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Building the Infrastructure of Possibility
New forms of architecture, infrastructure, and organisation will emerge from this, relying on a rebalanced relationship between participatory cultures and corporate interest, public sector and private sector, and the reinvigorated institutions of trusted government. It emphasises shared resources and civic relationships, yet recognises individual d... See more
Medium • 11: Post-traumatic urbanism and radical indigenism
Designers and strategists working toward preferable futures must recognize that technical forecasting and trend analysis are not enough. Imagination is what allows alternatives to emerge—alternatives that are often suppressed by dominant narratives of innovation, growth and inevitability. When imagination is reclaimed as a civic and political capac... See more
Practical imagination
rebuilding of the collective imagination
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
These are all pointers to a future fusion of technology, the arts, and community engagement in shaping cities, where our minds and bodies are activated in different kinds of experience, connection and imagination. They echo an earlier point about politics. If the tools of art can be used to construct possible future options for a society, to flush
... See moreGeoff Mulgan • Another World Is Possible: How to Reignite Social and Political Imagination
