in Cultural History and the Anthropocene: Old Turns, New Encounters edited by Anders Ekström, Marit Ruge Bjærke, Brita Brenna, and John Ødemark, Bloomsbury, forthcoming (2026). This chapter outlines a framework for studying and practicing Anthropocene imaginaries. It treats the future as a dynamic semiotic and material object, central to current debates on the Anthropocene. Emphasizing the plurality of Anthropocenes, it highlights the need to consider diverse cultural, geographical, and historical perspectives. The chapter traces how Anthropocene futures take shape as technoscientific, popular cultural, and curated historical objects, while remaining alert to reductive tendencies such as Eurocentrism or singular scales. The proposed framework helps identify and critically unpack the future objects circulating across cultural sites of futures thinking.
