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--- future_fabulators:human_invasive_interaction [2014-02-06 01:39] – maja
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 ==== Human Invasive Interaction ====
-Notes from scenario building session about the interaction between humans and invasive species.
+Notes from scenario building session about the interaction between humans and invasive species. The two hour long workshop was designed to get a sense of what possible futures might exist for cohabitation with exotic and invasive species. Lisa Ma (a speculative designer working on 'human-invasives-interaction' at the time of the workshop) provided the framing and focal issue for the workshop. She was curious how invasive species might become a source rather than be seen as waste. Eva de Groote from Timelab brought together a diverse group of participants - from researchers, to activists, policy makers and cooks. The cultural centre Vooruit hosted the workshop at their premises and within their festival appropriately entitled "Possible Futures". The workshop was an exploratory taste of Lisa's speculative microresidency at FoAM in 2014.
-The two hour long workshop was designed to get a sense of what possible futures might exist for cohabitation with exotic and invasive species. Lisa Ma (a speculative designer working on 'human-invasives-interaction' at the time of the workshop) provided the framing and focal issue for the workshop. She was curious how invasive species might become a source rather than be seen as waste. Eva de Groote from Timelab brought together a diverse group of participants - from researchers, to activists, policy makers and cooks. The cultural centre Vooruit hosted the workshop at their premises and within their festival appropriately entitled "Possible Futures". The workshop was an exploratory taste of Lisa's speculative microresidency at FoAM in 2014.
+In collaboration with [[http://timelab.org/|Timelab]] (Eva de Groote) and[[http://www.lisama.co.uk/|Lisa Ma]], at the [[http://vooruit.be/en/magazine/detail/1323/Possible_Futures_closing_festival_VOORUIT100|Possible Futures Festival]] of Vooruit in Ghent, Belgium. Facilitated by Maja Kuzmanovic and Nik Gaffney (FoAM). Participants: Peter Goethals, Lucie Evers, Tobias leenaert, Tim Joye, Jan Seys, Lut de Clercq, Katrien Strubbe, Geert Heyeman, Paul Blondeel, Gino Pauwels, Bram Crevits, Ilse Dehondt, Tineke Janssens, Eva Peeters, Eva de Groote, Lisa Ma. Photos by Michiel Devijver (photos with people) and Nik Gaffney (photos of writing).
-In collaboration with [[http://timelab.org/|Timelab]] (Eva de Groote) and[[http://www.lisama.co.uk/|Lisa Ma]], at the [[http://vooruit.be/en/magazine/detail/1323/Possible_Futures_closing_festival_VOORUIT100|Possible Futures Festival]] of Vooruit in Ghent, Belgium. Facilitated by Maja Kuzmanovic and Nik Gaffney (FoAM). Participants: Peter Goethals, Lucie Evers, Tobias leenaert, Tim Joye, Jan Seys, Lut de Clercq, Katrien Strubbe, Geert Heyeman, Paul Blondeel, Gino Pauwels, Bram Crevits, Ilse Dehondt, Tineke Janssens, Eva Peeters, Eva de Groote, Lisa Ma.
+{{ :future_fabulators:invasives_participants.png?direct |}}
   * http://fo.am/human-invasive-interaction/
   * http://vooruit.be/en/show/detail/7217/Grote_woorden_kleine_revoluties
   * http://timelab.org/
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 Are alien species welcome? How will invasive species become a source, rather than threat and waste?
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+//workshop harvest//
 ==== key factors ====
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   * **Alien species support us**: they should become a part of the solution dealing with issues of food safety. For that to happen both regulation and culture must change. If seen as able to increase local economic resilience, they might be seen as productive species that can be seen as providing nutrition (or other support) for humans and/or others. A development of an invasives market is likely.
   * **Alien species adapt to us**: Not all exotic species are invasive. Some of them adopt a strategy of invisibility and non-disturbance. As long as they have no negative impact on their host habitats, they're considered "nice" and likeable. We can help alien species willing to adapt and "do no harm" and find a way to use more aggressive invaders without fearing them.
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 ====drivers of change ====
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     * [[included]]
     * [[dissident]]
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+==== debrief ====
+(Maja's notes)
+This was the shortest scenario workshop we have ever attempted to do and our conclusion is that it was: too short! The group was about 15 people, not all of whom know each other, but who all had a specific take on the workshop topic. Most of them were keen to share their knowledge, experience and opinions, but unfortunately such a short workshop meant that we had to cut many interesting conversations (very) short. For this group size and such complex topic a minimum of three hours is needed.
+Two experienced facilitators who are used to work together are a must for such short sessions. Nik and I have never facilitated a scenario workshop together and we had only an hour or so to prepare. This would have been fine if we were used to co-facilitation, as we could have sensed where we could complement each other. We agreed we would improvise, but the problem was that when I needed help Nik wasn't aware of it, so I was stumbling over myself to both host conversations and harvest them (very quickly), which meant that I didn't do either very convincingly... What suffered most was the group dynamics, meaning that a few people comfortable with speaking in public were the ones mostly heard, while there were several quiet people who didn't manage to say much...
+It might be possible to do a two hour version
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