrofuturism main subtopics edit
- Expanded sections on Afrofuturism by medium, e.g. In Film, In Music, In Visual Art, In Literature, etc,; also expanding subsections on major Themes, clearer progression in History
Film edit
- Director Terence Nance and An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (Possible reference sources to use: Filmmaker Magazine; NYT 20130905; scholarly journal Black Camera )
- Newlyweeds
- Cosmic Slop (film)
- Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise
- Space Is the Place
- Welcome II the Terrordome (Director: Ngozi Onwurah)
- The Last Angel of History
Literature edit
Authors in Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond:
- Lisa Allen-Agostini
- Tenea D. Johnson
- Chinelo Onwualu
- Andaiye Reeves
- C. Renee Stephens
- Tade Thompson
- Ran Walker
- Ibi Zoboi
Authors in Octavia's Brood:
- Sheree Thomas
- Walidah Imarisha
- Bao Phi
- David F. Walker
- Adrienne Maree Brown
- Alexis Pauline Gumbs
- Walidah Imarisha
- Morrigan Phillips
- Autumn Brown
- Alixa Garcia
- Mia Mingus
- Gabriel Teodros
- Tunde Olaniran
- Dawolu Jabari Anderson
- Tara Betts
- Vagabond (artist)
- Jelani Wilson
- Kalamu ya Salaam
- LeVar Burton
- Terry Bisson
- Dani McClain
- Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
- Mumia Abu-Jamal
- Tananarive Due
Other author and artist stubs:
Architecture, Music, Etc. edit
- Architect: Thomas Aquilina
Art edit
- Photographer: Cristina de Middel - (possible reference source)
Related cultural topics edit
- Cosmology in Traditional African religion and African diasporic religions
Reference Sources edit
To help build or create relevant entries:
- http://afrofuturism.net/criticism/
- http://www.capitalbop.com/greg-tate-on-burnt-sugar-afrofuturism-and-the-maroon-spaces-that-music-allows/
- http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/24/space-is-the-place-flying-lotus-janelle-monae-afrofuturism
- http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/science-fiction-post-ferguson-world-walidah-imarisha
- http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/fugitive-dreams/Content?oid=15345218
- http://bitchmagazine.org/post/demanding-the-impossible-walidah-imarisha-talks-about-science-fiction-and-social-change
- http://bitchmagazine.org/article/rewriting-the-future-prison-abolition-science-fiction
- http://boingboing.net/2015/04/02/octavias-brood.html
- http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/new-book-roundup-sff-for-social-change-a-fantastical-south-african-import-and-magical-dinner-theater/
For additional tasks edit
- See Afrocrowd - Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Lists of Articles
Participants sign-up edit
- Pharos (talk) 19:41, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
- Mozucat (talk) 20:27, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
- Frenezulo (talk) 13:23, 2 May 2015 (UTC) - (eo:Samuel R. Delany)
- Aliceba (talk) 19:40, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
- Madimadimama (talk) 20:03, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
Vaparedes (talk) 04:14, 30 April 2015 (UTC) (I will try to make it, but may get caught up in dissertation work. Happy to see this happening on TNS campus though!)