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Futures research, or futures studies, is a broad field that explores potential futures to better understand and prepare for possible changes and developments across various domains, including society, ecologies and technologies. | Futures research, or futures studies, is a broad field that explores potential futures to better understand and prepare for possible changes and developments across various domains, including society, ecologies and technologies. | ||
There are diverse approaches to Futures, but a key issue across all approaches is the inherent deep uncertainty of the future. This involves a fundamental ambiguity where the range of possible alternatives and outcomes can not be accurately predicted, preventing any clear assignment of probabilities. This uncertainty is particularly critical in the context of the current polycrisis, and the unprecedented challenges associated with climate change, economic instability, social inequality, geopolitical conflict and multi-species justice. | There are diverse approaches to Futures, but a key issue across all approaches is the inherent deep uncertainty of the future. This involves a fundamental ambiguity where the range of possible alternatives and outcomes can not be accurately predicted, preventing any clear assignment of probabilities. This uncertainty is particularly critical in the context of the current polycrisis, and the unprecedented challenges associated with climate change, economic instability, social inequality, geopolitical conflict and multi-species justice. <ref>Haraway, Donna. Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University Press, 2016</ref>. | ||
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Live Action Role-Playing (LARP), developed by the Nordic LARP community is a playful, immersive and participatory method to engage diverse audiences in exploring contemporary societal challenges and future scenarios. It involves participants role-playing particular characters within time-based creative scenarios to explore different futures and outcomes, engaging audiences in group problem-solving and collective imagination. <ref>op de Beke, Laura. Long Story: Playing With Deep Time. Oslo School of Environmental Humanities, 2022. Web. https://lodbeke.itch.io/long-story-a-deep-time-larp.</ref> | Live Action Role-Playing (LARP), developed by the Nordic LARP community is a playful, immersive and participatory method to engage diverse audiences in exploring contemporary societal challenges and future scenarios. It involves participants role-playing particular characters within time-based creative scenarios to explore different futures and outcomes, engaging audiences in group problem-solving and collective imagination. <ref>op de Beke, Laura. Long Story: Playing With Deep Time. Oslo School of Environmental Humanities, 2022. Web. https://lodbeke.itch.io/long-story-a-deep-time-larp.</ref> | ||
Playful Readiness Scenarios | |||
Link to [[Playful Scenarios|Playful Readiness Scenarios]] | |||
== Citations == | == Citations == | ||
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