The article presents and discusses the experience of a workshop held online in 2020 as part of the DigitalFUTURES event. The proposal found its starting point in the register of a world in the midst of a pandemic crisis. The general... more
The article presents and discusses the experience of a workshop held online in 2020 as part of the DigitalFUTURES event. The proposal found its starting point in the register of a world in the midst of a pandemic crisis. The general objective of the workshop was the construction of a design thinking capable of acting on the domestic by means of a disobedience projected towards a possible future. In this framework, digital disobedience became an exercise in critically questioning certain ambiguities of digital interfaces in their everyday omnipresence. By adopting a decolonial sight on design through an epistemology from the South, it was possible to achieve at alternative figurations of futures. These figurations led to the design of a series of futuristic domestic devices capable of exploring disobedient scenarios of domestic dwelling.
This exploratory study was performed during the Psychology of Time course as a first step to creating a working definition of the concept of Futurization. First associations were explored, additionally the term 'futurization' was... more
This exploratory study was performed during the Psychology of Time course as a first step to creating a working definition of the concept of Futurization. First associations were explored, additionally the term 'futurization' was contrasted and compared to the term 'future'.
This hands-on workshop was an invitation to explore the concept of futurization together. The idea emerged after a rather improvised discussion between Anna Sircova (psychologist and visual artist), Martina S. Mahnke (digital... more
This hands-on workshop was an invitation to explore the concept of futurization together. The idea emerged after a rather improvised discussion between Anna Sircova (psychologist and visual artist), Martina S. Mahnke (digital communication and media expert), Aglaia Michelakis (architect, visual artist and writer), Jason Brovich (psychology and law enthusiast), Julia Kulgavchuk (user experience designer) and Olga Dmitrichenko (IT and VR specialist) one September evening. We are happy to have learned that issues associated with futurization resonated with people with very diverse backgrounds such as social sciences, engineering,
Thinking in the present is what has gotten us here-now it's time to start thinking about the future. Most of us may not realize that the decisions we are making on a daily basis can have far-reaching consequences for individuals,... more
Thinking in the present is what has gotten us here-now it's time to start thinking about the future. Most of us may not realize that the decisions we are making on a daily basis can have far-reaching consequences for individuals, societies, and ecosystems into the future. The reason we have survived so far as a biological species is that we act in the here-and-now: when we saw danger-we ran, when we saw food-we ate. However, if we want to make sure we can survive further on in time, we will have to incorporate future thinking in our behaviours. How can we do that? How can we expand our temporal horizon and develop new cognitive abilities? How can we learn to deal with the massive amount of uncertainty and anxiety that this perspective brings? And, more generally, does such time awareness lead to more sustainable behaviors, decisions, policy-making? During this hands-on workshop, we will explore how to understand the concept of 'futurization' from different angles: What are the mechanisms we can use to see the possible futures? How can we bring these desired futures closer and Futurization of thinking and behavior as a fine balancing act about:reader?url=https://medium.com/time-perspective-network/.
