Img: My understanding of the design futures process by Arohipramod
DAY’S AGENDA
1. Reminders
1. Role of the website: resonar.net/futurities-udk
2. Room 102 next session on Dec 3
2. Brain gymnastics ‘Why Design Futures’
3. Work in groups, continuation participatory writing exercise: Short Story ‘Dystopian Vision UdK-20’
4. Texts to read for next session (find the link at the end of this entry):
Giant whispers: Narrative power, radical imagination and a future worth fighting for by Patrick Reinsborough.
BRAIN GYMNASTICS: WHY DESIGN FUTURES?
– Reminder last exercise: resonar.net/session-5-november-19
– Brief text: Why design futures? medium.com/why-design-futures
– Brain gymnastics: probable and ideal scenarios.
Img: Dunne, A., & Raby, F. (2013). Speculative everything: Design, fiction, and social dreaming. MIT Press.
CONTINUATION: ‘DYSTOPIAN VISION UDK-2040’
1. Amend the narrative by clarifying three core moments (15 mins):
• Enhance the contextualization of the scenario
• Emphasize the central conflict or issue
• Accentuate the concluding gesture
2. Each group reads the story aloud: define first who reads what?
3. Feedback round
Pads used for the exercise:
Group 1: https://pad.riseup.net/p/futurities-1-1
Group 2: https://pad.riseup.net/p/futurities-1-2
Group 3: https://pad.riseup.net/p/futurities-1-3
Group 4: https://pad.riseup.net/p/futurities-1-4
TEXT TO READ FOR NEXT SESSION
Reinsborough, P. (2010). Giant whispers: Narrative power, radical imagination and a future worth fighting for. Affinities: A Journal of Radical Theory, Culture, and Action, 4(2), 67–88.
Download the text here: Giant whispers PDF