Journal article
Navigating the Ruins of the Future
Journal of Futures Studies, Vol.29(4), pp.117-124
2025
Abstract
The Ruins of the Future are all around us. We usually experience these as oppressive and threatening. This paper argues that we can reframe this experience and that it is the role of the Futurist to act as a guide to these ruins. As a guide, the Futurist has one foot in the present and the other foot in the timeless. This makes her a shaman who deploys her Futures Senses in order to navigate the complex and uncertain realms of these ruins. The author draws on their experience in teaching history, futures and also in running workshops for decades to make this case and outline some of the tools they use. Chief amongst these are embodied practices that open students up to a creative, even exhilarating, engagements with their inner maps. Thus, the best outcome of any Futures activity is that each individual hones their own futures senses and develops their own map for navigating the ruins of the future.
Details
- Title
- Navigating the Ruins of the Future
- Authors
- Marcus Bussey (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sustainability Research Cluster
- Publication details
- Journal of Futures Studies, Vol.29(4), pp.117-124
- Publisher
- Tamkang University, Graduate Institute of Futures Studies
- Date published
- 2025
- ISSN
- 1027-6084
- Organisation Unit
- Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99982892902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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