TABLE OF SEMANTIC CATEGORIES
LIST WITH WORDS
The main categories of semantic relations are presented below together with sets of words. Some terms may appear in more than one category. You can see all the words without categories: 250 FUTURES DESIGN WORDS
| CONTEXTS broad and specific areas and domains in thematising futures |
CONDITIONS Pressing situations, concerns and settings about the future |
| anthropocene arctic change climate ecological global holistic pluralistic resources structural survivable sustainable systems transformation warming |
catastrophe challenge degrowth development disaster emergency need opportunity ownership prospect threat tipping point urgent window |
| ACTIONS future facing ways of performing and enacting |
POSITIONS points of view about and on the future and shaping futures |
| co-creating facilitating fictioning imagining leading managing planning positioning predicting speculating supporting choreographing pacing placing pre-empting propelling proposing self assembling self directing social imagineering timing |
future present futures futurographic futurology historical historiography legacy posterity retroactive retrospective vantage |
| WORLDVIEWS perspectives and philosophies behind approaches to futures |
STATES positions and views in shaping futures |
| artistic co-creative constructionist functionalist imaginative modernist ontological poststructuralist relational speculative structuralist |
actual advantageous anticipation artificial aspiration creative expectation forecasting foresight holistic innovation insight invention ontological participative perception planned predictive prognostic projection prospective qualitative reflective relational speculation synthesis systemic virtual |
| ACTORS perspectives and philosophies behind approaches to futures |
THINGS objects or artifacts involved in a future event or process |
| civic community country cultural economic future futurist global group historical individuals interests membership nation organisation participants personas persons plural political roles shared social stakeholder technical |
A.I. artefact device display entity game image machine model nonhuman object persona placebo plan postcard process projection robotic simulation sociotechnical |
| SENSES modes of human experience and engagement in and for the future |
FEELINGS expressions of emotions and feelings concerning the future |
| allure appetite desire haptic kinetic multimodal olfactory passion tactile taste |
amazement anxiety belonging desirable excessive fear hesitation hope longing nostalgia satisfaction sentimental shock surprise uncertainty unsettling wonder |
| ATTRIBUTES qualities and characteristics relating to the future |
TRANSFORMATION changes and effects via applying futures concepts and methods |
| care conjectural contested contingent contradictory demonstrable digressive disruptive dystopian endurance fabulous factual fictive fragile hope ideal imaginary imaginative immanent impermanence indeterminate indistinct likely liminal mystical paradoxical patient pivoting plausible pliable possible potential preferable prevailing preventative probable prophetic putative queering risk risky sentimental simulation subjunctive surreal swerving translucent trust trustworthy turbulence unfamiliar unfolding unintended utopian violation |
adaptive becoming beliefs choreography emergent flexible generative preparatory proactive process processural resilience reversible shaping social transformation state survivable transition visionary |
| PROCESSES steps, paths and patterns to future experience and engagement |
METHODS qualitative tools and techniques for shaping futures |
| activity creating engaging imagining inspiring mapping motivating repositioning reviewing revising scanning |
actor mapping affinity diagrams back casting bending bodystorming canvas cards collage concept mapping content mapping counter mapping cultural probes day in the life decision-making design games diaries dissembling diverging dot voting emotional journey ethnography field observation focus groups forecasting future faceting future proofing gigamapping heuristic evaluation historical analysis ideation imagineering imaging imagining journals journey mapping live sketching mash up megatrend analysis method cards mind map mock-ups montage moodboards narrating outlining participant mapping personal data tracking photojournals physical tools pitching postcards posters problem framing process mapping proof of concept prototyping questionnaires re-positioning reframing role playing sandboxing scenario building section diagramming shadowing simulating sketching storyboarding storytelling swerving systems mapping tangible modelling thumbnails trend charting usability testing user surveys user testing video ethnography video prototyping video sketching visual interviews walk throughs wildcards wireframing wizard of oz workshopping worlding |
| TEMPORAL time and movement aspects and elements in working with futures |
SPATIAL space and shape based elements and relations in understanding futures |
| cyclical delayed durative episodic fugitive future perfect future present immediate imminent linear long term medium term momentary near pace proximal reach recursive shift short term time lag timeline |
archipelago assemblage distant horizontal parallel passage pathway remote rhizomatic roadmap threshold transversal vectors vertical vortex |
| MEDIATION means and modes of future oriented communication |
ETHICS principles, values, norms and behaviours in a future facing view |
| allegorical analogue analogy AR blended communicative diegetic digital discursive ideological meme metaphorical models morphogenesis multidisciplinary multimediational mythical narrative parody persuasive poetic practices rhetoric signals systemic visualisation |
accountability anticipation behaviours collaboration inclusion morals norms practices principles procedures processes respect reviews social responsibility sustainability trust values |
| GOVERNANCE strategic, regulatory, policy and management of futures |
ECONOMICS financial, advantageous and business related future views |
| advocacy ideology insurance management norms planning policy programme propaganda regulation stimulation strategy tactics vision |
budget cost deficit degrowth finance markets monetary political economy |
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