Storylistening: rethinking the role of narratives in Futures Studies

Narratives have many roles in Futures Studies and in public reasoning in general. Looking at the cognitive and collective (rather than the affective and individual) functions of narratives, authors of the new book Storylistening, Sarah Dillon and Claire Craig, outline a new conceptual and practical framework for gathering narrative evidence. This framework - described as storylistening - has direct consequences for FS, inviting new reflections on the relationships between stories and scenarios, on the roles of narrative within established FS techniques, and on the relationships between FS and Science Fiction.