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]

  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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "Writing Toward a Definition of Indigenous Futurism". Literary Hub. 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2023-12-01.