Future Tense - The Challenge of Imagining Alternative Futures

Smyth, Michael

Abstract

So why is it so difficult to imagine futures? Not the futures set in galaxies far far away, but the ones connected to the present that lie tantalisingly just beyond the horizon. Futures still tethered to variants of today’s infrastructure. This essay will consider the role of politics and technology and how they shape and influence the imagination of futures.

Citation

Smyth, M. (2023). Future Tense - The Challenge of Imagining Alternative Futures. In Designing in Coexistence – Reflections on Systemic Change (77-88). Zagreb, Croatia: Croatian Architects’ Association

• Online Publication Date: Oct 21, 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Deposit Date: Jan 29, 2024
• Pages: 77-88
• Book Title: Designing in Coexistence – Reflections on Systemic Change
• ISBN: 9789536646319
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/3495960
• Related Public URLs: https://www.sameasiteverwas.hr/future-tense-the-challenge-of-imagining-alternative-futures/