<div dir="ltr">Hi, everyone, what follows is an event announcement from a colleague at University of Delaware. There is a registration link at the end of the quoted message:<div><br><div><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffabiokabral.wordpress.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Crpm76%40drexel.edu%7C5f3be42d35f946c2c94408d9a2be5674%7C3664e6fa47bd45a696708c4f080f8ca6%7C0%7C0%7C637719760665260573%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=67qad9zef0MHCb3%2Bv8OOKaOWKqlI6CdRC3QJUYmv1xM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Fábio Kabral</a> and <a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redeafrofuturismo.com%2F&data=04%7C01%7Crpm76%40drexel.edu%7C5f3be42d35f946c2c94408d9a2be5674%7C3664e6fa47bd45a696708c4f080f8ca6%7C0%7C0%7C637719760665270565%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=wnK3pxVMmpnnDzNEMiHd0BGiwzEPgj9GP0HDKVH1Shk%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Karolina Desirée</a> of Brazil are theorists and activists of Brazilian Afrofuturismo, a movement that encompasses theory, activism, literature and comics, visual and performing arts, and fashion and design.<br></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><u></u></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Afrofuturismo draws on the Yoruba religious tradition and images, and envisions retribution for five centuries of enslavement, displacement, and cultural violence. Yoruba spirit magic powers the city’s psychic phones, flying cars, power generators, computers, and food production, and vigilante cyber-mutants relentlessly punish corruption, racism, and sexual violence.<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">When: Nov 9, 2021 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">In Portuguese with English interpretation</p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fudel.zoom.us%2Fmeeting%2Fregister%2FtJcpd-6opzwtH9Z7ooM_m2Wc8FitLcjs4k8J&data=04%7C01%7Crpm76%40drexel.edu%7C5f3be42d35f946c2c94408d9a2be5674%7C3664e6fa47bd45a696708c4f080f8ca6%7C0%7C0%7C637719760665270565%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=cSopfaRG14kZce%2FNQHe%2FlXes2Ymst0q4RwRC8gfolMo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Register in advance for this meeting with this link</a><u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.<u></u><u></u></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px">Supported by generous contributions from the Paul R. Jones Anti-Racism Initiative, the University of Delaware Faculty Senate Cultural Activities and Public Events (CAPE) fund, the Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures, the Latin American & Iberian Studies program, and Global & Area Studies.</p></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>andré m. carrington <br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Associate Professor of English</div><div>University of California, Riverside</div><div>--</div><div><a href="https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/speculative-blackness" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Speculative Blackness: The Future of Race in Science Fiction</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>