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Unlike the past (which is fixed but contested in interpretation), the future is malleable . Hammons argues that the future is the ultimate power resource: whoever controls the dominant narrative of “what is coming” controls present action (e.g., “preparedness” industries, state of emergency politics, techno-solutionism).

: Using film and immersive media, Hammons explores how diverse societies imagine their own futures. christian hammons anthropology of the future

At the University of Colorado Boulder , Christian Hammons —a teaching professor and filmmaker—is doing exactly that. His course, has reached tens of thousands of students by challenging them to rethink what "tomorrow" actually looks like through the eyes of different cultures. More Than Just Sci-Fi Unlike the past (which is fixed but contested