imagination Archives - The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World

Proceedings from the Common Sessions

By Admin / Jul 18, 2018 /

Over fifty authors from two dozen countries and from across the full spectrum of sociology tackle the pertinent issues of our time.

FuturesTV: Voices from …

By Admin / Jun 30, 2016 /

Videographers from Recife (Brazil), San José (Costa Rica), Paris (France), Athens (Greece), and Los Angeles, California (USA) present new videos for the series “The Futures We Want: Voices from …”.

FuturesTV: Recife

By Admin / Jun 30, 2016 /

Video on The Futures We Want: Voices from Recife, Brazil

FuturesTV: Costa Rica

By Admin / Jun 30, 2016 /

Video on The Futures We Want: Voices fromSan José, Costa Rica

Futures TV: Greece

By Admin / Jun 30, 2016 /

Video on The Futures We Want: Voices from Athens, Greece.

FuturesTV: France

By Admin / Jun 30, 2016 /

Video on The Futures We Want: Voices from Paris, France

FuturesTV: Los Angeles

By Admin / Jun 30, 2016 /

Video on The Futures We Want: Voices from Los Angeles, California

Todd Gitlin: Convulsive Climate Change

By Admin / Jun 6, 2016 /

How shall sociology contend with collective uncertainty and the radical change in the human time horizon? – Some philosophical and sociological challenges

Chiara Bottici: Imaginal Politics

By Admin / May 27, 2016 /

How can we explain the paradox of an eclipse of imagination that goes hand in hand with its hypertrophy?

Margarita Gutman: Fight for the Future

By Admin / May 23, 2016 /

Cities have been the sites of increasing conflict, between competing expectations: a future for many or a future for a few.

Gary Alan Fine: Local Sociology

By Admin / Feb 25, 2016 /

If we examine the genesis of the First World War, the French Revolution, the American Civil Rights movement, or the stable governance of a rural farming village, we find a set of tiny publics …

FuturesTV presents

By Admin / Dec 30, 2015 /

In the summer of 2015, New Yorkers from diverse walks of life were asked the question: What future do you want? This video presents some of their responses.