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Punky Futures - Coggle Diagram
Punky Futures
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Solarpunk: A Hopeful Future
Hayao Miyazaki | Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
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Animated Film
- Post-apocalyptic healing, environmental empathy, human-nature synergy
Gojira | “Global Warming” (2005)
- Metal Song - Climate crisis awareness, planetary grief, urgent need for change
Blizzard Entertainment | Overwatch (2016)
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Video Game
- High-tech heroes, global cooperation
N. K. Jemison | “The Ones Who Stay and Fight” (2020)
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Short Story
- Ethical utopia, collective resistance to hate, active maintenance of justice
Common | “Imagine” (2021)
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Hip-hop
- Social equality, eco-consciousness, faith in humanity’s progress
Christian Holland | Wind Farmer (2022)
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Video Game
- Sustainable energy, small-scale solutions, player empathy
Free Lives | Terra Nil (2023)
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Strategy Game
- Ecosystem restoration, anti-colonial reclamation, reversing climate damage
Utopian Art Machine | “SolarPunk Anthem” (2024)
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Digital Music
- Celebration of green energy, collective joy
Lynn D. Jung | “We Cast Our Eyes to the Unknowable Now” (2025)
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Short Story
- Deep in the fissures that plague Koreatown, Christina’s search for her sister reveals something new.
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Futurism: Origins and Evolution
Futurism
began in 1909, coined by poet Filippo Marinetti
, who admired speed, danger, and machines like the automobile.
ART
Giacomo Balla | Dynamism of a Dog on a Leash (1912)
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Painting
- A small dog walking briskly beside its owner
Umberto Boccioni | Unique Forms of Continuity in Space (1913)
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Sculpture
- A stylized human figure striding forward
How is futurism different from science fiction?
Futurism tells you what the future should be.
Science fiction asks what the future could be.
Should we value futures that never came true?
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Atompunk: The Atomic What-If
Sons of the Pioneers | “Old Man Atom” (1945)
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Country/Spoken Word; Satirical
- Warns against nuclear war with ironic humor and references to scientists, politicians, and God
The Golden Gate Quartet | “Atom and Evil” (1946)
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Gospel/Jazz; Darkly Comic
- Uses a biblical metaphor—“Atom and Evil” to reflect on the moral danger of nuclear weapons
Five Stars | “Atom Bomb Baby” (1957)
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Rockabilly; Playful
- Turns the atomic bomb into a metaphor for a sexy, explosive woman
Tom Lehrer | “So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III)” (1965)
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Satirical Cabaret
- A soldier sings a cheerful farewell to his mom while heading into a nuclear war
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Afrofuturism: Reclaiming the Future
blends technology, culture, and identity, imagining empowered Black futures.
ART
Sun Ra | “Space is the Place” (1973)
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Jazz/Film
- Liberation through cosmic migration
Marvel | Black Panther (book cover) (1977) vs Black Panther (movie poster) (2018)
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Comic Art vs. Film
-Superhero identity, African pride, tech empowerment
Grace Jones | “Nightclubbing” (1981)
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Music
- Alienation, post-human identity
Flying Lotus | “Galaxy In Janaki” (2010)
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Experimental Music
- Psychedelic spirituality, ancestral memory
Kendrick Lamar | “Black Panther” (2018)
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Hip-Hop
- Power, legacy, Afrofuturist nationalism
Cyrus Kabiru | Miyale Ya Blue (2020)
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Visual Art
- Reclaiming waste, techno-tribal aesthetics