January 27 – 29, 2022
Presented Online
Claiming Space: The communities and individuals who build Afrofuturism up, as well as those that draw from it, work together to claim and reclaim space—in the stories we tell of the past and in the visions we imagine of the future. This Claiming Space Symposium examines the ever-expanding reach of Afrofuturist thought across oceans, into land reclamations, up to the stars, through cyberspace, and inward as Black visionaries look to the infinite space within.
Panelists: Phoebe Boswell, Isolde Brielmaier, nora chipaumire, Dr. Eve L. Ewing, Vernon Reid, Kevin Young, Emanuel Admassu, Dr. Timiebi Aganaba, Claudia Alick, Dr. Reynaldo Anderson, Tauheedah Shukriyyah Asad, Trisha Barton, Lauren Bernard, andré m. carrington, Dr. Julian Chambliss, Dr. Elizabeth Chin, Dr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Dr. Elizabeth Hamilton, Dr. Njelle Hamilton, Ayana V. Jackson, John Jennings, Ingrid LaFleur, Yuko Miki, Eto Otitigbe, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Dr. Synatra Smith, Morgan P. Vickers, Ytasha L. Womack, Danielle Wood, Lisa Yaszek, Helane Androne, Ahmed Best, Marcel Bouvrie, Jeremy Brett, Lonny Brooks, Safiyah Cheatam, James Deutsch, D. Denenge Duyst-Akpem, Dr. Saisha Grayson, Rebecca Hankins, Dr. Andrew Mulenga, Mutale Nkonde, Dr. J. Brendan Shaw, Ruvimbo Samanga, D’Ondre Swails, Dr. Christopher White