#afrofuturism — Public Fediverse posts

Also, the score (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9tY0BWXOZFuaz5r4BJZJbVZvxgmvwhKi&si=F_CtVMhFHZJozItZ) and Soundtrack (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSBWvYm8t6uYwIl7cz3KtXYuud63-SPpF&si=wTGf_ZbOgzlrJV_8) for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (2022)
#ILIkeToWatch #BlankPanther #WakandaForever #RyanCoogler #LudwigGoransson #AfroFuturism #MCU #MarvelComics

𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔: "𝑳𝒆 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒏 𝑷𝒕. 4 - 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚: 𝑵. 𝑲. 𝑱𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏" -

Can we pull this utopia dilemma together? Or will we add even more levels of complication? When we wrestle with Le Guin, take solace knowing that others have, too, and so we enter into the dialogue of building utopia, together with its responsibilities!

https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/le-guin-part-4-the-ones-who-stay-n-k-jemisin/

#podcast #literature #Bakhtin #georgebataille #dialogics #activism #willtochange #afrofuturism

7.2: Ariel & Christina Discuss: Why Must Utopia Be Cruel?

In this episode, Ariel and Christina try to get to the bottom of why our fictional visions of utopia are so negative. They often involve mindless acquiescence to an authoritarian nanny state, the oppression and labor of an underclass, or both. It’s as if we can’t imagine a situation in which we all voluntarily treat each other (reasonably) decently and life can be good for everyone. We discuss the literary origins of utopia, how it has evolved (or not) as a concept, and Ariel gives a few examples of sci-fi futures that are about as close to her style of solarpunk utopia as can be. Ultimately, the topic of utopia raises more questions than answers.

https://youtu.be/WR8yg2cOcMk?si=AwMMgH2MNFHmO8Ct

#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #Season7 #Episode #PodcastEpisode #YouTube #utopia #SirThomasMore #SaintThomasMore #ThomasMore #Dystopia #Protopia #WakandaForever #BlackPanther #Indigenous Futurisms #Afrofuturism #Utopias #Anti-Utopia #LiteraryHistory #Cruelty #Despair #Hope #UntopiaParadox #Omelas #TheOnesWhoStayAndFight #TheOnesWhoWalkAwayFromOmelas

#AlternateFridayMusic
May 12 2023
The word is Jam

#Funkadelic “Get Off Your Ass and Jam” from “Let’s Take It To The Stage,” 1975

I’m sorry, do you need me to explain this to you? Check your pulse.

Sure sure, go read about #GeorgeClinton’s time as a #TinPanAlley songwriter, the seasoned session musicians that he joined with his old #BarberShop’s #DooWop group, the #Parliaments, psychedelicized by dropping massive amounts of #acid, funkafied à la #JamesBrown, to form Funkadelic. and how, possibly with a dose of #SunRa, definitely with a big hit of #StarTrek, he helped define what we now call #Afrofuturism —
but I find it more telling that a very rock/punk guy I knew who used to put on dorm parties would put this track at the end of every party mix. Twice.

Because, as #Parliament, the other incarnation of Clinton’s band, would soon proclaim: WE WANT THE #FUNK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4d1i35T5yAk

#70s #70sMusic