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Living Futures: Shortcuts to a Big Idea

Living Futures: Shortcuts to a Big Idea

Lupton, Deborah

Hardcover

Series: Shortcuts

AnthropologyGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 1041213077
ISBN13: 9781041213079
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Aug 24 2026
Pages: 172
Language: English

Living Futures offers a fresh and exciting perspective on how people imagine and make futures as part of their everyday lives. It addresses important questions about who is included in futures thinking and futures making, and who is excluded.

Bringing together historical, anthropological, sociological, geographical and arts-based perspectives, this book provides a pithy yet expansive overview of social theories, research and creative approaches applied to futures thinking. Global practices and traditions of divination, fortune telling and speculation from antiquity to the present day are investigated for how they help people deal with uncertainty and engage with the yet-to-come, while also serving political and economic objectives. The book emphasises the plasticity of temporalities and lived experiences across diverse social groups, together with the role of the creatures, things, landscapes, and ecosystems with which we share our futures. The concluding chapter integrates the insights offered from each of the fields of research discussed in the book, providing ideas to spark vibrant and transformative approaches to creative futuring.

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