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AFROFUTURISMS / AFRICANFUTURISMS
The first of the 7 task sets engages with post-2001 developments in Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism. It explores developments in publishing industries, magazine and fanzine cultures, films and game development, development of conventions and geek cultures, artistic development, theoretical discussions and debates, and Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism's role in inspiring refreshing and novel understandings of the politics of future making around the world.
ERC / CoFUTURES
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CHINESE / SINOFUTURISMS
The second task set deals with post-2001 developments of Chinese SF and Sinofuturisms, the rise in number of translations as well as internal growth in the genre, shifts in authorship and readership both in gender and age, the connections between Chinese SF and its relationship to technology and innovation, international presence, as well as thematic continuities with other futurisms from the region, and the formation of the Asia Science Fiction Association.
ERC / CoFUTURES
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LATINX / LATIN@FUTURISMS
The third task set looks at post-2001 developments in Latinx / Latin@ futurisms, its unique trajectory of development from within the concerns of Latin American shifts, its relation to other literary genres, formation of fandom communities, the connections and differences between the different Latin American nations in terms of their understanding of the future, new theoretical debates and canon-formation, and connections to other futurisms from the region, including Afrofuturisms, Chicanofuturisms, and Indigenous futurisms,
ERC / CoFUTURES
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GULF & ARABFUTURISMS
The fourth task set focuses on post-2007 developments in Gulf-futurism as well as the formation of Arabfuturism as a critical discourse in response to it, artistic and architectural projects, new literary cultures and communities, the impact of the political unrest in the region during this period in shaping the imaginaries of the future, and its transmission into wider cultural debates around the world.
ERC / CoFUTURES
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INDIGENOUS FUTURISMS
The fifth task set focuses on post-2010 developments in the canon of Indigenous futurisms as a critical and political discourse, transnational connections between indigenous communities and shared struggles, the strong focus on environmental issues and climate justice, struggles for decolonization and political recognition, and the artistic and aesthetic demands it makes from the future.
ERC / CoFUTURES
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SOUTH ASIAN FUTURISMS
The sixth task set explores post-2001 developments in South Asian futurisms, the role of translation and anglophone productions, diaspora engagement with the imaginaries of the future, internationalization of South Asian futures, its relations with other futurisms, with Anglo-American SF, as well as its own struggles to define an identity inclusive of vernacular traditions, new critical proliferations, frameworks and manifestos.
ERC / CoFUTURES
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NORDIC & EUROPEAN FUTURISMS
The seventh task set explores Nordic and European futurisms both in a historical and contemporary context. With a special focus on Norwegian SF, the task set explores the history of fanzines and fan conventions, relations between different nations within the Nordic and European region, connections with international SF and its fandom outside Europe, marginal European futurisms such as those from Eastern Europe, as well as cultures of translation.
NFR / Science Fictionality
