Symposium on Afrofuturism and Diasporic Research

Symposium on Afrofuturism and Diasporic Research

8:30am EST

Check-in & Refreshments Fishbowl All-Day Registration Duke Energy Hall (Lobby)

9:00am EST

Opening Mixer: AACC Curated Digital Storytelling Exhibit Teaching and Viz Studio

9:45am EST

World Café: (Re)membering our Stories Duke Energy HallDr. angela gay-audre & Melissa Edwards Smith

11:00am EST

Dasan Ahanu Session 1 (Block A) IEI 4107 Breakout Session 3: Rituals: Black Women Healing through Ancient Practices (Block A) The LandingUNCG English Department • AADS Affiliate Valerie McConnell - MPH • NuAri Solutions: owner • Crystal Thompson - PhD Student Wellness Activity 1 (Block A) Room 4502 Breakout Session 1: Echoes of Tomorrow: How Afrofuturism Shapes Music (Block A) IEI 4101Christopher Dunstan Breakout Session 2: Storytellers and Leaders: Black High School Students Create Games for Good (Block A) IEI 4105Christy Byrd Poster Presentations Teaching and Viz Studio

11:20am EST

Dasan Ahanu Session 2 (Block A) IEI 4107

11:45am EST

Keynote Luncheon Duke Energy HallDasan Ahanu

1:00pm EST

20 Min Breakout Session 1: Critical Space Theory: Black Nationalism, Afrofuturism, and Psychedelia in Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon (Block B) IEI 4107Alexander Joshua Moore 20 Min Breakout Session 3: Sowing Stories: Black Women Farmers’ Narratives as Research (Block B) The LandingElisabeth Ramsey Breakout Session 4: Home and Place: Mapping the Black Experience (Block B) IEI 4101Kaitlan C. Farrior Breakout Session 5: The Sky People: An Afro-Shemetic Futurism Creation Story (Block B) IEI 4105Margie Marie- ANU • ANU Life Global Ministries Abba Rahbert Haynes • ANU Life Global Ministries Breakout Session 6: An Island for an Exiled: Multisensory Encounters with Cultural Estrangement and Sacred Exile (Block B) Teaching and Viz StudioPaula Damasceno Roundtables HOLD (Block B) Duke Energy Hall Wellness Activity 2 (Block B) Room 4502

1:30pm EST

20 Min Breakout Session 2: Storytelling with #PassTheMicYouth (Block B) IEI 4107Christy Byrd • Teacher Education and Learning Sciences Maru Gonzalez • Department of Agricultural and Human Sciences 20 Min Breakout Session 4: Threads of Memory, Tapestries of Tomorrow: Storytelling through Sankofa and Afrofuturism (Block B) The LandingIsabella Gyimah Dr. Isaac Woods

2:00pm EST

20 Min Breakout Session 5: Listening, Reflecting, and Honoring: How Black Scholars Used Black Stories to Create an Empirically-Based Stage Play (Block C) IEI 4107Roshaunda Breeden Breakout Session 7: Imagining Futures: Archiving With and For our Communities (Block C) IEI 4101Ericka Christie • NCSU Special Collections • Communication • Lead Librarian for Outreach and Engagement • and Digital Media Program Virginia Ferris • NCSU Special Collections Dr. Shima Hosseininasab • Instruction and Outreach Librarian • Rhetoric • PhD Student Breakout Session 8: Sistas in the Salon: A Reflection of Their Journey to Finding Belonging at a Predominately White Institution (Block C) IEI 4105Janay Crosland TRIO Informational Session (Block C) The Landing Wellness Activity 3 (Block C) Room 4502

2:30pm EST

20 Min Breakout Session 6: Rhetorical Healing: Using Black English to Tell and Document Stories (Block C) IEI 4107Sara Alexander The Cypher: Research Slam Teaching and Viz StudioKiera Moore

3:00pm EST

20 Min Breakout Session 7: A MAGIC Tour of Mitchelville: Teaching Gullah-Geechee Heritage through Immersive Design (Block D) IEI 4105Design and Technology (MADTech) • Media Arts • NCSU College of Design • Topher Maraffi • NCSU College of Design Iyare Oronsaye 20 Min Breakout Session 9: Black Autistic Rhetoric: A Community Virtual Hub (Block D) IEI 4107Jelina (Jo) Miller Breakout Session 8: Reimagining Black Health: A Journey Through Past, Present, and Future (Block D) IEI 4101The Black Health Lab: Department of Psychology Ore Badejoh • The Black Health Lab: Department of Psychology Abbey Collins • The Black Health Lab: Department of Psychology Melissa Holland • The Black Health Lab: Department of Psychology • Julia Ross • North Carolina State University • The Black Health Lab: Department of Psychology Dr. Vanessa Volpe Intergenerational Conversations (Block D) The Landing Wellness Activity 4 (Block D) Room 4502

3:30pm EST

20 Min Breakout Session 10: HOLD (Block D) IEI 4107 20 Min Breakout Session 8: Folklore and Futurism: Reimagining Caribbean Worlds Through Speculative Fiction (Block D) IEI 4105Tricia Clarke

3:45pm EST

History of Black Social Dance: Line Dancing Duke Energy Room AJamese & Rob Epps

4:45pm EST

Networking Reception Duke Energy Hall Room BAll

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