Dear Science and Other Stories
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- Author：Katherine McKittrick
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Summary
In Dear Science and Other Stories Katherine McKittrick presents a creative and rigorous study of black and anticolonial methodologies。 Drawing on black studies， studies of race， cultural geography， and black feminism as well as a mix of methods， citational practices， and theoretical frameworks， she positions black storytelling and stories as strategies of invention and collaboration。 She analyzes a number of texts from intellectuals and artists ranging from Sylvia Wynter to the electronica band Drexciya to explore how narratives of imprecision and relationality interrupt knowledge systems that seek to observe， index， know， and discipline blackness。 Throughout McKittrick offers curiosity， wonder， citations， numbers， playlists， friendship， poetry， inquiry， song， grooves， and anticolonial chronologies as interdisciplinary codes that entwine with the academic form。 Suggesting that black life and black livingness are， in themselves， rebellious methodologies， McKittrick imagines without totally disclosing the ways in which black intellectuals invent ways of living outside prevailing knowledge systems。
Reviews
Geoff
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I did not know of Katherine McKittrick previously。 I came across this book thanks to Chanda Prescod-Weinstein who， at the time of this review， will have her book The Disordered Cosmos out in a few days。 I have it pre-ordered。 Prescod-Weinstein had done a podcast with the author and it received rave reviews as did the book。 The reviews intrigued me so much so that I had to purchase it and I am glad I did。This book is unlike any I have read before。 It is， as the summary suggests， a create and rigo I did not know of Katherine McKittrick previously。 I came across this book thanks to Chanda Prescod-Weinstein who， at the time of this review， will have her book The Disordered Cosmos out in a few days。 I have it pre-ordered。 Prescod-Weinstein had done a podcast with the author and it received rave reviews as did the book。 The reviews intrigued me so much so that I had to purchase it and I am glad I did。This book is unlike any I have read before。 It is， as the summary suggests， a create and rigorous study of black and anticolonial methodologies。 I will be honest here and state that I cannot properly comment on what is being presented in this book because I lack the knowledge that is required to do so。 I can honestly say when I bought this book I thought I would have it read in a week。 It took close to a month because I respected the work。 I took notes， made lists and hope to have time to put in the effort to read some of the referenced materials so that I can perhaps revisit this work again with more understanding of the material。The more I read the more I realize that you cannot really give a true commentary on what is being presented in this book unless you have read the referenced materials。 Within the stories and studies are many citations that the author makes as references and， as the author points out， you need to read the referenced materials in order to go deeper。 During the course of reading this book I have done just that， making a wish list of materials cited and it is large。 Thanks to this book I now have an incredible knowledgebase of materials to help further increase my understanding of topics that I know very little about。Aside from this book peaking my interest in the works of Sylvia Wynter & Edouard Glissant among others there were some subjects that were brought up which I had not heard of before and fascinated me。 One being Drexciya。 I had never heard of Drexciya before and it comes up through the synth band of the same name。 From the book:"Drexciya， which eschewed media attention and its attendant focus on personality，[5] developed a nautical afrofuturist myth。[6] The group revealed in the sleeve notes to their 1997 album The Quest that "Drexciya" was an underwater country populated by the unborn children of pregnant African women who were thrown off of slave ships; the babies had adapted to breathe underwater in their mothers' wombs。[7] The myth was built partly on Paul Gilroy's The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness （1993）"This also introduced me to the story of the slave ship the Zong。 Horrific！ One other interesting section is about Davonte Flennoy who was pegged as 20 times more likely than the average Chicago Public Schools student to kill or be killed。 It sadly turned out to be true but the study that determined this outlined how little value is put on black life。 The author looks at the racism involved with the algorithm that predicted this individual's life span and suggests that it had to have involved "administrative and methodological steps that require racism before they beign to work through and toward the problem。" （pg。 111 of kindle edition）。 This book is far above 5 stars for what you can get out of it。 I recommend this book especially to those who want to expand their outlook on life and challenge themselves by getting a deeper understanding of this work。 。。。more
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Katherine McKittrick is in her bag once again with this one！ Also， a very accessible book for folks who want to get into Black science studies， critiques of liberal humanism， and the academy！
Krzys Chwala
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