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-A prehearsal is an improvised situation of short duration (up to an hour), a try-out of a scenario focusing on the player’s behaviours and interactions, using minimal props and setup. The prehearsed situation should be familiar enough to the participants, so they can focus on the content rather than the form of the prehearsal. For example, the situation might be a reception, press conference, ferry ride, a coffee-break or anything else that is related to the core question the group is exploring. The challenge for the participants is to place themselves in this familiar situation, but imagine that it is happening in a possible future.+A prehearsal is an improvised situation of short duration, a try-out of a scenario focusing on the player’s behaviours and interactions, using minimal props and setup. The prehearsed situation should be familiar enough to the participants, so they can focus on the content rather than the form of the prehearsal. For example, the situation might be a reception, press conference, ferry ride, a coffee-break or anything else that is related to the core question the group is exploring. The challenge for the participants is to place themselves in this familiar situation, but imagine that it is happening in a possible future.
  
 The difference between [[role playing]] and a prehearsal is that the participants do not assume the role of another character, but play themselves in different situations. Prehearsals are designed as short improvisation exercises that can be used as elements in longer participatory sessions.  The difference between [[role playing]] and a prehearsal is that the participants do not assume the role of another character, but play themselves in different situations. Prehearsals are designed as short improvisation exercises that can be used as elements in longer participatory sessions. 
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   * Step 4: Describe the backstory and the situation to the participants and invite them to spend a few minutes thinking about what they would be doing in such situation in the future. You can ask them to write a page of their future [[diary]] in which they describe themselves in this situation.    * Step 4: Describe the backstory and the situation to the participants and invite them to spend a few minutes thinking about what they would be doing in such situation in the future. You can ask them to write a page of their future [[diary]] in which they describe themselves in this situation. 
   * Step 5: Give clear instructions to the participants beforehand, with simple rules of engagement. Allow enough time for questions and clarifications, so that everyone feels comfortable they know what is expected.    * Step 5: Give clear instructions to the participants beforehand, with simple rules of engagement. Allow enough time for questions and clarifications, so that everyone feels comfortable they know what is expected. 
-  * Step 6: Prehearse. Run the simulation from beginning to end without interruptions. Host the prehearsal 'in character' and thereby help the immersion with your own actions.+  * Step 6: Prehearse. Run the prehearsal from beginning to end without interruptions. Host the prehearsal 'in character' and help the immersion with your own actions.
   * Step 7: Debrief. After the prehearsal is finished, there should be sufficient time for reflection on experiential insights. Integrate the findings with other knowledge gained through other inquiries (analysis, visioning, etc.)   * Step 7: Debrief. After the prehearsal is finished, there should be sufficient time for reflection on experiential insights. Integrate the findings with other knowledge gained through other inquiries (analysis, visioning, etc.)
  
 ==== References ==== ==== References ====
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 +  * [[:/future_fabulators/prehearsing_the_future|Prehearsing the future]]
 +  * [[:/resilients/future_prehearsals|Lab notes on prehearsals in Resilients]] and [[:/future_fabulators/prehearsal_methods|Future Fabulators]]
 +  * Enacting futures paper (forthcoming)
  
 Prehearsals are a short-form of the [[pre-enactment]] method. Prehearsals are a short-form of the [[pre-enactment]] method.
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