The discussion Black Techno Futures: Local and Global Perspectives, hosted under new educational program of the festival, will take place online on July 23. Including perspectives from different cities, this discussion will explore the conditions of working as a black person in dance music, diving into challenges and how things need to change for black people to survive and flourish.
The discussion is programmed and hosted by Frankie Decaiza Hutchinson from Discwoman, Bossa Nova Civic Club and Brooklyn’s Dweller Festival. Panelists include a DJ, producer and New World Dysorder co-founder Jasmine Infiniti, DJ, promoter, label owner and agent Lerato Khathi aka Lakuti, a queer diasporic Somali activist Axmed Maxamed, a DJ, producer and artist from Uganda Authentically Plastic, DJ and producer from Rio de Janeiro Ønírica.
