'The other side of time': spatial thinking, race, and technology in the musical technique of Sun Ra.

This article examines the interplay of race, technology, music, and geographical thought through Sun Ra’s jazz composition and film *Space Is the Place*, situating it within Black American musical traditions and Afrofuturism. It argues that the piece’s unconventional use of time signatures disrupts Western concepts of grounding—both physical and philosophical—challenging dominant spatial and temporal frameworks rooted in colonial and racial exclusion. By treating Sun Ra’s music as a literal vehicle for interplanetary transportation, the article suggests it offers a model for rethinking spatiality beyond Earth-bound, geocentric perspectives, addressing contemporary social and political upheavals. This analysis highlights how Black musical expression engages with and resists hegemonic technological and spatial orders, proposing a post-planetary geography informed by the sonic and cultural dimensions of Blackness.