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| Notes from FoAM's Scenario Building experiments, by Anna Maria Orru and David Relan | Notes from FoAM's Scenario Building experiments, by Anna Maria Orru and David Relan |
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| //Note to the reader: this article assumes a basic knowledge of scenario building and strategic foresight. If you are new to this field, we suggest that you first read [[FoAM prehearsal article]] as an introduction.// | //Note to the reader: this article assumes a basic knowledge of scenario building and strategic foresight. If you are new to this field, we suggest that you first read [[http://www.wired.com/wired/scenarios/build.html|How to Build Scenarios by Lawrence Wilkinson]] as an introduction.// |
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| ==== Testing resilience of possible futures ==== | ==== Testing resilience of possible futures ==== |
| We wanted to create a scenario-building kit -- a symphony of visual tools and storytelling techniques that could be used by individuals, small groups and communities to turn dry and analytical planning into a playful, co-creative and collaborative activity. Through a series of conversations and design sessions the group could prototype possible future scenarios and use these as a framework to create real-life "future pre-enactments." | We wanted to create a scenario-building kit -- a symphony of visual tools and storytelling techniques that could be used by individuals, small groups and communities to turn dry and analytical planning into a playful, co-creative and collaborative activity. Through a series of conversations and design sessions the group could prototype possible future scenarios and use these as a framework to create real-life "future pre-enactments." |
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| Scavenging techniques from our previous projects such as [[http://fo.am/foodprints|Foodprints]] and [[http://annamariaorru.com/Drivers-of-Change|Drivers of Change]], we brought them together in a scenario symphony. These tools included the [[http://payload19.cargocollective.com/1/6/195556/2699591/Foodprints_ruler%20cover.jpg|Foodprints ruler]] and temporal model from FoAM Nordica, as well as the [[Link to the panarchy page of this article|panarchy cycle]] and Arup’s [[http://www.driversofchange.com/food/|Drivers of Change food cards]]. Our challenge was to thread these various approaches together to create scenarios and test them for resilience over time. | Scavenging techniques from our previous projects such as [[http://fo.am/foodprints|Foodprints]] and [[http://annamariaorru.com/Drivers-of-Change|Drivers of Change]], we brought them together in a scenario symphony. These tools included the [[http://payload19.cargocollective.com/1/6/195556/2699591/Foodprints_ruler%20cover.jpg|Foodprints ruler]] and temporal model from FoAM Nordica, as well as the [[from_pan_to_panarchy|panarchy cycle]] and Arup’s [[http://www.driversofchange.com/food/|Drivers of Change food cards]]. Our challenge was to thread these various approaches together to create scenarios and test them for resilience over time. |
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| To test the scenario building kit, we decided to try it out in practice. FoAM Brussels is located in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molenbeek-Saint-Jean|Molenbeek]], one of the “troublesome” communes of the Brussels-Capital Region. Our challenge was to look at what role food could play to improve contact and engagement between different cultural groups in Molenbeek. | To test the scenario building kit, we decided to try it out in practice. FoAM Brussels is located in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molenbeek-Saint-Jean|Molenbeek]], one of the “troublesome” communes of the Brussels-Capital Region. Our challenge was to look at what role food could play to improve contact and engagement between different cultural groups in Molenbeek. |
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