Afrofuture World-build: Nonlinear Time
Afrofuture World-Build: Nonlinear Time
Time is not a straight line.
In many African and diasporic cosmologies, time spirals. Ancestors walk beside us. Futures call us backward and forward at the same time. Memory is not behind us—it is alive, active, instructive.
Facilitated by Afrofuturist Ingrid LaFleur, in this Afrofuture World-Build, we will imagine a world beyond clocks, deadlines, and productivity cycles. A world where past, present, and future coexist in conversation. A world where ancestral knowledge shapes tomorrow in real time.
Together, we will explore:
What happens when we release Western linear time and return to cyclical, relational temporalities?
How do communities make decisions when the ancestors are present stakeholders?
What does planning look like when the future is something we remember?
How does nonlinear time transform grief, pleasure, justice, and liberation?
Through guided prompts, collective dreaming, and speculative design, we will build a 2070 rooted in layered time. We will ask: How do we live when time is abundant, recursive, and sacred?
Come ready to stretch your imagination.
Come ready to feel time differently.
Come ready to meet yourself across timelines.
This world-build will be expansive, playful, and deeply grounding.
Time is already bending. Let’s step into it together.
Presented by The Afrofuture Strategies Institute. www.afrofuturestrategies.com