Our Alluvium special issue ‘Futurity in Crisis’ is now here! We’re very excited to share this edition with you which contains the work of 8 fantastic authors and features photographs by our very own Benjamin Horn.
We’ll be holding a virtual launch event to discuss these incredible papers and the topic more generally of futurity in crisis. The event will be held online Thursday 24th June, 1-3pm (BST). If you’d like to join us, just get in touch.
Here’s a list of what’s included in this special issue:
Editors: Niall Gallen, Josie Lilley-Byrne, Benjamin Horn and Arzu Bali, “Alluvium Editorial 9.3: Futurity in Crisis”
Paul Graham Raven, “From predictive product to polyphonic practices: techniques of futuring beyond business-as-usual”
Laura op de Beke, “Procedural Futurism in Climate Change Videogames”
Gary Charles, “Archived Futures: Digging In The Crates Of Always”
Dan Heaven, “‘The Future Starts with an Image’: Wanuri Kahui’s Pumzi (2009)”
Joe P. L. Davidson, “Aristocratic realism: Within and against feudalism in English future fiction”
Nicholas Stock, “Education, a monstrous thief of the future”
Emily Pratten & Henry Price, “Lay Down and Rot: Incels and Lost Futures”
We can’t wait to hear your thoughts on these fantastic papers, and hope to see you soon at the launch event!