Enacting futures in postnormal times

Kuzmanovic, Maja; Gaffney, Nik

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2016.05.007

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“…In addition to these points above, the practices of future design can be expected to have more implications than the social learning type of effects associated with backcasting and other relevant methods (Robinson 2003;Quist and Vergragt 2006;Kuzmanovic and Gaffney 2017;Ligtvoet et al 2016). Researchers conducted interviews with imaginary future generation participants to examine their way of thinking in greater detail and found that some of the prominent characteristics associated with those who represented imaginary future generations were as follows (Nakagawa et al 2017).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Under this concept, decision making and vision design are achieved by negotiation and consensus building between the present and imaginary future generations. While other attempts to allow people to experience envisioned futures have been carried out (Oliver 2008;Kuzmanovic and Gaffney 2017), there has yet to be a study in which an imaginary future generation is created as a stakeholder that can take part in decisionmaking processes to reconcile intergenerational conflicts and thus achieve sustainability.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Reconciling intergenerational conflicts with imaginary future generations: evidence from a participatory deliberation practice in a municipality in Japan

Hara

Yoshioka²,

Kuroda

et al. 2019

Sustain Sci

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Coping with intergenerational conflicts is one of the fundamental keys to building a sustainable society. However, current decision-making systems tend to be inclined towards the preferences of present generations, simply because future generations do not yet exist and therefore cannot participate in present-day negotiating processes. In this paper, with an aim towards reconciling possible intergenerational conflicts, we present the first attempt at creating a participatory intergenerational deliberation practice by creating "imaginary future generation" groups to represent future generations and negotiate with present-generation groups regarding future visions and associated decision making. To accomplish this, a series of workshops were organized in a local municipality in Japan in which participating imaginary future-generation groups and present-generation groups first deliberated separately, and then worked together, to form a consensus over prioritizing policy measures associated with their separate visions of the municipality in 2060. We then analyzed deliberation and consensusbuilding processes used and observed a stark contrast in deliberation styles and priorities between the groups. For example, imaginary future-generation-group measures were primarily characterized by utilizing existing local resources, while the present-generation groups aimed more at solving current problems. Notably, the consensus-building processes resulted in choosing more than half of the measures originally proposed by the imaginary future-generation groups, thereby indicating that decision-making preferences had shifted to future generations. We contend that our approach, which is based on introducing imaginary future-generation groups as stakeholders, could provide indicators towards coping with intergenerational conflicts via present-day decision-making processes.

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Reconciling intergenerational conflicts with imaginary future generations: evidence from a participatory deliberation practice in a municipality in Japan

Hara

Yoshioka²,

Kuroda

et al. 2019

Sustain Sci

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“…Within the field of futures studies, fiction writing as a technique is used in participatory research contexts. In some practices, these writings are brought to life, used as a base for playful exercises or staged interventions that surpass the potential of textual scenarios (Candy and Dunagan 2017;Kuzmanovic and Gaffney 2017). Radio, theatre, video games, films can be used as a method or as a form of dissemination, to enable people's deeper engagement in thought and discussion.…”

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20:30 Bruxsels Talks

Anthoni

BrusselAVenir²,

Balwani

et al. 2021

Art/Research International

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On the 23rd of January 2020, a radio talk show of the future, 20:30 Bruxsels Talks, took place in Brussels. With fictional guests and artists from the year 2030, it discussed how the transition to a climate-proof city had happened since 2019. The body of this article is the script of this fiction piece, produced by BrusselAVenir and BNA-BBOT. In the introduction we explain the relationship between the field of futures studies and fiction, we frame 20:30 Bruxsels Talks within futures studies, and highlight the potential of fiction for knowledge creation and dissemination. By publishing the script, we hope to inspire researchers, changemakers and artists to explore fiction as a method, as a format and as a space, to trigger conversation and imagination, and engage citizens to take up a role in shaping the cities they live in. Note: This article should be read in conjunction with “20:30 Bruxsels Talks: Fiction as a Method, Fiction as a Format, Fiction as a Space,” written by the same author team and published in this issue.

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“…Co-developing new narratives, authentic visions, and intelligent strategies allows for a sense of natural ownership and commitment, which can lead to collective foresight with an understanding of shared challenges and a common vision for change, and can call forth commitment and action (Ramos 2006(Ramos , 2017. Furthermore, the integration of experiential methods throughout the co-creation process -using techniques from improvisation, play and meditation, enhances embodied, multi-modal, and holistic explorations of futures (Kuzmanovic and Gaffney 2017). In this study, we shed light on the participatory nature of the process, providing a transparent audit trail of the approach developed to reach the stage of live broadcasting and how different voices were taken into account.…”

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confidence: 99%

20:30 Bruxsels Talks

Anthoni

Balwani²,

Schoffelen

et al. 2021

Art/Research International

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On the 23rd of January 2020, a radio talk show of the future, 20:30 Bruxsels Talks, took place in Brussels. With guests and artists from the year 2030, it discussed how the transition to a climate-proof city had happened since 2019. In this article, we present and frame the development of the show and provide insight into the participative creation process. The radio show exemplifies (a) how future fiction can be used as a tool to evoke change and (b) how the participatory development of futurist fiction can be used as a method to trigger imagination and conversation on what citizens want for our cities. We argue that there is an opportunity for researchers to explore fiction as a method, as a format and as a space. Foresight practitioners who want to create engaging stories may find inspiration in the body of knowledge of arts-based research and the arts. Note: This article should be read in conjunction with 20:30 Bruxsels Talks: A Script for a Future Fiction Radio Show, in this issue, written by the same author team and published in this volume.

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Enacting futures in postnormal times

Cited by 22 publications

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Reconciling intergenerational conflicts with imaginary future generations: evidence from a participatory deliberation practice in a municipality in Japan

Reconciling intergenerational conflicts with imaginary future generations: evidence from a participatory deliberation practice in a municipality in Japan

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