The Power of Utopia

the sceptical futuryst · 4 years ago · 167 views

One of my favourite engagements of the past year was a panel about The Power of Utopia with accomplished artistic activists Terry Marshall (co-instigator of Intelligent Mischief, a creative studio dedicated to “unleashing Black imagination to shape the future”), and Cory Doctorow (bestselling science fiction author and journalist whose work includes How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism and Walkaway, among many other titles). The Center for Artistic Activism (C4AA) hosted the event as part of its Revolutionizing Activism series, a brilliant resource for agents of change to practise infusing radical imagination into present action. Afterwards, the organisation shared some key takeaways from the event under the title How to strengthen the vision of your advocacy. Video of the full conversation is embedded below. Related:> Imagination Is a Commons: An experiential futures project for UNDP (02021)> Ethnographic Experiential Futures / EXF (02017)> FoundFutures: Chinatown: Green Dragon (02007)> Critical activism: An interview with Anab Jain (02019)> The New York Times Special Edition (02008)> Future documentary (02016)> Guerrilla Futures: Strategic foresight meets tactical media (02014)> Dreampolitik: On the political importance of impossible dreams (2008)> The Tao of Steve (02011)> Guerrilla Futures C4AA webinar (02017)> The School of Worldbuilding (02019)