Futures

This article is part of my Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries. Previous Chapter: 1.5 Situating the researcher

This chapter examines various concepts and definitions of the future, images of the future, and knowledge of the future from the context of futures studies for their relevance to the consideration of societal expectations of the future.

Next Chapter: 2.1.1 Present futures from Grunwald

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Article - Futures from Ruins
Article: Bombay Beach: Rethinking Ruins In The Climate Change Era by Johanna Hoffman
Books on Futures
If people ask me for book recommendations on the topic of foresight and futures studies, I usually recommend two books...
Conclusion
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]]. Previous Chapter: 4.2.4 [[AI, future imaginaries, and futures studies]]...
Critical Futures Studies
The field of [[Futures Studies]] describes “the scientific concern with possible, desirable and probable future developments”1. While the majority of...
Dates and events
Conferences Future Days Anticipation Conference 2024 - Lancaster University Dubai Future Foundation Katapult Future Fest 2024 Meetups Zukunft schreiben UNREAD...
Paper – From Critique to Cultural Recovery
A monograph by [[José M. Ramos]] titled From Critique to Cultural Recovery – Critical futures studies and Causal Layered Analysis...
Goals
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]]. Previous Chapter: 1. [[Introduction]]
Imaginaries from Lockton and Candy
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]]. Previous Chapter: 2.3.3 [[Sociotechnical Imaginaries]] from Jasanoff
Interesting Questions in Futures Studies & Foresight
The following is an ongoing list of questions that I bump into in my work in [[futures studies]] and foresight....
Introduction
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]].
Master's Thesis – Future Imaginaries
I did my master’s in futures research from 2017 to 2020 at the FU Berlin. In my master’s thesis, submitted...
Observations from the examination of futures and imaginaries
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]]. Previous Chapter: 2.3.5 [[Future Imaginaries from Goode and Godhe]]...
Present futures from Grunwald
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]]. Previous Chapter: 2.1 [[Futures]]
Questions for the Start of a Foresight Project
I first developed these questions for an article about The Beginning and the End of Foresight.
Roles of Future Imaginaries
This article is part of my [[Master’s Thesis - Future Imaginaries]]. Previous Chapter: 3.2.2 [[Components of future imaginaries]]
The Role of Futures in Capitalism
Notes on my input for the republica 23 Futures Exchange panel.
Training Practice for Futurists
I’ve listened to a politician recently detailing his morning media diet of newsletters, clippings, etc. It helps him feel prepared...
What good is scientific rigor when nobody gives a shit?
This note is based on a Twitter thread I wrote while attending a futures studies conference in Finnland.

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