Area 4. Fields of the possible

Between anticipations of the future and prophesies, promises of progress and heralded catastrophes, this line of research seeks to establish new perspectives on the human future and its ecology.

Also explored will be forecasting and techniques of anticipation; the redistribution of psychological abilities in the age of artificial intelligence; issues raised by the development of neurosciences; the development of new forms of sensibility emerging in a critical situation; and the way fields of possibility for collective action are being redefined. Furthermore, it is a matter of challenging new forms of inquiry, analysis, writing, restitution, and knowledge sharing, and newly reflecting on the critical role of anthropological thought in a constantly changing world.