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+ | “Any useful idea about the future should appear to be ridiculous” Dator’s 2nd Law of the Future (Dator 1995) | ||
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==== external / rational ==== | ==== external / rational ==== | ||
* [[: | * [[: | ||
* can we use predictions to help separate/ | * can we use predictions to help separate/ | ||
- | * what is the question? can it be answered | + | * what is the question? can it be answered |
==== internal / irrational ==== | ==== internal / irrational ==== | ||
* divination / invocation | * divination / invocation | ||
- | ==== software & protocols | + | ==== physical narratives |
- | * open formats > closed formats | + | |
- | * utf-8 > ascii/ | + | |
- | * documents | + | |
- | * utf-8 text or ODF (libreoffice, | + | |
- | * pdf for reference & archiving | + | |
- | * [[: | + | |
- | * semi syncronous; email, twitter, irc (freenode -> #ff ?) | + | |
- | * asyncronous; | + | |
- | * algorithmic sketching; racket, common lisp, python, git | + | |
- | * online | + | |
- | * **libarynth** for text, tangents and collation -> http:// | + | |
- | * **flickr** for image matter -> https:// | + | |
- | * **vimeo** for video matter -> http:// | + | |
- | * **zotero** for library and references -> https:// | + | |
- | * potentially | + | |
- | * tumblr, cargo, diasp, other? | + | |
- | * prediction book | + | |
- | * wikipedia | + | |
- | ==== reading/ | ||
- | * various [[:scifi]] threads re. possible future cultures, shifting relation between humans & their environment, | ||
- | * bloom, ventus, mars trilogy, incrementalists, | ||
- | * "A History of the Future in 100 Objects " >> [[https:// | ||
- | * 'the culture' | ||
- | * https:// | ||
- | * [[: | ||
- | * https:// | ||
- | * https:// | ||
- | * The Hermetic Library reading room >> http:// | ||
- | * Erwin Wagenhofer' | ||
* Christine Wilks talking about text as a way for developing character depth; [[http:// | * Christine Wilks talking about text as a way for developing character depth; [[http:// | ||
* performing text on screen | * performing text on screen | ||
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* Note: Prehearsals are first person narratives, PNs are third person. Thus a Prehearsal can have " | * Note: Prehearsals are first person narratives, PNs are third person. Thus a Prehearsal can have " | ||
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+ | ====formalised decision making==== | ||
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+ | A lot of the scenario planning process has to do with [[Formalised Decision Making]] and how this is done in groups. | ||
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+ | ==== present / future ==== | ||
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+ | 20140206 Having done several [[scenarios|scenario workshops]], | ||
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+ | Here are a few possible research questions and directions (some quite broad, others very specific), collected from various debriefs | ||
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+ | **How to improve the [[prehearsal pocket guide]]?** (notes from February 2014) | ||
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+ | General questions: | ||
+ | * 'but why...' | ||
+ | * how do we encourage a sense of agency amongst the participants when discussing and developing ' | ||
+ | * how do we clarify that what we’re doing is not about predicting the future, but about empowering people to be more aware of their present situation and clarify what they could do today to shape their actions to encourage a preferred possible future? | ||
+ | * what other forms can ' | ||
+ | * what is the shortest and/or longest time in which we can complete meaningful scenario workshops and/or prehearsals to come up with interesting results while keeping the process enjoyable for the participants? | ||
+ | * what other methods, aside from scenario building, are used to discuss possible futures? | ||
+ | * what can we borrow from other fields, such as; improv, |