the Fieldguide (working title) is a collection of texts, guides, warnings, and manifesto-like rabble rousing collated into a small book. (ideally pocket sized around A6~A5)

We'd like the guide to present a range of approaches to thinking about the future, dealing with uncertainty and in particular experiential methods and those able to be used in unpredictable settings. In view of this, our preference is for texts of a pragmatic bent, with a focus on instructional, DIY techniques, while at the same time delineating some of the contexts surrounding these approaches where appropriate.

One of the central concerns is how and why 'futures' can provide useful methods for increasing agency, improving understanding of complex issues, or becoming more human. When we talk about 'futures' are we dealing with scrying, divination or are these methods more in line with invocation? summoning futures into the present from an unknowable beyond?

Contributions could take several forms; describing experiential techniques, distributed online methods, distillations of complex procedures, step-by-step guides, framing documents, and suggestions for further developments. In general, practical elucidation rather than rhetorical digression. More like a manual than a shopping catalogue. Shorter texts are preferred over longer texts (however longer contextual pieces coudl be considered for the 2nd edition of 'Futurish')

Consider clarifying where you're coming from and what can a reader/user expect from following/adapting these approaches, what do they require - background traditions, presuppositions, prerequisites to prepare prospective futurists?. Are the the techniques described at an introductory or advanced level? What preoccupations and concerns drives someone to become personally concerned about this business?

some potental examples and/or starting points;

• prehearsal pocket guide
• scenario methods
• the framing and introduction from visualizing the invisible
• http://nestersteachingblog.com/2010/11/23/a-collection-of-oulipo-exercises/
• an introduction to futures card games
• Non Predictive Strategy
• various threads from Ffab background research
• etc+

(see also internal/process notes at https://repo.fo.am/foam/futurist-fieldguide/ )