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Geographies of the future
Detlef Müller-Mahn
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Simon Runkel
Institute of Geography, University of Jena, Jena, Germany
Antje Schlottmann
Department of Human Geography, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Christiane Stephan
independent researcher
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The article presents conceptual contributions of geography to studies of futures. While the future is conceived as a temporal category, geographical perspectives highlight the role and relevance of space. The spatial dimension becomes evident in future-making practices such as imagination and anticipation, especially in the visualization of desirable futures. Future-making and geography-making are interdependent practices, which are articulated through the projection of imagined futures into space.
The article presents conceptual contributions of geography to studies of futures. While the...
