Future Histories Lab
Future Histories Lab is a UC Berkeley program that aims to reveal hidden histories and help us imagine and build better futures. We work with community organizations to research issues of interest to them and present the research publicly – through websites, exhibitions, installations, and other means.
We combine approaches from the humanities with skills from architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, and studio art. Our goal is to give students the tools to both understand and shape public space and public policy.
We aim to connect Bay Area communities with the resources of the University, with a focus on social justice, race, and place.
We are funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the University of California, Berkeley. Our work is part of the UC Berkeley Global Urban Humanities Initiative, which looks at cities around the world through the lenses of the arts and humanities and the environmental design disciplines, and which has produced many courses, publications, exhibitions, and symposia on urban experience and culture.
For more information contact Susan Moffat, Creative Director of Future Histories Lab and Executive Director of the Global Urban Humanities Initiative: susanmoffat@berkeley.edu.
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