Future Flourishing
What does it mean to live (well) without human exceptionalism?
The idea that humans are separate from their environment, other organisms, or the tools they use — human exceptionalism — has been critiqued from all sides. But what will it mean to flourish without exceptionalism in the future? The interdisciplinary network in the Future Flourishing program brings together philosophers, historians, curators, conservators, artists and anthropologists to imagine what it will take to create a better world for all of the entities that make up humans and live with us.
Path to Societal Impact
Areas of focus:
- Examining a new definition of the human and what it means to live well
- Exploring philosophical and historical work on the ideas of human exceptionalism in and beyond the Western tradition
- Innovative inquiry into the effects and legacies of human exceptionalism in science, art and culture
- Curating innovative forms of academic/artistic/scientific work for future flourishing
- Collaborating, producing and curating knowledge with contemporary media and cultural institutions
- Exploring the concrete societal effects of the modern fable of human exceptionalism and developing alternative scenarios leading to a flourishing future
Fellows & Advisors
Program Directors
Tarek Elhaik
Program Co-Director
Christopher Kelty
Program Co-Director
Hélène Mialet
Program Co-Director
Fellows
Tania Aedo
Fellow
Kristin A Andrews
Fellow
Didier Debaise
Fellow
Daniel Fernandez Pascual
Fellow
School of Architecture
Sophie Houdart
Fellow
Matthew L. Jones
Fellow
Princeton University
Hannah Landecker
Fellow
Mohammed Idrissi Malouli
Fellow
Alain Pottage
Fellow
Alon Schwabe
Fellow
School of Architecture
Nick Seaver
Fellow
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi
Fellow
Stéphane Van Damme
Fellow
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