good day, fellow timeline enthusiasts. the institute is holding a workshop in japan, quite soon. we would like to share the point of divergence from our timeline, it is called the red light phenomenon.
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interested, perhaps? write to us.
本研究室・特任研究員の@aslisizさんが主導した
国際プロジェクト、FICT (Fragmentary Institute of Comparative Timelines) が日本に(再)上陸します。
架空の世界を構築することを通して、気候危機をもたらした過去と現在を批判的に問い直します。
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What would literary culture look like if La Commedia was written in Siculo-Arabic? Aristei, Bobadilla, and McSweeney imagine explore literary-linguistic potentialities in a non-colonial timeline: fict.site/submission5
More gratitude: I (@aslisiz) first pitched the idea of FICT to @EmileStPierre2 and @FD_miranda at our weekly meeting, and they helped so much with the shaping of this project. Of course, @AtsmrtAtsuro has been the best in letting us go wild and supporting us throughout.
Two years ago, we wrote a letter asking people to come up with artifacts from timelines where the European Colonialism did not take place. It became a massive project for learning about Colonialism with many universities and individuals joining us.
fict.site/
Many thanks to all participants and contributors, but for this step we're particularly grateful to have our curators Yuka Takahashi @yuka__ism and Samuel Tettner; and the rest of the curatorial team: Harry Owen, Emma Klöcker-Gatzwiller, and Clarissa Reche.
Our website is designed by Hiroto Okuda @__tolero, the illustrations are by Emma Huffman @missemmabobema. @AtsmrtAtsuro and I (@aslisiz) would like to offer our gratitude to the long list of contributors which can be found here: fict.site/aboutus
Dear friends, a small reminder from organizers: fict.site/
The no-deadline and the no-obligation-to-submit policies remain but if you'd like to be featured in the exhibition, please entrust us your artefacts (or express your intent to do so) by September, please.
Coleman A. Jordan's powerful lecture titled "Creating African Diaspora Fictions from Truths," taking us on a journey from Nsibidi symbols to #blacklivesmatter, available now on our Youtube Channel:
youtu.be/44jEdKDjSxQ
📢 University College Cork and Free University of Bozen are participating in FICT in collaboration this year and they are offering a superb set of workshops. Anthropologists and designers, how exciting!
cc: @jamescuffe
📢 Public Lecture by @AtsmrtAtsuro and @GergelyMohacsi titled "Breaking Down Sugar: Asian Trade Routes and Anthropocene Bodies" on Dec 16th at 6 pm Japan Time (GMT 9). Inquire within for details.
Talk by Casper Bruun Jensen on speculative pragmatism in social science and humanities. Clear, strong and moving.
There was also an interesting conversation on the relationship between speculative design and speculative pragmatism (1:29-1:40)
📢 Open talk by Casper Bruun Jensen @cbruunjensen titled “Speculative Propositions: Climates and Politics from Mekong to Hong Kong” on Dec 9th, 6 pm JT (GMT 9). DM us for details!