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Wed Oct 16, 02019, 10:30PM UTC

Jimena Canales

Indigenous Science Fiction, The Imagination, and Long-term Thinking

Indigenous Science Fiction, The Imagination, and Long-term Thinking

On Wednesday, October 16, 02019, Long Now Boston and Emerson Contemporary and  convened an extraordinary conversation about indigenous science fiction, the imagination, and long-term thinking. 

On Wednesday, October 16, 02019, Long Now Boston and Emerson Contemporary and  convened an extraordinary conversation about indigenous science fiction, the imagination, and long-term thinking. 

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On Wednesday, October 16, 02019, Long Now Boston and Emerson Contemporary and  convened an extraordinary conversation about indigenous science fiction, the imagination, and long-term thinking. 


The conversation was moderated by Dr. Leonie Bradbury, Distinguished Curator-in-Residence at Emerson College and Board Member of Long Now Boston Board member, and featured two extraordinary speakers:  Cannupa Hanska Luger, a New Mexico-based, multi-disciplinary artist, and Dr. Jimena Canales, noted author and intellectual.  Both speakers are concerned with the nature of time – historic, present, and future –  and how science/fiction, storytelling and long-term thinking intersect.


This event was held in conjunction with the exhibition FUTURE ANCESTRAL TECHNOLOGIES nágshibi, featuring new art work by Cannupa Hanska Luger.  This exhibit featured approach to making art objects, videos, and performance with the  intent to influence global consciousness, using creative storytelling to radically reimagine the  future.


For more on Cannupa’s remarkable art, visit his website at Cannupahanska.com.


Dr. Jimena Canales award-winning books are featured on her website at Jimenacanales.org.

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