My collaboration with Anuj Vaidya was published (open access) in feminist review! You can access our speculative roleplaying game, “Resurrecting Jatayu” via the link here: Resurrecting Jatayu: A Speculative Cinema and Role-Playing Game
In this episode of the speculative cinema project Forest Tales, Jatayu is resurrected with a prosthetic wing, only to face the extinction of his kind in the present. Our reanimated protagonist sets off in search of Sita, who is now SITA: Sanctuary in Terra Autonoma—an autonomous forest zone that holds the seeds for human and vulture survival. She is a vision of the future in the present, a queer utopia forged through a practice of reciprocity, where the struggle pulses with life and love and laughter. Will you help Jatayu unearth the queer utopias that are latent in our impaired landscapes and disabled ecologies (Taylor, 2021), so that they may reach towards an alter-future? Begin by watching the video presentation, then follow the instructions in our gameplay worksheet to create your own design for Jatayu’s wing by navigating a series of choices that have both known and unforeseen consequences for our collective presents and futures.
Jessica Suzanne Stokes 