Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Afrofuturism

The NYC Afrofuturism Editathon will be held on the afternoon of Sunday May 3, from 2:30-5:30pm, as part of The New School's three day student-led Afrofuturism Conference. - conference program schedule.

Event information

• Date: Sunday May 3, 2015
• Time: 2:30-5:30pm
• Location: The New School, 63 Fifth Avenue (btwn 13th and 14th St), Manhattan - Room: UC Lab 1

• This takes places in a computer lab, so there should be desktops for anyone who wants one.
• If you plan to bring your own device, editing Wikipedia is much easier on a laptop than a tablet!

Action list: Afrofuturism topics to work on

Afrofuturism main subtopics

• Expanded sections on Afrofuturism by medium, e.g. In Film, In Music, In Visual Art, In Literature, etc,; also expanding subsections on major Themes, clearer progression in History

Film

• Director Terence Nance and An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (Possible reference sources to use: Filmmaker Magazine; NYT 20130905; scholarly journal Black Camera )
• Newlyweeds
• Cosmic Slop (film)
• Sun Ra: A Joyful Noise
• Space Is the Place
• Welcome II the Terrordome (Director: Ngozi Onwurah)
• The Last Angel of History

Literature

Authors in Mothership: Tales from Afrofuturism and Beyond:

• Lisa Allen-Agostini
• Tenea D. Johnson
• Chinelo Onwualu
• Andaiye Reeves
• C. Renee Stephens
• Tade Thompson
• Ran Walker
• Ibi Zoboi

Authors in Octavia's Brood:

• Sheree Thomas
• Walidah Imarisha
• Bao Phi
• David F. Walker
• Adrienne Maree Brown
• Alexis Pauline Gumbs
• Walidah Imarisha
• Morrigan Phillips
• Autumn Brown
• Alixa Garcia
• Mia Mingus
• Gabriel Teodros
• Tunde Olaniran
• Dawolu Jabari Anderson
• Tara Betts
• Vagabond (artist)
• Jelani Wilson
• Kalamu ya Salaam
• LeVar Burton
• Terry Bisson
• Dani McClain
• Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
• Mumia Abu-Jamal
• Tananarive Due

Other author and artist stubs:

• Martine Syms
• Kiini Ibura Salaam
• Charles R. Saunders
• N. K. Jemisin
• Nnedi Okorafor and Lagoon

Architecture, Music, Etc.

• Architect: Thomas Aquilina

Art

• Photographer: Cristina de Middel - (possible reference source)

Related cultural topics

• Cosmology in Traditional African religion and African diasporic religions

Reference Sources

To help build or create relevant entries:

• http://afrofuturism.net/criticism/
• http://www.capitalbop.com/greg-tate-on-burnt-sugar-afrofuturism-and-the-maroon-spaces-that-music-allows/
• http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/24/space-is-the-place-flying-lotus-janelle-monae-afrofuturism
• http://www.yesmagazine.org/peace-justice/science-fiction-post-ferguson-world-walidah-imarisha
• http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/fugitive-dreams/Content?oid=15345218
• http://bitchmagazine.org/post/demanding-the-impossible-walidah-imarisha-talks-about-science-fiction-and-social-change
• http://bitchmagazine.org/article/rewriting-the-future-prison-abolition-science-fiction
• http://boingboing.net/2015/04/02/octavias-brood.html
• http://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/new-book-roundup-sff-for-social-change-a-fantastical-south-african-import-and-magical-dinner-theater/

For additional tasks

• See Afrocrowd - Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/AfroCrowd/Lists of Articles

Participants sign-up

• Pharos (talk) 19:41, 30 April 2015 (UTC)
• Mozucat (talk) 20:27, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
• Frenezulo (talk) 13:23, 2 May 2015 (UTC) - (eo:Samuel R. Delany)
• Aliceba (talk) 19:40, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
• Madimadimama (talk) 20:03, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
• Vaparedes (talk) 04:14, 30 April 2015 (UTC) (I will try to make it, but may get caught up in dissertation work. Happy to see this happening on TNS campus though!)