South asian futurisms

Artists and Creators

• Saks Afridi (US)
• Nag Aswhin (IN)
• Maya Arulpragasam aka MIA (SL-UK-IN)
• Kai (Kari) Altmann aka Hitashya (US-IN)
• Bloni Atelier (Akshat Bansal) (UK-IN)
• Vimal Chandran (IN)
• Omar Gilani (PK-UK)
• Varun Gupta (IN)
• Akanskha Jain
• Svetha Yallapragada Rao aka Raja Kumari (US-IN)
• Subash Thebe Limbu (NP)
• Sam Madhu (IN-DE)
• The Otolith Group (Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun) (UK)
• Vandana Shiva (IN)
• Sony Thokchom (IN)

Theorists & Critics

• Saddaf Padder (US)

Discussions

• Kai (Kari) Altmann, Prateek Arora, Naveen Shamsudhin, "XLE.LIFE presents XLE.LIVE: #Indofuturism? #Desifuturism?", XLE.LIFE, Online, Mumbai, Zurich, April 2023.

Publications

Books

• Taryne Jade Taylor, Isiah Lavender III, Grace L. Dillon, Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of CoFuturisms], Routledge, Oct 2023, 716 pp. Publisher.

Magazines, Journals, Blogs

• XLE.LIFE: New Terms 2024: Indofuturism(s) and Desifuturism(s), Kai (Kari) Altmann, XLE.LIFE, March 22 2024.
• Coasting the Topography of South Asian Futurisms, Saddaf Padder, Hyperallergic, March 27 2023.
• How Can a Curator Approach South Asian Futurisms?, Saddaf Padder, Hyperallergic, March 23 2023.
• In Search of Inclusive South Asian Futurisms, Saddaf Padder, Hyperallergic, March 22 2023.

Essays, Book Chapters

• Ryan A D'Souza, "Imagining a Desi Future", South Asian Popular Culture, vol. 17, no.1, Apr 2 2019, pp. 47-59.
• 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.
• Hina Siddiqui, "Cultural Futurism: Possibilities, Probabilities and Potential", ArtNowThus.in, May 2022.
• Kai (Kari) Altmann, [https://xle.life/newterms/2024/indofuturisms-desifuturisms "XLE.LIFE New Terms 2024: #Indofuturism(s)/#Desifuturism(s)", XLE.LIFE, March 2024.

Conferences

• Vijay Prashad, Anna Stirr, Pallavi Gupta, Jairus Grove, Monica Gosh, Anju Parvathy Biju, Nudrat Kamal, Sadaf Padder, Ian Bellows, Aqsa Mengal, Mangalika de Silva, Ned Bertz, Nikita Das, Ninad Pandit, Tabinda Mahfooz Khan, Pasang Yangjee Sherpa, Kalzang Dorje Bhutia, Charisma Lepcha, Mabel Denzin Gergan, Elspeth Iralu, Sara Smith, Subash Thebe Limbu, Shalini Kakar, Aatika Singh, M. Shobhana Xavier, Prateek Paul, Maha Ali, Jan Brunson, Pallavi Gupta, "UH Manoa Center for South Asian Studies Spring Symposium 2024: South Asian Futures", University of Hawai'i at Manoa, April 10-12, 2024.

See Also

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