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Free Download Wayne Hope, "The Anthropocene, Global Capitalism and Global Futures: Times Out of Joint "
English | ISBN: 303163599X | 2024 | 247 pages | EPUB, PDF | 487 KB + 6 MB
This book seeks to show that the Anthropocene epoch of the earth system has converged with the global epoch of capitalist history. Planetary warming and climate change are, therefore, unfolding rapidly. This enveloping process is driven forward by the mutual ruptures of a deteriorating earth system and fossil based global capitalism, as a fraught socioecological totality. Overlapping crises of time are the net result. They involve, the recurring, myopic volatility of financialised capitalism, the ecological impossibility of sustaining capitalist growth, the spreading arrhythmias of biotic, animal, bird, insect and marine life and the irremediable psychological stresses of climate change anxiety. The time crises of global capitalism originate from certain disjunctures of time associated with carbon extractivism, carbon emission markets and official climate change projections. The book sets out the counter constructions of time necessary to energise the climate justice movement and advance ecosocialist principles.

Free Download Constructing Futures: Industry leaders and futures thinking in construction By Paul Chan, Rachel Cooper
2010 | 240 Pages | ISBN: 1405157976 | PDF | 6 MB
There is growing interest in future scenario planning of the construction industry but a disconnect between thinking about the future at the policy-making level and implementing real change.Constructing Futures: industry leaders and futures thinking in construction takes a thematic approach to the future of the UK construction industry by presenting the results of a series of in-depth interviews conducted with leading construction figures and structuring this material into chapters addressing the key contemporary issues in the industry.These high-profile figures are drawn from a wide range of stakeholder groups representing the realities of construction, including architects, client organisations (public-sector and private-sector), consultants, contractors, developers, lobby groups with special interests, policy makers, professional institutions, and trade unions.A total of 15 influential figures were interviewed for the book, from Sir Michael Latham and Bob White to Wayne Hemmingway and Kevin McCloud.Part One looks to the past by reviewing a series of foresight studies undertaken of the construction industry and re-presenting stories of our interviewees’ lives to explain the development of leadership in the context of the construction industry. In Part Two, the authors look at the present and discuss two fundamental issues: sustainable development and governance of the construction industry. In Part Three the book concludes with an afterthought for the future, highlighting key lessons learnt putting forward a series of research questions derived from this scholarly reflection of ‘futures thinking’ in construction.Throughout, the authors juxtapose the views of the 15 influential figures interviewed with a review of the salient points found in the relevant and authoritative sources of theoretical literature, both in the mainstream literature and the field of construction management. This allows the reader to benefit from the practical insights of those interviews whilst gaining a rapid understanding of the key debates of the theoretical subject under scrutiny.

Free Download The Future of the Self (FUTURES) by Joanna Nadin
English | 4 July 2024 | ISBN: 1911545698, 1685891330 | True EPUB | 112 pages | 0.1 MB
Exploring the changing nature of ‘self’ through the lens of popular culture and how changes in science, philosophy, technology, and society might impact our sense of self in the future.

Free Download The Future of Songwriting (FUTURES) by Kristin Hersh
English | 22 Feb. 2024 | ISBN: 1911545612 | True EPUB | 128 pages | 0.1 MB
Throwing Muses frontwoman and critically acclaimed solo artist Kristin Hersh meditates on the future of her craft in this wry, existential and passionate addition to Melville House UK’s new FUTURES series.

Free Download The Future of Energy (FUTURES) by Richard Black
English | 4 July 2024 | ISBN: 191154571X, 1685891357 | True EPUB | 137 pages | 0.3 MB
How will the world produce more, cleaner energy? Climate communication sexpert Richard Black sets out a vision for the future which could benefit us all.

Free Download Melanie Walker, "Reparative Futures and Transformative Learning Spaces"
English | ISBN: 3031458052 | 2023 | 302 pages | PDF | 6 MB
This edited book draws on an international cohort of authors, all working towards sustainable, decolonizing human development for more just futures in a variety of learning spaces. Integrating sustainable human development with ‘reparative futures’, the chapters present diverse examples of how transformative learning spaces can be created through different participatory methodologies and with different stakeholders. The book will be of interest to researchers, graduate students, practitioners and policymakers in the areas of higher education, development studies and transformative innovation.

Free Download Making Futures Work: Integrating Futures Thinking for Design, Innovation, and Strategy by Phil Balagtas
English | July 16th, 2024 | ISBN: 1098148908 | 438 pages | True PDF | 401.83 MB
Learn how to get started with Futures Thinking. With this practical guide, Phil Balagtas, founder of the Design Futures Initiative and the global Speculative Futures network, shows you how designers and futurists have made futures work at companies such as Atari, IBM, Apple, Disney, Autodesk, Lufthansa, and McKinsey & Company.

Free Download Making Futures Work: Integrating Futures Thinking for Design, Innovation, and Strategy by Phil Balagtas
English | July 16th, 2024 | ISBN: 1098148908 | 435 pages | True EPUB (Retail Copy) | 37.96 MB
Learn how to get started with Futures Thinking. With this practical guide, Phil Balagtas, founder of the Design Futures Initiative and the global Speculative Futures network, shows you how designers and futurists have made futures work at companies such as Atari, IBM, Apple, Disney, Autodesk, Lufthansa, and McKinsey & Company.

Free Download Alex Halligey, "Futures and Beyond: Creativity and 4IR Conference 2022"
English | ISBN: 1776482727 | 2023 | 142 pages | PDF | 15 MB
FUTURES & BEYOND and 4IR Virtual Conference was hosted online by UJ Arts & Culture on 30 and 31 August 2022. The University of Johannesburg has positioned the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) as its visionary focus in research and higher education, and UJ Arts & Culture, as a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), has been facilitating an ongoing discussion on how thinking around the notion of the 4IR connects to the creative industries, specifically within the South African context and African continental context more broadly. The Futures and Beyond conference was an entirely new initiative coming out of this discussion. The thematic approach to the conference was divided into two streams, with one being ethics, intellectual property, and technology, and the other being creative industries, innovation, and development.

Free Download Alex Halligey, "Futures and Beyond: Creativity and 4IR Conference 2022"
English | ISBN: 1776482727 | 2023 | 142 pages | PDF | 15 MB
FUTURES & BEYOND and 4IR Virtual Conference was hosted online by UJ Arts & Culture on 30 and 31 August 2022. The University of Johannesburg has positioned the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) as its visionary focus in research and higher education, and UJ Arts & Culture, as a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), has been facilitating an ongoing discussion on how thinking around the notion of the 4IR connects to the creative industries, specifically within the South African context and African continental context more broadly. The Futures and Beyond conference was an entirely new initiative coming out of this discussion. The thematic approach to the conference was divided into two streams, with one being ethics, intellectual property, and technology, and the other being creative industries, innovation, and development.