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Troy L. Wiggins

Troy L. Wiggins is a writer and editor with a focus on Black speculative fiction and social justice. In this episode of The Imagination Desk, we chat with Troy about

Imaginary Papers: Issue 4

Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Katherine Buse and Joey Eschrich

CSI Skill Tree: 80 Days and Africa & Africans in Video Games

with Deji Bryce Olukotun

Troy L. Wiggins

Troy L. Wiggins is a writer and editor with a focus on Black speculative fiction and social justice. In this episode of The Imagination Desk, we chat with Troy about power of speculative art as a tool for Black people around the world to reckon with t…

Ytasha Womack

Ytasha Womack is an award-winning author, filmmaker, independent scholar, and dance therapist. She is a leading expert on Afrofuturism, and on the imagination and its applications. In this conversation …

Banner image for CSI Skill Tree: Time and Emotion in Video Games. On the left side, headshots of Tochi Onyebuchi and Jessica L. Conditt. On the right side, a screenshot from the Flower, showing two flower petals drifting in the wind.

CSI Skill Tree: Time and Emotion in Video Games

with Jessica L. Conditt & Tochi Onyebuchi

Imagination, Dreams and Empathy With Ed Finn

Join Ed Finn, associate professor and director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University, as he explains why imagination is the ignition system for all

“Tomorrow Is Another Daze” by Ernest Hogan

A story about Aztlán, creative reuse, and making technology work for you.

Conversations—Ernest Hogan and Frederick Luis Aldama

“Even God Has a Place Called Home” by Ray Mwihaki

A story about environmental health, technophilia, and transcendence.

Conversations—Ray Mwihaki and Christopher Rowe

Imaginary Papers 3

Imaginary Papers: Issue 3

Troy L. Wiggins, Kate Greene & Joey Eschrich

Banner image for CSI Skill Tree: Waking Mars. On the left side, headshots of Katherine Buse and Steven Desch. On the right side, a screenshot from the game, showing a person in a spacesuit climbing an incline.

CSI Skill Tree: Waking Mars

with Katherine Buse & Steven Desch

“The Wandering City,” by Usman T. Malik

A story about temporal anomalies, public spaces, and a new global consciousness.

Conversations—Usman T. Malik and James Graham

“A Cyber-Cuscuta Manifesto” by Regina Kanyu Wang

A story about big data, emerging life forms, and a plea for coexistence.

Conversations—Regina Kanyu Wang and Athena Aktipis

Using design-based research to improve peer help-giving in a middle school math classroom

Mawasi, A., Ahmed, I., Walker, E., Wang, S., Marasli, Z., Whitehurst, A., & Wylie, R.
International Conference on the Learning Sciences.

Banner image for CSI Skill Tree: Subsurface Circular. On the left side, headshots of Izzy Fiacco and Malik Toms. On the right side, a screenshot from the game, showing two blocky humanoid robots sitting next to one another.

CSI Skill Tree: Subsurface Circular

with Izzy Fiacco & Malik Toms

“Notice” by Sarah Pinsker

A tale of unanticipated mail and the limits of self-reliance.

Conversations— Sarah Pinsker and Punya Mishra

“Fourth and Most Important” by Nisi Shawl

A tale of coded messages, clandestine drone deliveries, and surprising alliances.

Conversations— Nisi Shawl and Ayana Jamieson

Five separate works by Nina Miller for the Us In Flux series. From left to right; a quilt sewn with black thread, embroidered leaves, fabric resist and dye piece, a second quilt sewn with white thread, a woman embroidered with thread

The Art of Us in Flux: An Interview with Nina Miller

A conversation about art that visualizes the future, creative expression in moments of crisis, and how art can be a path into fictional worlds.

Two portraits embroidered on a quilt. The portrait on the left is stitched with black thread on white linen and the portrait on the right is stitched with various colored thread on a dark denim patch.

“Skating Without Streetlights” by Tina Connolly

A story about virtual reality, friendship, and the unexpected benefits of impersonation.

Conversations— Tina Connolly and Dennis Bonilla