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Narrative Protoyping

the scenario doesn’t know it’s a scenario: an interview with Madeline Ashby

the scenario doesn’t know it’s a scenario: an interview with Madeline Ashby

Few folk are better equipped to understand the art of worldbuilding from both sides of the futures/fiction border than Madeline Ashby, who has a fully justified reputation for excellence in both aspects. Find out how she does it!

of system and story: how narrative-based futuring expands the planner’s toolkit

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.

dimensions of experience: a (very) preliminary theory of futuring

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.

week 29 / 2024

week 29 / 2024

This week: ethnography-in-reverse as an analogy for narrative prototyping... and the infrastructurality of the scroll-wheel?