Blackfella futurism: speculative fiction grounded in grassroots sovereignty politics

Mykaela Saunders

doi:10.4324/9780429317828-11

Blackfella futurism: speculative fiction grounded in grassroots sovereignty politics

Mykaela Saunders

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Abstract

The volume of speculative fiction (spec fic) texts that are set in the future and written by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, in long- and short-form fiction and in other media, began small and slow but has grown exponentially over the last few decades. Spanning 30 years of publication between 1990 and 2020, there have been 26 works published (and counting) written by Indigenous authors, which are all set in some version of the future—but can all these texts be considered Blackfella futurism? And of those that are, what do they say about who and how we may be in these futures?

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge handbook of CoFuturisms
Editors	Taryne Jade Taylor, Isiah Lavender III, Grace L. Dillon, Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay
Place of Publication	New York ; London
Publisher	Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
Chapter	9
Pages	100-110
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781000934076, 9780429317828
ISBN (Print)	9780367330613, 9781032557649
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429317828-11
Publication status	Published - 2024
Externally published	Yes

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Blackfella futurism: speculative fiction grounded in grassroots sovereignty politics. / Saunders, Mykaela.
The Routledge handbook of CoFuturisms. ed. / Taryne Jade Taylor; Isiah Lavender III; Grace L. Dillon; Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay. New York ; London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2024. p. 100-110.

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