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Imagining Futuretypes

Imagining Futuretypes
AI generated image of a "cute baby monkey on a futuristic planet."

The imagining futuretypes forum emerged out of discussions at an academic conference in 2013 and 2014. This novel provocation and response format reproduces in formal publication the informal vigor of our discussions about how the future gets represented and what that means for the limitations of the cultural imagination. It was one of the funnest academic projects I've ever participated in. I am grateful to Aram Sinnreich and Lonny J Avi Brooks for inviting me to join in these discussions. The project was published in the International Journal of Communication.

Imagining Futuretypes| A Seat at the Nerd Table — IntroductionPDF
Aram Sinnreich, Lonny J Avi Brooks5 pgs.
Imagining Futuretypes| Everybody and Nobody: Visions of Individualism and Collectivity in the Age of AIPDF
Aram Sinnreich, Jessa Lingel, Gideon Lichfield, Adam Richard Rottinghaus, Lonny J Avi Brooks15 pgs.
Imagining Futuretypes| Black Holes as Metaphysical SilencePDF
Jessa Lingel, Daniel Sutko, Gideon Lichfield, Aram Sinnreich9 pgs.
Imagining Futuretypes| The Aliens Are Us: The Limitations That The Nature of Fiction Imposes on Science Fiction About AliensPDF
Gideon Lichfield, Aubrie Adams, Lonny J Avi Brooks6 pgs.
Imagining Futuretypes| The End of Material Scarcity: Dystopia and Immanent Critique of CapitalismPDF
Adam Richard Rottinghaus, Roseann Pluretti, Daniel Sutko11 pgs.
Imagining Futuretypes| The Medium is the Message of the Future: Tyranny of Media in Organizing Our ImaginaryPDF
Daniel Sutko, Jessa Lingel, Aubrie Adams, Adam Richard Rottinghaus11 pgs.
Imagining Futuretypes| Narratives on Extending and Transcending Mortality: An Essay on Implications for the FuturePDF
Aubrie Adams, Adam Richard Rottinghaus, Ryan Wallace11 pgs.
Imagining Futuretypes| Toward an “Other” Dimension: An Essay on Transcendence of Gender and SexualityPDF
Roseann Pluretti, Jessa Lingel, Aram Sinnreich8 pgs.
Imagining Futuretypes| Future Im/Perfect: Defining Success and Problematics in Science Fiction Expressions of Racial IdentityPDF
Ryan Wallace, Roseann Pluretti, Gideon Lichfield, Aubrie Adams9 pgs.
Imagining Futuretypes| Afro-Futuretyping Generation Starships and New Earths 05015 C.E.PDF
Lonny J Avi Brooks, Daniel Sutko, Aram Sinnreich, Ryan Wallace14 pgs.
Imagining Futuretypes| Imagining and Reimagining the Future — CommentaryPDF
McKenzie Wark8 pgs.