AFROFUTURISM AND CYBORG FEMINISM
Steven Shaviro
shaviro@shaviro.com
Arizona State University
February 13, 2019
1. Afrofuturism
Art Ensemble of Chicago,
Ancient to the Future
(1987)
The Changing Same
Ytasha Womack,
Afrofuturism: The World of Black Sci-Fi and Fantasy Culture (2013)
Afrofuturism / Science Fiction
Samuel R. Delany and Octavia E. Butler
Sun Ra
The Future Orientation of Science Fiction:
Blade Runner 2049
(Denis Villeneuve, 2017)
Extrapolation
Yesterday's Tomorrow
Utopia/Dystopia/Futurity:
Blade Runner
(Ridley Scott, 1982)
Parliament,
Mothership Connection
(1975)
Financial Derivatives
clipping.,
Splendor and Misery (2016)
Drexciya
N. K. Jemisin,
Broken Earth
trilogy
2. The Female Cyborg
Cybernetics
Jessica Riskin,
The Restless Clock
(2016)
Auguste Villiers de l’Isle-Adam,
The Future Eve
(1886)
Robot Maria (Brigitte Helm) in
Metropolis
(Fritz Lang, 1927)
Ava (Alicia Vikander) in
Ex Machina
(Alex Garland, 2014)
Donna Haraway,
A Cyborg Manifesto
(1982)
Mira Killian (Scarlett Johanssen) in
Ghost in the Shell
(Rupert Sanders, 2017)
Cyborg Labor:
Sleep Dealer
(Alex Rivera, 2008)
3. Posthuman Beings
Janelle Monáe
Sylvia Wynter,
On Being Human As Praxis
(2014)
Kodwo Eshun,
More Brilliant Than the Sun
(1998)
Björk, "All Is Full Of Love" (Chris Cunningham, 1999)
Missy Elliott, "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Hype Williams, 1997)
Missy Elliott, "The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)" (Hype Williams, 1997)
Rihanna, Kids Choice Awards, 2010
Janelle Monáe, "Many Moons" (Alan Ferguson, 2008)
Janelle Monáe, "Q.U.E.E.N." (Alan Ferguson, 2013)
Dawn Richard, "Calypso" (Kytten Janae, 2015)