Plan(t)ing Afrofuturism
Wanuri Kahiu's Pumzi and the negotiation of futureS
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Produktdetails
- Verlag
- edition assemblage
- Erschienen
- 2026
- Sprache
- English
- Seiten
- 160
- Infos
- 160 Seiten
205 mm x 104 mm - ISBN
- 978-3-96042-076-7
Hauptbeschreibung
Wanuri Kahiu’s "Pumzi" is an Afrofuturist movie, addressing the consequences of climate change and subsequent wars. "Pumzi" disturbs to dream, turning memory into the elixier of future. This volume is dedicated to learning from Pumzi and its protagonist Asha. Solidarity and resistance in the midst of a dystopic technodictatorship plan(t) new futureS, across species and time. This volume’s contributions delve into this topic pillared on concepts such as futureS, hero, dystopia, Afrofuturism, environment and solidarity. In doing so, the volume contributes to contouring the emergent field Postcolonial Posthuman Studies.
Kurztext / Annotation
Wanuri Kahiu’s “Pumzi“ is an Afrofuturist movie, addressing the consequences of climate change and subsequent wars. “Pumzi” disturbs to dream, turning memory into the elixier of future. This volume is dedicated to learning from Pumzi and its protagonist Asha. Solidarity and resistance in the midst of a dystopic technodictatorship plan(t) new futureS, across species and time.