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Biography
Gloria Adu-Kankam is a PhD student in Culture Studies at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She holds a BA degree in Land Economy from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana, and an MA in International Affairs with African Studies major from the Ohio University. Her research interest includes technology and culture, media and society and gender empowerment in the context of Afro-techno-culture. In her PhD research, she wishes to explore the role of digitality in the contemporary representation of Afro-techno-culture.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Correlation between Afrofuturism and science fiction in Space is the Place: praxis or paradox?
Fofie, G. A., 29 Jun 2023, In: Diffractions. 6, p. 43-70 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sankofa in Afrofuturism’s Imagining: a reading of Chinua Achebe’s things fall apart
Adu-Kankam, G., 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Masks and Afrofuturism: the imperative of masquerade as a technology of identity in Coogler’s Black Panther and Sun Ra’s Space is the Place
Adu-Kankam, G., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Afrofuturism: creating convivial site of reproduction in Octavia Butler's Dawn
Adu-Kankam, G., 1 Jun 2021.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract
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Technology and environment, friends or foes? The case of Wakanda in Marvel’s
Adu-Kankam, G., 6 Jul 2020.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
Activities
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Sankofa in afrofuturism’s imagining: a reading of chinua achebe’s things fall apart
Adu-Kankam, G. (Speaker)
3 Jul 2023 → 8 Jul 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Tropes of Polarity
Adu-Kankam, G. (Participant)
26 Jan 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Masks and Afrofuturism: The Imperative of Masquerade as a Technology of Identity in Coogler’s Black Panther and Sun Ra’s Space is the Place
Adu-Kankam, G. (Speaker)
27 Jun 2022 → 2 Jul 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Diffractions (Journal)
Adu-Kankam, G. (Guest editor), Oliveira, J. (Guest editor) & Thaler, M. T. (Guest editor)
2022 → 2024Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Afrofuturism: The dynamics of Intersectionality in Creating Convivial Relation between Black Imagination and Modern Science Fiction in Octavia Butler’s Dawn
Adu-Kankam, G. (Speaker)
1 Jul 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation