2020-2021 Afrofuturism Syllabus - Week 2 - Webinar on Afrofuturism
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Keywords
Afrofuturism, Julian Chambliss, Trent Tomengo, Phillip Cunningham, Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts & Humanities
Description
In a scholarly dialogue recorded October 8, 2020, Dr. Julian Chambliss (Michigan State University) and Dr. Phillip Cunningham (Wake Forest University) discuss their co-curated exhibition at the Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts in Eatonville entitled "A Past Unremembered: The Transformative Legacy of the Black Speculative Imagination."
Moderated by Trent Tomengo (Seminole State College), this webinar conversation addresses a range of questions, such as: What is Afrofuturism? What is its historical legacy in the black speculative tradition? And what are the implications of its usage in a contemporary climate of anti-black sentiment and black social protest and unrest?
The conversation lasts about 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q & A.
Abstract
In a scholarly dialogue recorded October 8, 2020, Dr. Julian Chambliss (Michigan State University) and Dr. Phillip Cunningham (Wake Forest University) discuss their co-curated exhibition at the Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts in Eatonville entitled "A Past Unremembered: The Transformative Legacy of the Black Speculative Imagination."
Moderated by Trent Tomengo (Seminole State College), this webinar conversation addresses a range of questions, such as: What is Afrofuturism? What is its historical legacy in the black speculative tradition? And what are the implications of its usage in a contemporary climate of anti-black sentiment and black social protest and unrest?
The conversation lasts about 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of Q & A.
File format: mov video file. Clip length: 1:05:40.
Date Created
10-8-2020
Type
article
STARS Citation
Chambliss, Julian; Tomengo, Trent; and Cunningham, Phillip, "Webinar on Afrofuturism: A Guide Amidst Tumultuous Times" (2020). 2020-2021 Afrofuturism Syllabus - Week 2 - Webinar on Afrofuturism. 1.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/afrofuturism_syllabus_2/1