Symposium 20 Placing the Future

Platzhaltertext: What are the geographies of researching, envisioning and making the future? What are the places where futures are actually conceived and created? To what extent are these places virtual or real, and does their materiality influence their reach across space and publics? Who are the actors involved in imagining and acting on potential futures? How do some actors – from politicians and financiers to environmental activists and social justice organizers – mobilize the future as a resource to achieve political or financial objectives? What narratives, strategies and social mechanisms do they employ to define and control – and sometimes colonize – the future(s) in certain places?