AstroBlackness: Difference between revisions
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| − | | Developed by: || Sun Ra, James L. Wolf, Harttnut Geerken, Alondra Nelson, Octavia Butler, Algolit | + | | Developed by: || Sun Ra, James L. Wolf, Harttnut Geerken, Alondra Nelson, Octavia Butler, Gerry Canavan, Algolit |
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| − | On the 26th of October [https://botclub.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/activities/decolonising-bots | + | On the 26th of October Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam organised [[https://botclub.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/activities/decolonising-bots an evening of technological speculation] based around the topic of decolonising algorithms. UX and service designer [https://medium.com/@afrofutures.uk Florence Okoye] asked the questions |
'''How can we embody an understanding of technology as revelation?''' | '''How can we embody an understanding of technology as revelation?''' | ||
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'''How would an AstroBlack technologist interpret the Agile methodology?''' | '''How would an AstroBlack technologist interpret the Agile methodology?''' | ||
| − | + | Inspired by her talk, this dataset doesn't aim to find answers, but rather propose a collective exercise in imagination and to ask another question: | |
| − | '''What | + | '''What would a machine learn from an Afrofuturist dataset?''' |
Books in this dataset: | Books in this dataset: | ||
Revision as of 14:49, 31 October 2017
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| Developed by: | Sun Ra, James L. Wolf, Harttnut Geerken, Alondra Nelson, Octavia Butler, Gerry Canavan, Algolit |
On the 26th of October Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam organised [an evening of technological speculation based around the topic of decolonising algorithms. UX and service designer Florence Okoye asked the questions How can we embody an understanding of technology as revelation? and How would an AstroBlack technologist interpret the Agile methodology?
Inspired by her talk, this dataset doesn't aim to find answers, but rather propose a collective exercise in imagination and to ask another question:
What would a machine learn from an Afrofuturist dataset?
Books in this dataset:
- The Immeasurable Equation. The Collected Poetry and Prose by Sun Ra. Compiled and edited by James L. Wolf and Harttnut Geerken
- Social Text - Afrofuturism. Issue 71. 2002. Edited by Alondra Nelson
- Octavia E. Butler - Modern Masters of Science Fiction. By Gerry Canavan