Chapter 7: A pluriversal definition of Futures Studies: critical futures studies from margin to centre
Decolonial futures, African futurity, Afrofuturism, and feminist futures are currently framed in futures studies, at best as important ‘critical’ or alternative add-ons, at worst, marginal futures pursued by particular voices. I aspire to demonstrate why these ‘critical’ or ‘radical futures’ approac...
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| description | Decolonial futures, African futurity, Afrofuturism, and feminist futures are currently framed in futures studies, at best as important ‘critical’ or alternative add-ons, at worst, marginal futures pursued by particular voices. I aspire to demonstrate why these ‘critical’ or ‘radical futures’ approaches should be read as essential in a pluriversal approach to futures studies. If our field is truly interdisciplinary, its centre(s) should reflect the pluriversality of its past, present, and future. By doing so, I claim that the aforementioned approaches, also known as critical futures, are the ones helping futurists today articulate the most fundamental questions for the definition of futures studies. They are therefore everything but peripheral. These key questions are structured around the importance of agency in a broader understanding of futures studies. They articulate imagination, rest, empathy, engaged participation, and the admission of ignorance as central pillars of the work of futurists. First describing the central questions from these four ‘schools of thought’ and their centrality for futures studies, the chapter finds in their misclassification one of the explanations for their erasure and proposes five ways to prevent its perpetuation. A pluriversal definition of futures studies as the documentation, implementation, and assessment of the instrumentalisation of the future by some or several groups of living beings would enable futurists to truly embrace the value of these different schools of thought and articulate a more accurate definition of the field. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1425872024-07-25T08:51:26Z Chapter 7: A pluriversal definition of Futures Studies: critical futures studies from margin to centre Feukeu, Kwamou Eva Critical futures; Decolonial; African futurity; Pluriversal futures; Feminist; Futures theory JBFZ Decolonial futures, African futurity, Afrofuturism, and feminist futures are currently framed in futures studies, at best as important ‘critical’ or alternative add-ons, at worst, marginal futures pursued by particular voices. I aspire to demonstrate why these ‘critical’ or ‘radical futures’ approaches should be read as essential in a pluriversal approach to futures studies. If our field is truly interdisciplinary, its centre(s) should reflect the pluriversality of its past, present, and future. By doing so, I claim that the aforementioned approaches, also known as critical futures, are the ones helping futurists today articulate the most fundamental questions for the definition of futures studies. They are therefore everything but peripheral. These key questions are structured around the importance of agency in a broader understanding of futures studies. They articulate imagination, rest, empathy, engaged participation, and the admission of ignorance as central pillars of the work of futurists. First describing the central questions from these four ‘schools of thought’ and their centrality for futures studies, the chapter finds in their misclassification one of the explanations for their erasure and proposes five ways to prevent its perpetuation. A pluriversal definition of futures studies as the documentation, implementation, and assessment of the instrumentalisation of the future by some or several groups of living beings would enable futurists to truly embrace the value of these different schools of thought and articulate a more accurate definition of the field. Published 2024-07-25T08:51:22Z 2024-07-25T08:51:22Z 2024-07-18 chapter 9781035301607 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/142587 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-futures-studies-9781035301591.html https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781035301607/book-part-9781035301607-13.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing 10.4337/9781035301607.00013 10.4337/9781035301607.00013 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 9781035301607 Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK open access |
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| topic | Critical futures; Decolonial; African futurity; Pluriversal futures; Feminist; Futures theory JBFZ |
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