Session 12B – Arab Futurism: On the Role of Imagination, Chronopolitics, and Futurism in Setting Alternative Political Agendas
June 12 @ 16h00 – 17h50
Chair: Julia Choucair Vizoso (Arab Reform Initiative)
Julia Choucair Vizoso (Arab Reform Initiative) – Seed Sovereignty as Arab Futurism
Mariz Kelada (American University of Beirut) – Re-reading Arabic Sci-Fi Series and Films: Utilizing Crisis and Hijacking Futurity
Malek Lakhal (Arab Reform Initiative / novelist) – The Politics of Waiting: Power, Inequality, and Temporal Control
Sarah Anne Rennick (American Graduate School in Paris) – Chronopolitics and Temporal Imaginaries: Time, Agency, and Political Dynamics