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- | [[Tasting tomorrow]] is a series of three participatory events exploring food futures in Malta. [...] | + | [[Tasting tomorrow]] is a series of three participatory events exploring food futures in Malta. |
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+ | During a day-long futuring workshop on the 27th of April, we sought answers in divergent scenarios with food as the main protagonist. Looking for interesting historical examples, we asked what changes could be made today, what things should remain the same, and what could look different in 5, 50 or 500 years? By the end of the day several scenarios had emerged, pointing to divergent futures with signals in the present functioning as guiding lights or warning signs. Participants explored ways they could pro-actively contribute to the futures they prefer, while developing abilities to adapt to any future that might unfold. Together with local chefs, farmers and other foodservice providers, stories were translated into dishes, ingredients, | ||
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+ | ==== Signals & drivers of change==== | ||
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+ | What do you notice emerging or changing in Maltese food culture? | ||
+ | What signals and drivers of change are you aware of in the present, that could influence food culture in Malta (positive, negative, neutral)? | ||
+ | How are they related? How are they influencing each other? What effects/ | ||
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+ | Selected critical uncertainties: | ||
+ | * local food (locally grown and produced; what is " | ||
+ | * conscious eating | ||
+ | * food waste | ||
+ | * industrial food (fast food, fisheries, manufacturing desire, continuous availability, | ||
+ | * ingredients (availability, | ||
+ | * logistics (traffic congestion, food to door by boat and bike, smart logistics, lack of space, low/no carbon transport | ||
+ | * seasonality and tourism | ||
+ | * education and branding (in schools, in events. empowerment of those feeling powerless to affect change | ||
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+ | Signals | ||
+ | * food events (combination of celebration and education, e.g. pesticide action week, festival del gusto) | ||
+ | * food trucks | ||
+ | * tourism becoming more ' | ||
+ | * rise in ' | ||
+ | * food waste (garbage to gardens, composting...) | ||
+ | * grassroots food co-ops (post-industrial collectives) | ||
+ | * tradition + innovation in reviving/ | ||
+ | * people scarcity (lack of people willing to be involved/ | ||
+ | * disappearing ingredients | ||
+ | * bureaucracy blocking entrepreneurial food initiatives | ||
+ | * ' | ||
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+ | Drivers | ||
+ | * local food | ||
+ | * political and economic climate | ||
+ | * fast-food culture (pastizzi etc.) | ||
+ | * tourism | ||
+ | * ingredients (availability, | ||
+ | * fragmentation (lack of cohesion) | ||
+ | * industrial food production (no concern for externalities and long term effects) | ||
+ | * water resources (fresh water) | ||
+ | * sea (water, fisheries) | ||
+ | * fisheries | ||
+ | * traffic problems | ||
+ | * unsupportive political climate - supporting industrial production over more sustainable alternatives | ||
+ | * weather, rain, climate | ||
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+ | ==== Four archetypal futures==== | ||
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+ | See [[Tasting Tomorrow Scenarios]] for more details. | ||
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+ | ==== Scenario testing ==== | ||
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+ | Design session to translate [[tasting tomorrow scenarios|four scenarios]] into a [[tasting tomorrow prototyping|brief for culinary prototyping]], | ||
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