Indigenous science fiction against settler science fiction: Nicole Kuʻuleinapuananiolikoʻawapuhimelemeleolani Furtado, ‘Indigenous futurisms’, in Mark Bould, Andrew M. Butler, Sherryl Vint (eds), The New Routledge Companion to Science Fiction, Routledge, 2024 | settler colonial studies blog

Indigenous science fiction against settler science fiction: Nicole Kuʻuleinapuananiolikoʻawapuhimelemeleolani Furtado, ‘Indigenous futurisms’, in Mark Bould, Andrew M. Butler, Sherryl Vint (eds), The New Routledge Companion to Science Fiction, Routledge, 2024

06Jul24

Abstract: Indigenous speculative fiction is significantly related to traditional forms of sf but has also expanded and evolved into varied art forms that emphasise relationality through technological dynamism and Indigenous cultural knowledge production. Indigenous futurisms and Native sf affirm that ancestral technology and knowledges are indeed technologies and knowledge, and that they are both vital forms that need to be learned and extended in the present and into the future. Indigenous futurisms is an umbrella term for the ways in which Native cultures utilise traditional knowledges to expand, remix and continue to engage in cultural revitalisation and reclamation within contemporary contexts. This chapter explores how Indigenous futurisms becomes a transitive mode that is useful for Native peoples to think through and address the problems of the present, while being in close consultation with the knowledge and protocols of our ancestors, and keeping in mind future generations who must contend with the actions we make in the here-and-now. By engaging the different kinds of projects that have emerged from the movement of Indigenous futurisms, this chapter operates as a survey of the field at large and the stakes involved for Native communities towards decolonial/anticolonial worldmaking through speculative forms and aesthetics.

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