Dalit futurism

Names

• Dalit Futurism
• Dalit Futurisms
• Can overlap with or be a rejection of Desifuturism(s), Indofuturism(s), South Asian Futurism(s) and others
• Can overlap with Indigenous Futurisms, Queer Futurisms and others

Artists and Creators

• Priya Sarukkai Chabria (IN)
• Mimi Mondal (US)
• Osheen Siva (IN)

Curators, Theorists & Critics

• Priteegandha Naik
• Saddaf Padder

Discussions

• "Formations – Adivasi and Dalit Futurism: Artists Subash Thebe Limbu and Osheen Siva in Conversation", CADALFEST (Celebrating Adivasi and Dalit Arts and Literature Festival), Bonington Gallery, Online, India and Nottingham, October 20 2022. Speakers: Osheen Siva, Subash Thebe Limbu, K.A. Geetha, Priteegandha Naik.
• "Rivers, Forests & Earth: Speculating Dalit Histories and Dalit Futures in Bengal", Berkely Center For New Media, UC Berkeley, April 12 2023. Speaker: Mimi Mondal.

Exhibitions & Catalogues

• Vessel, Pulp Society, Delhi, 2023. Solo show by Osheen Siva.

Publications

Videos, Podcasts, Radio

• "The future is Dalit female", EShe, March 02, 2022.

Essays, Articles, Book Chapters

• Priteegandha Naik, "Dalit-futurist Feminism: New Alliances through Dalit Feminism and Indian Science Fiction", Journal of International Womens' Studies, Volume 22, Issue 10, Casteing Gender: Intersectional Oppression of Dalit women, Bridgewater State University, Oct 2021.
• Gulbahaar Kaur, "An Upcoming Exhibition In Delhi Highlights The Imagined Realities Of Dalit Futurism", Homegrown, February 02 2023.
• Saddaf Padder, "Coasting the Topography of South Asian Futurisms", Hyperallergic, March 27 2023.
• Virender Singh, "Does Dalit Futurism In Science Fiction Offer An Avenue Of Liberation?", Homegrown, June 26 2023.
• Rohini Kejriwal, "Osheen Siva’s Hopeful, Gooey Futurism", Blackstarfest: Seen, Issue 005, Winter 2023.

Theses

• Priteegandha Naik, Dalit Futurism Caste and Gender in Indian Science Fiction, PhD Thesis, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, 2023.

See Also

Futurisms, Desifuturism, Indofuturism, South Asian Futurisms, Tamil Futurisms, Tamizh Futurisms, Subaltern Futurism, New World, Indigenous Futurism, Adivasi Futurism, Global South Futurisms, Third Culture, Post Western, Tropical Futurism, Afrofuturism, Decolonization