envision tomorrows science centre bridget mc kenzie 19th march
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Talk for the Science Centre World Summit in Mechelen, March 2014. Part of the session on Envisioning Tomorrow's Science Centre.TRANSCRIPT
Envisioning Tomorrow’s Science Centre: More challenge, more playBridget McKenzie, Flow UK19th March
Three ways to model futures
1. Normative: desired future built on common ideals 2. Extrapolating: probable future built on trends 3. Scenarios: possible futures built on ideals, trends & uncertainties
What you can’t predict is more powerful…
Gamechangers Trends
Black Swans Megatrends
Driving forces
Critical uncertainties
Scale, complexity and power
PlanetEconomy
Science
Education
All futures depend on the planet
Future of planet: Critical state shift
EnlightenmentNarrative of progress Technical solutions Science as knowable Ecology as non-human topicUnderstanding how things are
Celebrating universe & all its contents as a wonder beyond us
EngagementQuestioning narrativesSocial & creative solutions Science as paradoxical Ecology as key to thriving places & societyInfluencing how things are to arrest catastrophic disruptionSeeing ourselves as intimately connected to everything else
Future of science: More chaos + control?
Future of Learning: More rhizomatic?
Eco-sphere literacyas core skill?
Future of industry: More relational?
Future of attractions: Grand Projects?
…or, go with the digital flow?
Or, light on feet and coming to you?
Return to the first science centre?
…with its Board of Longitude
Challenge hubs?
Open IDEO
A shift outdoors?
Ethical sponsorship?
When things get serious, fun is more important