Futures of Difference — Now Live

Futures of Difference is a project exploring the processes, discourses, and future trajectories of key social categories across societies worldwide.

The first set of essays by Marc Helbling, Heike Drotbohm, Alex Kustov, and Steven Vertovec is now available. A film from a remarkable gathering of scholars engaging with some of the field’s most pressing questions is also online.

Read the essays and watch the film: https://futuresofdifference.substack.com/

What’s coming next

New content will be weekly:

  • Essays every Monday
  • Podcasts or short films every Thursday

Upcoming contributors include John Borneman, Nancy Foner, Robin Cohen, Anna Triandafyllidou, Cecelia Menjívar, and Peter Scholten. Podcast conversations will feature Michèle Lamont, Dan Hiebert, Miri Song, Ye Junjia, and Ann Phoenix. Short films will include contributions from Brenda Yeoh, John Solomos, Mary Boatemaa Setrana, and Rainer Bauböck.

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Current and future contributors are encouraged to subscribe and share their posts widely to reach a broader audience.

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All audio and video content is also available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.

New essays, podcasts, and films will land directly in your inbox as they're published.

Current and future authors: please subscribe to this Substack to receive notifications whenever your piece is posted. We also encourage you to share your authored post on your own social media accounts to help reach a wider audience.

All audio and video content is also available on YouTube and Spotify:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FuturesOfDifference

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cpm9PFeksY2FS5SShoWuj

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/futures-of-difference/id1885314558

 

 

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