of system and story: how narrative-based futuring expands the planner’s toolkit
What use is story in the context of serious, grown-up planning? It's the best way of finding out the flaws in your existing system model—let me tell you why.
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dimensions of experience: a (very) preliminary theory of futuring
By considering futures as narratives, we open up the possibility of a comparative analysis of the many different modes (and media) of the practice of futuring. This unlocks in turn the further possibilities of collaboration, remix and critique, across and between those modes.
case study: a practice-based perspective on participatory prototyping
How can a practice-based perspective inform a participatory prototyping project? This case study looks at the example of climate adaptation in an urban context.
fairy or walrus? futuring tips from the Tumblrati
This is the hill I will die on today: the kids on Tumblr are currently engaging more seriously with the boundless possibilities of futurity than the Very Serious AI Guys of LinkedIn.
no one is to blame, but everyone's complicit: the necessity of practice-based theories of change
Before I start digging deep into practice-based theories of change, it's well worth asking why I think they're useful.
it isn't the phones (but it isn't not the phones)
Let's clamber into the express elevator with Karl Schroeder, and have a little think about EVs and the Doomscroll. Mind the doors!
a requiem for "The Future"
What is the object of the verb "to future"? What is its subject? And what are the implications of the answers to those two questions?