Grace Dillon

Grace L. Dillon is an American academic and author. She is a professor in the Indigenous Nations Studies Program, in the School of Gender, Race, and Nations, at Portland State University.[1] [2] She received her PhD in literary studies with an emphasis in sixteenth-century literature, and her recent research regards science fiction studies.[3]

Similar to the concept of Afrofuturism, Dillon is best known for coining the term Indigenous Futurism, which is a movement consisting of art, literature and other forms of media which express Indigenous perspectives of the past, present and future in the context of science fiction and related sub-genres. Although Grace Dillon first coined the term “Indigenous Futurisms" in 2003, the first publication of its kind with a focus on Indigenous Futurisms, Walking the Clouds, was not published until 2012.[4]

Academic Work

Dillon is the editor of Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction, which is the first anthology of Indigenous science fiction short stories, published by the University of Arizona Press in 2012.[5][6][7] She organized the collection with the following sub-genres: Native Slipstream, Contact, Indigenous Science and Sustainability, Native Apocalypse, and Returning to Ourselves.[6] The anthology includes works from Gerald Vizenor, Leslie Marmon Silko, Sherman Alexie, William Sanders and Stephen Graham Jones.[6] The anthology brings together multiple stories from authors who are Native American, First Nations, Aboriginal Australian, and New Zealand Maori.[6]

Previously, Dillon has edited Hive of Dreams: Contemporary Science Fiction from the Pacific Northwest, which was published in 2003 by Oregon State University Press.[8][9] This is an anthology of science fiction from writers living in the Pacific Northwest, and features works from authors such as Greg Bear, Octavia Butler, and Molly Gloss.[8] She also coedited The Routledge Handbook of CoFuturisms with Taryne Jade Taylor, Isiah Lavender III, and Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay.[10] This book was published in 2023 by Routledge.[10] The book dives into different forms of futurisms, such as Latinx Futurisms, Afrofuturisms, and Indigenous Futurisms.[10]

Selected works

• Hive of Dreams: Contemporary Science Fiction from the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University Press. 2003.[9]
• Indigenous Scientific Literacies in Nalo Hopkinson's Ceremonial Worlds. GL Dillon. Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 2007.[11]
• Walking The Clouds: An Anthology Of Indigenous Science Fiction. University of Arizona Press. 2012.[7]
• The Routledge Handbook of CoFuturisms. Routledge. 2023.[10]

External links

References

1. "Grace Dillon | Portland State University". www.pdx.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
2. "Our Faculty & Staff | Portland State University". www.pdx.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
3. Walking the clouds : an anthology of indigenous science fiction. Dillon, Grace L. Tucson. ISBN 9780816529827. OCLC 750401406.
4. "Writing Toward a Definition of Indigenous Futurism". Literary Hub. 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
5. Muzyka, Kyle (Mar 10, 2019). "From growing medicine to space rockets: What is Indigenous futurism?". CBC Radio.
6. "Walking the Clouds – UAPress". 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
7. Walking the clouds : an anthology of indigenous science fiction. Dillon, Grace L. Tucson. ISBN 9780816529827. OCLC 750401406.
8. "Hive of Dreams | OSU Press". osupress.oregonstate.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
9. Hive of dreams : contemporary science fiction from the Pacific Northwest. Dillon, Grace L. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press. 2003. ISBN 0870715550. OCLC 52418449.
10. "The Routledge Handbook of CoFuturisms". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
11. Dillon, Grace L. (2007). "Indigenous Scientific Literacies in Nalo Hopkinson's Ceremonial Worlds". Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts. 1 (69): 23–41. JSTOR 24351025.