Ujima Wednesdays | Speculative Climate Futures with Simone Delaney

Liberation Study Hall: 

In honor of the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Schools of 1964, the Boston Ujima Project proudly presents "Liberation Study Hall," a year-long exploration of historical figures, schools of thought, experiments and sites that have contributed to shaping our contemporary movements and global landscape.

Building Black Worlds Workshop Series:

Over the past decade, a growing body of scholarship has reframed the conversation around centuries of disenfranchisement and race-based environmental and structural violence. At the same time, in cities across the globe, Black people are building worlds unto themselves, enriching and challenging fields like urban planning and development. Join us this month at Ujima Wednesdays as we learn from scholars and practitioners who are fighting against structural injustice in housing, culture, climate and policy to build Black worlds.

Workshop Description:

This workshop will explore speculative worldbuilding as a means of envisioning climate futures in Black communities, neighborhoods and wider geographies. It will highlight Maroon traditions of adaptation and the reclamation of ancestral knowledge, exploring how these frameworks can be applied in contemporary contexts.

Please note this is a virtual event.

Facilitator Bio:

Simone Delaney (they/them) is a multidisciplinary designer interested in intersections of race/space/ecology. With a background in architecture and landscape architecture, they have supported resilience-centered projects in San Francisco, New York, Louisiana, Florida, and Jakarta. As a descendant of self-emancipated Black migrants to so-called Canada, their personal research interests include fugitive landscapes, maroon legacies, Black + Indigenous interrelationality, and climate disaster collectivism.