From visioning to crafting futures? Surveying the expanding literature on future making

Journal article, 2026

This article examines the increased use of the concept of “future making” within futures studies and related disciplines. Specifically, it surveys articles in this journal and charts the extra-futures studies interventions that these contributions cite. In so doing, the article explores the cross-disciplinary roots and stakes of the concept. The text suggests that the recent popularity of future making within Futures signals a new tendency within futures studies: Metaphorics of design and craft are challenging the dominance of metaphorics of vision.