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| ==== Possible Futures & Parallel Presents ==== | ==== Possible Futures & Parallel Presents ==== |
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| What this page is exactly about isn't quite clear yet. we're interested in how futures can inform present practices that are attempting to answer the question: **"how could things be otherwise"**? It is somewhat related to [[design fiction]], but more focused on creating parallels, alternatives to the mainstream culture today. it also has something to do with creating the culture of the 'long now', extended present, smeared moments... | This page shows various approaches to the parallel and the possible. We're interested in how futures can inform present practices that are attempting to answer the question: **"how could things be otherwise"**? Some projects implicitly assume a specific future, others demand nothing less than total commitment ot the present. Somewhat related to [[design fiction]], yet focused on creating parallels or alternatives to existing cultures. it also has something to do with incubating the culture of the 'long now', extended present, smeared moments... |
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| e.g. micronations, Kingdom of Elgaland Vargaland, NSK, Near Future Lab, Superflux, BERG, Loop, Pierre Huyghe, Tobias Revell, infrastructure fiction, design fiction, kaospilots, .D'Annunzio's Fiume, various communes/intentional communities from the 60s and later, Irrational, Collapsonomics, Future Farmers, Institute of Collapsonomics, Unmonastery, Edgeryders, etc. | e.g. micronations, Kingdom of Elgaland Vargaland, NSK, Near Future Lab, Superflux, BERG, Loop, Pierre Huyghe, Tobias Revell, infrastructure fiction, design fiction, kaospilots, D'Annunzio's Fiume, various communes/intentional communities from the 1960s onward, Irrational, Collapsonomics, Future Farmers, Institute of Collapsonomics, Unmonastery, Edgeryders, etc. |
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| towards specific works/events/examples | towards specific works/events/examples |
| * Natalie Jeremijenko's Environmental Health Clinic (and other works): http://www.fastcompany.com/3016997/women-in-tech-2011/the-most-influential-women-in-technology-2011-natalie-jeremijenko | * Natalie Jeremijenko's Environmental Health Clinic (and other works): http://www.fastcompany.com/3016997/women-in-tech-2011/the-most-influential-women-in-technology-2011-natalie-jeremijenko |
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| | ==== The Very Near Future ==== |
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| | <html><iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/18GQpVTq5B0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></html> |
| ==== design futurescaping==== | ==== design futurescaping==== |
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| instead of just talking about change, implementing change in .o.a. [[doing democracy]] | instead of just talking about change, implementing change in .o.a. [[doing democracy]] |
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