Space is a canvas onto which we project ideas about the future, but space is also literally a place in which post-colonial power structures are defined. This panel will explore the Afrofuturist interventions attempting to reimagine space and questioning the standard assumptions behind imagined futures in space.

This panel is part of the Outer Space theme, as organized by the January 27-29, 2022 Claiming Space Symposium. For more information, visit https://airandspace.si.edu/learn/highlighted-topics/afrofuturism/claimi…

The Smithsonian Afrofuturism Series is a collaboration between the National Air and Space Museum, the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), and the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art .