Special Edition: ANNOUNCEMENT!
Friday, March 6, 2009
PoC in SF/F Carnival Special Edition:Interrogating the Text, De-Colonizing the Mind: An Intra-PoC DialogueThis special edition of the PoC in SF/F carnival is once again dedicated to
intra-PoC dialogue.
Separated by time and distance, joined by personal experience and on/offline
interaction, our lives together are not always a bed of roses.
In the wake of recent events, what's next on the horizon for intra-PoC
relations? How do I/You/Me/We go about creating those places where our own efforts shine while at the same time work through those things that divide us?
Contributors are invited to engage the theme as they choose. It's a jumping
off point but not necessarily a cliff.
Caveat: Since People of Color (PoC) is not necessarily a universally used term, especially by fans living outside of the US, I encourage those who
have other ways of defining themselves (for example, non-white, fen of
pigment, chromatic) to step up and participate.
Feel free to post this notice far and wide.
Send your links to: ladyj dot 965 at gmail dot com
Deadline for submission: March 27, 2009
Host: ladyjax
Location: boom_tube (aka ladyjax's other not so used LiveJournal)
Questions: ladyj dot 965 at gmail dot com
We've already started this with PoC Author & Character Story Reccs. But the Carnival is part of our infrastructure and I look forward to seeing yet another aspect of the
Conversations We Want To Have.
Also please do not forget the
Asian Woman Blog Carnival:
Deadline - April 3rd 2009.
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PoC in SF Carnival - IBARW Special Edition
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Like last year, this year has a Special Edition Carnival devoted to recapping International Blog Against Racism Week, started by Oyceter @ Livejournal.
The issue notes a generalized percentage of 50% POC participation this year. As someone also involved in bringing awareness that there are POC and POC issues online, in geekdom and specifically SFdom, those numbers are heartening.
Oycter notes she needs better outreach to Latin@s and that her goal for next year is more input from non-Western, non-American participants to get their points of view. And it's a reminder to me that I should keep up Faces of Colour as a visual reminder that the people involved in creating and promoting Speculative Fiction come from all countries, skin colours, ethnicities and cultures.
Go and check it out. I'm sure there are things missed during the week back in August. I know I still have some tabs bookmarked to get back to and I saw a few links I'd missed entirely.
The next Carnival will be hosted in December by Delux_Vivens @ DeadBroWalking. The theme "Men of Colour in Speculative Fictions.". There's more than enough time for you to write something and submit for the carnival with a link via her livejournal address or to my email for me to forward it.
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SPECIAL EDITION #1: PoC SciFi & Fantasy Carnival
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Special Edition: The IBARW Edition hosted @ lj on The IBARW Community.
Links, links, links and more links. If you missed some of the wonderful discussion of IBAR2 the first time around, find it now. Read. Browse. Self-educate.
There's been a lot going on recently; discussions, trolls, flames. The links here might lead to better conversations seeing as how 2007 seems to be the year we discuss how to discuss racism so that we're all on the same page when it comes to addressing it.
Coming near the end of the month, a regular edition, hosted at Willow_dot_com @ Lj IF I don't hear back from assigned hostess Starkeymonster / Julia's Livejournal.
Submission deadline 10/20. Post goes live 10/24.
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