| Title: |
Equitable futures: Afrofuturism’s critical world-building potential for management education. |
| Authors: |
Rodriguez-Alfonso, Mauricio (AUTHOR) mauricio.rodriguez@bsb-education.com, Alcaraz, Jose M.1 (AUTHOR), Carrillo Cortina, Valeria2 (AUTHOR), Hassler-Forest, Dan3 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: |
Management Learning. Jan2025, p1. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Management education, *Business schools, Transmedia storytelling, Race, Afrofuturism |
| Abstract: |
How can management education integrate Afrofuturism’s critical world-building practices to challenge oppression and (inter-related) identity-shaping categories, such as gender and race? In this article, we introduce the intellectual, cultural, and aesthetic movement of Afrofuturism as a vehicle to foster emancipatory learning. We posit that Afrofuturism mobilizes world-building inspired by Afrocentric perspectives that are of particular value for management learners to: (a) interrogate in an intersectional way multiple identity-shaping sources of oppression, (b) experiment with non-linear approaches to time that offer an ingenious lens to examine identity issues, and (c) to capitalize on the emotional connections and rich multi-modal learning offered by transmedia storytelling. Our work advances the agenda of critical management educators by offering a radical proposal for learners to address existing systemic inequalities and re-imaginative alternative organizational, emancipatory futures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Business Source Complete |
