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| ==== Musings from an antipodean research retreat ==== | ==== Musings from an antipodean research retreat ==== |
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| by Maja Kuzmanovic & Nik Gaffney. Glenelg, Australia. 020140210 - 02140305 | by Maja Kuzmanovic & Nik Gaffney. Glenelg, Australia. 020140210 - 020140305 |
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| During February 2014 we spent a few weeks on research for Future Fabulators. We wanted to gain a better understanding of the techniques, tools and theories of 'futures studies' and if they could be applied to our work in future pre-enactments. After much practice-based research in [[:/resilients/future_preparedness|future preparedness]], we found that a more theoretical underpinning was needed, which meant that our focus was primarily on the literature. We spent the retreat in more or less uninterrupted reading, following interesting leads down often fractal rabbit holes. We attempted to answer questions that had arisen from the last few years of experiments in [[prehearsing the future]]. Our starting points were both methodological and philosophical in nature: on the one hand we wanted to know how to improve our practice of scenario building and pre-enacments with new, transdisciplinary techniques, and on the other hand we were wondering what would happen if foresight became a part of everyday life, where uncertainty is not seen as a threat but an opportunity. | During February 2014 we spent a few weeks on research for Future Fabulators. We wanted to gain a better understanding of the techniques, tools and theories of 'futures studies' and if they could be applied to our work in future pre-enactments. After much practice-based research in [[:/resilients/future_preparedness|future preparedness]], we found that a more theoretical underpinning was needed, which meant that our focus was primarily on the literature. We spent the retreat in more or less uninterrupted reading, following interesting leads down often fractal rabbit holes. We attempted to answer questions that had arisen from the last few years of experiments in [[prehearsing the future]]. Our starting points were both methodological and philosophical in nature: on the one hand we wanted to know how to improve our practice of scenario building and pre-enacments with new, transdisciplinary techniques, and on the other hand we were wondering what would happen if foresight became a part of everyday life, where uncertainty is not seen as a threat but an opportunity. |
| Our next steps will be translating some of our research into practice. We're designing a series of scenarios about the futures of food for the [[http://fo.am/late-lab-open-sauces/|LateLab]] in Edinburgh. Aside from food, we're keen to prehearse the futures of [[/:doing nothing]], but we're still searching for the right scale and venue for this. We'll be conducting a scenario workshop for one person, Michka Melo, as part of his [[http://lib.fo.am/michka|macrotransiency]] at FoAM in Brussels, and in Linz a collaborative session with Time's Up on combining prehearsals and physical narratives. Talks are underway about facilitating four days of visioning and futuring with the [[http://pulsenetwerk.be/|PULSE]] transition network for culture, and long-form prehearsals for the [[http://www.z33.be/projecten/future-fictions-present|Future Fictions from the Present]] exhibition at Z33 in Belgium. We will experiment with the short-form prehearsal at [[http://xcoax.org/|xCoAx]], together with our fellow Future Fabulators. Last but not least, we're putting together a list of potential contributors and guidelines for the Futurist Fieldguide, FoAM's FFab publication slated for distribution in early 2015. | Our next steps will be translating some of our research into practice. We're designing a series of scenarios about the futures of food for the [[http://fo.am/late-lab-open-sauces/|LateLab]] in Edinburgh. Aside from food, we're keen to prehearse the futures of [[/:doing nothing]], but we're still searching for the right scale and venue for this. We'll be conducting a scenario workshop for one person, Michka Melo, as part of his [[http://lib.fo.am/michka|macrotransiency]] at FoAM in Brussels, and in Linz a collaborative session with Time's Up on combining prehearsals and physical narratives. Talks are underway about facilitating four days of visioning and futuring with the [[http://pulsenetwerk.be/|PULSE]] transition network for culture, and long-form prehearsals for the [[http://www.z33.be/projecten/future-fictions-present|Future Fictions from the Present]] exhibition at Z33 in Belgium. We will experiment with the short-form prehearsal at [[http://xcoax.org/|xCoAx]], together with our fellow Future Fabulators. Last but not least, we're putting together a list of potential contributors and guidelines for the Futurist Fieldguide, FoAM's FFab publication slated for distribution in early 2015. |
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| As our current research phase comes to an end, we can conclude that we've found a fertile ground with many [[background]] threads to continue following. We're looking forward to sharing our findings at [[http://fo.am/data-ecologies-experience/|Data Ecologies: Experience 2014]] symposium, hoping to encourage other Future Fabulators, and anyone else interested in these subjects, to continue feeding these pages with interesting, relevant and/or surprising information and insights. | As our current research phase comes to an end, we can conclude that we've found a fertile ground with many [[background]] threads to continue following. We're looking forward to sharing our findings at the [[http://fo.am/data-ecologies-experience/|Data Ecologies: Experience 2014]] symposium, hoping to encourage other Future Fabulators, and anyone else interested in these subjects, to continue feeding these pages with interesting, relevant and/or surprising information and insights. |
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| | globalwarmingfuturist's blogpost inspired by these musings: |
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| | "A journal style article I came across was Maja Kuzmanovic and Nik Gaffney sharing their experiences in finding an understanding of futurism through an Anitpodean Research Retreat. In this written work Kuzmanovic and Gaffney exemplify the importance of culture as being an overwhelming notion in predicting the possibilities of what the future may behold. These comments and observations by these two journalists enlightened me into predicting the possible circumstances of an overwhelming single worldwide culture, which could potentially be perceived as a more peaceful outcome in the future." |
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| | https://michaelcobley1.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/the-possibility-of-a-single-culture/ |
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