Futurisms

Names

• Futurisms
• Futurism (Global Futurism from the mid 1900s to the 2000s, not to be confused with the art movement of Italian Futurism from the early 1900s)
• Futures
• Futurology
• CoFuturisms
• Co-Futurisms
• Future Studies
• Speculative Futurisms
• Global Futurism, Global Futurisms
• Can overlap with the genres and industries of Foresight, Speculative Fiction, Sci-Fi, Urban Development, Art, Music, Film, Video Games, Literature, Re-Wilding, Decolonization, Indigenous Studies, Gender Studies, Race Studies, Class Studies, Activism, Worlding, Re-Worlding, SolarPunk, Health, Conciousness, Technology, Social Sciences, Post-Western and more
• Can include many genres of cultural and conceptual futurisms, see list below, languages may vary
• Can include and overlap with Magical Realism
• Those interested in or participating in Futurisms are sometimes called Futurists

Genres

• Afrofuturism(s)
• Africanfuturism(s), African Futurism(s)
• Indigenous Futurism(s)
• Queer Futurism(s)
• Feminist Futurism(s)
• Sinofuturism(s)
• Chongqing Futurism(s)
• Apocalyptic, Post-Apocalyptic
• Post-Western
• Post-Capitalism, Post Capitalism, Postcapitalism, Post Capitalist Futures, Postcapitalist Futures
• Megacity Futurism(s), Urban Futurism(s)
• South Asian Futurism(s)
• Desifuturism(s)
• Indofuturism(s)
• Adivasi Futurism(s)
• Dalit Futurism(s)
• Delhipunk
• Pali Futurism(s)
• Tamil Futurism(s), Tamizh Futurism(s), Thamizh Futurism(s), Tamilfuturism(s)
• Bangla Futurism(s), Bengali Futurism(s)
• Pakistani Futurism(s)
• Sikh Futurism(s)
• Punjabi Futurism(s)
• Khalistani Futurism(s), Khalistan Futurism(s)
• Separatist Futurism(s)
• Zomia Futurism(s)
• Sufi Futurism(s)
• Roma Futurism(s)
• Muslim Futurism(s)
• Kazakh Futurism(s)
• Persian Futurism(s), Persianate Futurism(s)
• Hellenofuturism(s)
• Egyptian Futurism(s)
• Levant Futurism(s)
• Palestinian Futurism(s)
• Canaan Futurism(s)
• Jewish Futurism(s)
• Decolonial Futurism(s)
• Post-Colonial Futurisms, Post Colonial Futurism(s)
• Pre-Colonial Futurism(s)
• Neocolonial Futurism(s)
• Colonial Futurism(s)
• Anti-Colonial Futurism(s)
• Anti Futurism(s), Anti-futurism(s)
• Diasporic Futurism(s)
• Global South Futurism(s)
• Southland Futurism(s)
• Subaltern Futurism(s)
• Third World Futurism(s)
• Latinofuturism(s), Latinofuturismo(s)
• Latinxfuturism(s), Latinxfuturismo(s), Latinéfuturismo(s)
• Chicanafuturism(s), Chicanafuturismo(s), Chicanxfuturism(s)
• Mesoamerican Futurism(s), Mesoamerican Futurismo(s)
• Indian American Futurism(s)
• First Nations Futurism(s)
• Inuit Futurism(s)
• American Futurism(s)
• Post-Columbian Futurism(s)
• Pre-Columbian Futurism(s)
• Mexicafuturism(s), Mexicafuturismo(s)
• Amazofuturism(s), Amazofuturismo(s)
• Sertãopunk
• Créole Futurism(s)
• Black Quantum Futurism(s)
• Caribbean Futurism(s)
• Monsoon Futurism(s)
• Swamp Futurism(s)
• Marais Futurism(s)
• Tropical Futurism(s)
• Island Futurism(s)
• Archipelagic Futurism(s)
• Nomadic Futurism(s)
• Hybrid Futurism(s)
• Pangea Futurism(s)
• Skyworld Futurism(s)
• Cloudpunk, Skypunk, Airpunk
• Waterworld Futurism(s)
• Pasifikafuturism(s)
• Pacific Futurism(s)
• South Pacific Futurism(s)
• Hawaiian Futurism(s)
• Aotearoa Futurism(s)
• Māori Futurism(s)
• Polyfuturism(s)
• Polynesian Futurism(s)
• Southeast Asian Futurism(s)
• Pilipinex Futurism(s), Pinay Futurism(s)
• Java Futurism(s)
• Aboriginal Futurism(s)
• Tribal Futurism(s)
• Yugofuturism(s)
• Hungarofuturism(s)
• Ukrainian Futurism(s)
• Retrofuturism(s)
• Holistic Futurism(s)
• Mystical Futurism(s)
• Spiritual Futurism(s)
• Romantic Futurism(s)
• Sensuous Futurism(s)
• Soft Futurism(s)
• Protopia Futures
• Gulf Futurism(s)
• Arab Futurism(s), Arabfuturism(s), Arab Futures
• Amazigh Futurism(s)
• Touareg Futurism(s)
• Maghreb Futurism(s)
• Tamazgha Futurism(s)
• Kemet Futurism(s)
• SWANA Futurism(s)
• SSWANA Futurism(s)
• MENASA Futurism(s)
• Saudi Futurism(s)
• Ghanaian Futurism(s)
• Solarpunk, Sunpunk
• Desert World Futurism(s), Desert Futurism(s)
• Arid Futurism(s), Xeric Futurism(s)
• Sandpunk, Desert Punk
• Future Punk
• Steampunk
• Cyberpunk
• Dieselpunk
• Worlding
• New World
• ReWorlding
• ReWilding
• New Mind
• New Age
• Magical Realism(s)
• Regenerative Futures
• Climate Futurism(s)
• Urban Futurism(s)
• Rural Futurism(s)
• Peri-Urban Futurism(s)
• Suburban Futurism(s)
• Ecofuturism(s), Ecological Futurism(s), Ecofutures
• Petro Future(s), Petrofuture(s), Petrofuturism(s)
• Paleo Future(s), Paleofuturism(s)
• Fungal Futurism(s), Fungal Futures
• Underground Futurism(s)
• Wasteland Futurism(s)
• Zoofuturism(s)
• Animafuturism(s)
• Archeofuturism(s)
• Post Futurism(s), Post-Futurism(s)
• Xenofuturism(s)

Discussions

• "DXG #2: Thinking Futurisms Critically", The Ignorant Art School Sit-in Curriculum #3, The Department of Xenogenesis, University of Dundee, Online, October 26 2023. Hosted by The Otolith Group with invited speakers.

Publications

Books

The Routledge Handbook of CoFuturisms, Edited by Taryne Jade Taylor, Isiah Lavender III, Grace L. Dillon, Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay, 2023

• T.J. Demos, Radical Futurisms – Ecologies of Collapse / Chronopolitics / Justice to Come, Sternberg Press, March 2023, 224pp.

• Taryne Jade Taylor, Isiah Lavender III, Grace L. Dillon, Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of CoFuturisms, Routledge, Oct 2023, 716 pp. Publisher.

Magazines, Journals, Blogs

• Futurisms, The Funambulist, Issue 24, June 2019.

Essays, Articles, Book Chapters

• Tamás Kristóf, Erzsébet Nováky, "The Story of Futures Studies: An Interdisciplinary Field Rooted in Social Sciences", University of Budapest, 2023.
• Theo Priestly, "Polyfuturism--One World, Many Futures", Days of Futures Passed, Medium, January 14 2024.