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What are Critical Future Studies?
In this article I describe Critical Future Studies based on the work of Inayatullah, Grunwald and Goode and Godhe. The field of futures studies describes ‘the scientific study of possible, desirable and probable future developments’ (Kreibich 2006). While most futures studies have focused on using scientific methods to create new images of the future (e.g.
Future Imaginaries – A definition
As part of my Master’s thesis, I studied future imaginaries (see here). ‘Imaginary’ has been an established sociological term for quite some time and has been particularly influenced by Charles Taylor. He has worked on ‘social imaginaries’. In general they can be described as follows: