Exploring Plural Futures
Plural Futures pushes us explore beyond the “Singular Future.”
Today the Singular Future is that of Technosolutionism. It sees technology’s development as being always good, always for the better, and the only way forward. We see this in the way we think about the future: new gadgets, new skyscrapers, driverless cars…
Plural Futures challenges us to think beyond technology – into the human.
Instead of asking the types of technologies or gadget we’ll have in 2050, Plural Futures asks “What might be the different ways of understanding of prosperity in 2050?” Instead of asking “How can we make cities smart?” it would ask “How can we make cities safer for women and more inclusive for all?”
Examples of Plural Futures
A Time for New Stories: Solarpunk (Part 1)
“How can we go beyond techno-dystopia or utopic images of the future?” The first in this series on exploring this question from Plural Futures.
Do you have a Plural Futures to share?
Plural Futures is always looking to find and share more examples of talks, articles, images of diverse futures from perspectives that have been traditionally underrepresented.
Please email Daniel at Daniel@PluralFutures.com
Afrofuturism is not for Africans living in Africa
Design Is [Protopian]
Do you have a Plural Futures to share?
Plural Futures is always looking to find and share more examples of talks, articles, images of diverse futures from perspectives that have been traditionally underrepresented.
Please email Daniel at Daniel@PluralFutures.com
2018 Futures Festival by the Association of Professional Futurists
The event showcased diverse futures brought by over 24 speakers from 13 countries. Below is just a small sample (3 out of 20 talks) that were presented in October 2018. See the entire event at http://futuresfestival.online/.
What are the new models of prosperity in the Global South?
Daniel Riveong of Plural Futures wrote a series of articles around the theme of the Global South & Rethinking Prosperity. He wrote these articles part as an Emerging Fellow at the Association of Professional Futures.
You can see the full list of articles on the Association of Professional Futurists Blog