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!

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 - 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!)