Abstract
Future-making and planning as social practices are strongly related to the
surrounding society’s political structures and power relations. In this
special issue of ZAMANI, we conceptualize future-making as physical
changes and social practices that shape future conditions by making future
an issue in the present. We analyse how different approaches to the future,
and also surprises and unintended side-effects, have informed the politics
and practices of planning in Tanzania and its various regions.1 When we ask:
“Failed Futures?” we address future in the plural, a term that has diffused
into historical scholarship rather recently and originates from
futurology/future studies, known as the interdisciplinary study of possible,
desirable, and probable future developments and design options as well as
their prerequisites.
Recommended Citation
Lindner, Ulrike
(2024)
"Introduction: Failed Futures? (Post)-colonial Planning and Future-making in Tanzania,"
Zamani: A Journal of African Historical Studies: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
DOI: 10.56279/ZJAHS1112
Available at:
https://commons.udsm.ac.tz/zjahs/vol1/iss1/2
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