Week 1
Refine the rationale for and scope and format of your project on the basis of any reading or thinking done over the break.
My current vision for my futures project is to focus on ideas of ‘the cyborg’ and intersectionality in sci-fi literature, particularly focusing on Afro-futurism and Indigenous Futurism. It will look at the ideas of embodiment and resistance, and resist, break down, and surpass binarisms. It will analyse these texts and argue how their radical potential can change the world – the (speculative) futures which we envision and make reality, and therefore having the potential to change real world systems and science.
This will be mostly academic essay, with elements of a speculative, sci-fi narrative woven in throughout which embody the ideas and narratives discussed.
