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 ==== Guerrilla Futures ==== ==== Guerrilla Futures ====
  
-(In "THE FUTURES OF EVERYDAY LIFE" Stuart Candy)+Guerrilla futures are foresight experiments in the wild, on the streets, with unsuspecting public (e.g.[[http://theyesmen.org/hijinks/newyorktimes|The New York Times Special Edition]] by the Yes Men)  The benefit of guerrilla futures are the spontaneous reactions of the participants, as well as the secondary (media) responses that these interventions seem to elicit. Below are some questions for guerilla futurists, that might also apply for prehearsals: 
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 +From: [[http://www.scribd.com/doc/68901075/Candy-2010-The-Futures-of-Everyday-Life|The Futures of Everyday Life]] Stuart Candy: 
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 Below are some of the questions, as suggested by the foregoing analysis, that a guerrilla futurist might ask of her efforts, towards evaluating their engagement potential, which is a prerequisite for political impact. These are not overarching, masterly interrogations -- ‘effectiveness’ is not a binary matter subject to an objective threshold of success -- but, fittingly, a piecemeal, tactical checklist:  Below are some of the questions, as suggested by the foregoing analysis, that a guerrilla futurist might ask of her efforts, towards evaluating their engagement potential, which is a prerequisite for political impact. These are not overarching, masterly interrogations -- ‘effectiveness’ is not a binary matter subject to an objective threshold of success -- but, fittingly, a piecemeal, tactical checklist: 
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   - What is the main point of the story? Who are the primary and secondary audiences, and is the real or most meaningful impact that of the encounter for the former, or does it really make sense only when seen in context later?   - What is the main point of the story? Who are the primary and secondary audiences, and is the real or most meaningful impact that of the encounter for the former, or does it really make sense only when seen in context later?
   - Is a physical intervention, with the labour-intensiveness that entails, strictly necessary, or there an easier way to accomplish comparable results, for example online?   - Is a physical intervention, with the labour-intensiveness that entails, strictly necessary, or there an easier way to accomplish comparable results, for example online?
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