A Conversation with Dr. tobias c. van veen about Afrofuturism, Sound, and Culture
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In this episode, we spoke with Dr. Tobias c. van Veen.
Dr. van Veen is Visiting Scholar at the ReImagining Value Action Lab at Lakehead University and Visiting Professor in Humanities at Quest University. He holds a doctorate in Philosophy and Communication Studies from McGill University. His transdisciplinary research and teaching address the philosophy of race, sound, and technology in critical media studies.
He has published widely on Afrofuturism, posthumanism, and electronic dance music cultures (EDMC). tobias is lead editor of the “Black Lives, Black Politics, Black Futures” special issue of TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies (2018), editor of the Afrofuturism special issue of Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture (2013), and co-editor of the Journal’s special issue “Echoes from the Dub Diaspora” (2015).
In 2020 he launched the Afrofuturist Studies & Speculative Cultures series on Lexington Books. A sound/media artist, filmmaker, and tactical turntablist since 1993, tobias has exhibited and curated interventions, events, and broadcasts worldwide. An award-winning broadcaster and photojournalist, tobias hosts the Other Planes: Afro/Futurism podcast on CreativeDisturbance.org and curates the sound-art label IOSOUND.ca.
In our conversation, we delve into the history of Afrofuturist sound and the vital impact of Detriot Techno in that history.
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