Black Quantum Futurism
Black Quantum Futurism is exploring the intersections of futurism, creative media, DIY-aesthetics, and activism in marginalized communities through a Black temporal lens.
Writing
Books, publications, and articles by Rasheedah Phillips
Time Zone Protocols
Time Zone Protocols (TZP) is a space-time for rewriting the protocols of time, rezoning the time zones, and unmapping the imperialist global time colonization project utilizing Black Quantum Futurism tools and practices. Time Zone Protocols [dot] space documents the TZP research, the Prime Meridian Unconference, and ongoing iterations of the project.
Black Women Temporal Portal
An online protest statement against limited conceptions about what "The Future is..." that disincludes Black women, femmes, and girls. The statement recognizes the plurality and quantum nature of the future(s) where Black women, femmes, and girls exist and are safe, loved, and valued.
The AfroFuturist Affair
The AfroFuturist Affair is a grassroots community formed to celebrate, strengthen, and promote Afrofuturistic and Sci-Fi concepts and culture through creative events and creative writing. The community aims to provide a space for Afrofuturistic ideas + practical implementation in service of liberation.
Spatial Futures Initiative
The Spatial Futures Initiative is a PolicyLink Project that aims to be a potent catalyst and visionary policy hub for reparative spatial justice work in land and housing. The project is maned by Rasheedah Phillips in their capacity as Director of Housing Futures & Land Justice at PolicyLink.
Mmere Dane: Black Time Belt
Mmere Dane: Black Time Belt maps several historic all-Black towns and Freedom Colonies across the United States pre- and post- Civil war - many destroyed by displacement, development, racist violence, and environmental injustice. Mmere Dane: Black Time Belt functions as a Black Quantum Futurist archive of alternative past-present-future(s) where the towns form a network of Black temporal zones - or a Black Time Belt - protecting these communities from the impacts of temporal-spatial oppression and destructive linear progressive timelines.
