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Black Futures: Exploring Centring Black Perspectives and Voices in Imagining Future Possibilities

Wilson, Christopher (2024) Black Futures: Exploring Centring Black Perspectives and Voices in Imagining Future Possibilities. [MRP]

Item Type: MRP
Creators: Wilson, Christopher
Abstract:

Time bends, folds, and dances in the hands of those who dare to imagine future possibilities beyond the confines of linear progress. In the liminal space between what was and what could be, where Black folks can redefine their social order and engage in critical reflection about their identities and experiences, Black storytelling becomes a portal, a living archive of memory and possibility. Here, ancestral whispers guide the creation of speculative worlds, where the echoes of joy, imagination, and affirmations of life shape the contours of what is yet to come. Pause in the "now," a fluid moment where the past and future collide, to listen deeply to the narratives that have been silenced, erased, or overlooked. Through the transformative power of storytelling, journey into the rich mosaic of Black existence, bringing together fragments of history, culture, and imagination. This is a reclamation, a refusal to accept futures built on exclusion and erasure. It is a call to centre Black voices, to honour the complexity of Blackness, and to craft visions of the future that resonate with authenticity and collective empowerment. In this speculative exploration, storytelling transcends its role as a method and becomes a tool for imagining and a beacon of possibility for a world yet to be imagined.

Date: 2024
Uncontrolled Keywords: Black storytelling, Black speculative fiction, futures studies, Black epistemologies, decolonization, temporal fluidity, Endarkened Storywork, strategic foresight, Black futures, imagination, creativity.
Divisions: Graduate Studies > Strategic Foresight and Innovation
Date Deposited: 16 Jan 2025 15:44
Last Modified: 16 Jan 2025 15:44
URI: https://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/4617

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