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| ==== But why…? ==== | ==== But why…? ==== |
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| Since we began working with what we now call 'speculative culture' (~2009), we have crossed paths with people like Bruce Sterling, Anab Jain, Chris Luebkeman, Scott Smith, Justin Pickard, Maya van Leemput, Stuart Candy (amongst others) who are more directly involved with futures, future studies or may even call themselves futurists. We have seen many points of contact (and departure) with their work. Our literature research has allowed us to find where our work stands in relation to these and other futurists, situating our practice in a wider futures context, understand where we can stand on others' shoulders, and where we (consciously or unconsciously) stumbled on possible solutions or new avenues of exploration. It has helped us to begin answering the questions of why we might want to work more explicitly with futures, as well as beginning to glimpse answers to a few other dilemmas, including: | Since we began working with what we now call 'speculative culture' (~2009), we have crossed paths with people like Bruce Sterling, Anab Jain, Chris Luebkeman, Scott Smith, Justin Pickard, Maya van Leemput, and Stuart Candy (amongst others) who are more directly involved with futures and future studies, and may even call themselves futurists. We have seen many points of contact (and departure) with their work. Our literature survey has allowed us to see where our own endeavours stand in relation to these and other futurists, situating our practice in the wider context of futures studies. It has helped us understand where we can stand on others' shoulders, and where we have stumbled consciously or unconsciously on possible solutions or new avenues of exploration. It has helped us begin to answer why we might want to work more explicitly with futures, and given us a glimpse of solutions to such queries as: |
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| * how do we increase a sense of agency when faced with unknowable volatile futures? | * how do we foster a sense of agency when faced with volatile, unknowable futures? |
| * who are our historical and contemporary peers? | * who are our historical and contemporary peers? |
| * how can we increase the commitment to co-create preferred futures? | * how can we enhance a commitment to co-create preferred futures? |
| * how can futures work empower people to live abundant, meaningful lives in the present? | * how can futures work empower people to live abundant, meaningful lives in the present? |
| * what are the different forms experiential futures can take? | * what are the different forms experiential futures can take? |
| * etc. | * etc. |
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| We began by interviewing each other using the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys|5 whys]] technique. From this conversation it became clear that we’re interested in examining the futures tools and techniques that can help us adapt to uncertainty (in its many guises). We believe that a culture where foresight is embedded in daily life would be more adept to living in a world of probabilities without anxiety, away from rigidly linear 'cause and effect'. Being able to envision alternative futures in the present could allow us to embrace uncertainty more easily. It could also open up new possibilities that would shake up the currently unacceptable status quo and attempt to steer it towards a future where holistic, inclusive and anti-fragile values prevail. We want to investigate experiential futurism as a way to (re)connect future visions with realities, where humans aren’t separate from planetary "others". Our conjecture is that by experiencing what it would be like to be ourselves in a range of future scenarios we could observe our present situation more clearly, adapt to the world as it evolves and experience the agency to navigate our present in the direction of more preferred futures. | We began by interviewing each other using the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_Whys|5 whys]] technique. From this conversation it became clear that we’re interested in examining the tools and techniques that can help us adapt to uncertainty in its many guises. We believe that a culture where foresight is embedded in daily life would be more adept to living in a world of probabilities without anxiety, away from a rigidly linear 'cause and effect' perspective. Envisioning alternative futures in the present could allow us to embrace uncertainty more easily. It could also open up new possibilities to shake up the currently unacceptable status quo and attempt to steer it towards a future where holistic, inclusive and anti-fragile values prevail. We want to investigate experiential futurism as a way to (re)connect future visions with realities, where humans aren’t separate from planetary 'others'. Our conjecture is that by experiencing what it would be like to be ourselves in a range of future scenarios, we can observe our present situation more clearly, adapt to the world as it evolves, and attain the agency to navigate our present in the direction of more preferred futures. |
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