Syms argues that our present daily life — not just sci-fi, not fantasy — is already a future. It repositions how we perceive cultural input, and how individual identity + lived experience shape design and cultural output.

Syms, Martine. “The Mundane Afrofuturist Manifesto.” 2013. Rhizome. https://rhizome.org/editorial/2013/jun/02/mundane-afrofuturist-manifesto