• Continuing the Conversation around Afrofuturism: The Black Fantastic Bibliography Project

    Author(s):
    Clarissa West-White, Seretha Williams (see profile)
    Date:
    2021
    Group(s):
    Global Digital Humanities Symposium
    Subject(s):
    Afrofuturism
    Item Type:
    Presentation
    Meeting Title:
    Global Digital Humanities Symposium
    Meeting Org.:
    Michigan State University
    Meeting Date:
    April 13, 2021
    Tag(s):
    blbliography
    Permanent URL:
    http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/7vfn-js12
    Abstract:
    The Black Panther film is the nexus between the what could be and the what could have been of Black futurity. Afrofuturism and its incarnations is reflective and invested in recovery and reclamation. The bibliography, then, is a technology for recovering Black artifacts and resituating those artifacts alongside contemporary entries in an attempt to define what we mean by Afrofuturism, African-futurism, and other modes of the Black Fantastic. While curated lists are integral to decentering canonical ethnocentrism and paternalism, we propose that by inviting practitioners, activists, enthusiasts, and scholars to annotate our living list of Black Fantastic artifacts we disrupt and even circumvent the academy. Furthermore, the curated list is freely available to the public as are the published entries. In this presentation, we will discuss our efforts to curate a list of artifacts that contain characteristics of the Black Fantastic, to recruit annotators, and to cultivate an intellectual hub for the consideration of Black Futurity. Additionally, we will argue that the annotated bibliography remains an important research technology to use in tandem with digital search tools. Annotated bibliographies can be extensive and exhaustive in their coverage of topics and they can provide a synthesis of information in ways that databases cannot. The Black Fantastic Bibliography Project aims to bridge and fill gaps in our understanding of Afrofuturism.
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