Futurism and Genre Genesis in Brazilian Science Fiction

Abstract

The recent emergence of futurism movements seeking agency over the imagination of the future often has the communities of readers and writers of science fiction as one of its pillars. Its proponents seek to stake their claim on a new movement by mobilizing the SF community and the memory work of fandom but whether they can achieve enough critical mass to enact broader collective action is uncertain. Taking as example the sertãopunk subgenre of Brazilian SF, this paper will discuss the internal coloniality of Brazilian regionalism that resulted in the creation of a spatial identity for the northeast region now being challenged, before arguing that political intent is merging with genre intervention to form one infrastructure of futurism.