visual conversations on urban futures - drs 2016
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VISUAL CONVERSATIONS ON URBAN FUTURESParticipatory methods to design scenarios of liveable cities
Serena Pollastri - Lancaster University
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A VISUAL HISTORY OF THE FUTURENick Dunn, Paul Cureton, Serena Pollastri. 2014
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RESEARCH QUESTIONWhat would be ways of building visions and scenarios of urban
futures that articulate the plurality, differences, and conflicts that characterise the city, rather than being based on consensus and
internal coherence? Image from the Collision workshop:http://blogs.lgru.net/collision/?page_id=2
(the Collision-workshops are an initiative of Pierre Huyghebaert in collaboration with
http://lgru.net and Constant)
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RESEARCH QUESTIONWhat would be ways of building visions and scenarios of urban
futures that articulate the plurality, differences, and conflicts that characterise the city, rather than being based on consensus and
internal coherence?
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Processes and artefacts that utilise visual language to enable or document voices imagining and debating
possible futures for life in the city
VISUAL CONVERSATIONSON URBAN FUTURES
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SUBJECTIVEFUTURES.WORDPRESS.COM
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UTOPIEFrance, 1968-197X
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UTOPIEFrance, 1968-197X
“the fact that the critical column reacted to the text or the drawing was good; it produced fights, overlaps, critiques, everything you can imagine” (Jean Aubert, 2010)
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IMAGINARYGUIDELINESTurkey, 2014
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SUBJECTIVEFUTURES.WORDPRESS.COM
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visual reports
gamesplatforms
little magazines
VISUAL CONVERSATIONS ON URBAN FUTURESProcesses and artefacts that utilise visual language
to enable or document voices imagining and debating possible futures for life in the city
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DESIGNEXPERIMENTS
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VISUAL WRITING
PARTICIPATORY SCENARIO MAKING
CREATIVE SPECULATIONS
DESIGNEXPERIMENTS(in the paper)
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VISUAL WRITING
PARTICIPATORY SCENARIO MAKING
CREATIVE SPECULATIONS
DESIGNEXPERIMENTS(in the paper)
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AN ATLAS OFFUTURE IMAGINARYCITIES
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FUTUREVISIONINGBREAKFASTS
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FUTUREVISIONINGBREAKFASTS
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FUTUREVISIONINGBREAKFASTSProcesses of Visual Conversations on Urban Futures
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AN ATLAS OFFUTURE IMAGINARYCITIESMaking Visual Conversations on Urban Futuresreadable
SEREMIRU.COM/ATLAS/EXPORT/INDEX.HTML
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AN ATLAS OFFUTURE IMAGINARYCITIESMaking Visual Conversations on Urban Futuresreadable
1.WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE?
FOCUS ON EFFICIENCY as discussed in theRETAIL SECTOR WORKSHOP (a summary)
The urban environment is rationalised to maximise effi-ciency, . The cyclical economy makes systems mode self sufficient. Needs are met by efficient solution, and activi-ties such as travelling and growing are just for leisure.
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AN ATLAS OFFUTURE IMAGINARYCITIESMaking Visual Conversations on Urban Futuresreadable
1.WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE?
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AN ATLAS OFFUTURE IMAGINARYCITIESMaking Visual Conversations on Urban Futuresreadable
1.WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE?
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AN ATLAS OFFUTURE IMAGINARYCITIESMaking Visual Conversations on Urban Futuresreadable
2.WHAT WILL CITIES OF THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? HOW WILL WE LIVE IN THEM?
wellbeing
eco-systems
energy
city structure
prodyction/consumption
governance
policy
living
communities
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AN ATLAS OFFUTURE IMAGINARYCITIESMaking Visual Conversations on Urban Futuresreadable
2.WHAT WILL CITIES OF THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? HOW WILL WE LIVE IN THEM?
wellbeing
eco-systems
energy
city structure
prodyction/consumption
governance
policy
living
communities
ARCHITECTS AND URBANISTS
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AN ATLAS OFFUTURE IMAGINARYCITIESMaking Visual Conversations on Urban Futuresreadable
2.WHAT WILL CITIES OF THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? HOW WILL WE LIVE IN THEM?
wellbeing
eco-systems
energy
city structure
prodyction/consumption
governance
policy
living
communities
EDUCATION SECTOR
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AN ATLAS OFFUTURE IMAGINARYCITIESMaking Visual Conversations on Urban Futuresreadable
2.WHAT WILL CITIES OF THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? HOW WILL WE LIVE IN THEM?
wellbeing
eco-systems
energy
city structure
prodyction/consumption
governance
policy
living
communities
SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT SECTOR
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AN ATLAS OFFUTURE IMAGINARYCITIES...have a look, tell us what you think!
SEREMIRU.COM/ATLAS/EXPORT/INDEX.HTML
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VISUAL WRITING
PARTICIPATORY SCENARIO MAKING
CREATIVE SPECULATIONS
DESIGNEXPERIMENTSthis is where I have been able to try the approach so far...
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VISUAL CONVERSATIONSON URBANFUTURESfurther research is needed!
OTHER CONTEXTS?
DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS/ PURPOSES?
MORE EXPERIMENTS WITH PROCESSES, TECHNIQUES, MEDIA?
TOOLS FOR SELF-DOCUMENTATION?
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CONCLUSIONS(WHY DOES IT MATTER)
- Visual conversations on urban futures are not themselves agents of change, but can offer a significant contribution in the early stages of processes of building scenarios for possible futures.
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- Visual conversations on urban futures are not themselves agents of change, but can offer a significant contribution in the early stages of processes of building scenarios for possible futures.
- Building alternatives to the dominant order by “making possible what apperar(s) to be impossible” (Lefebvre, 1970, cited in (Buckley & Violeau, 2011).
CONCLUSIONS(WHY DOES IT MATTER)
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- Visual conversations on urban futures are not themselves agents of change, but can offer a significant contribution in the early stages of processes of building scenarios for possible futures.
- Building alternatives to the dominant order by “making possible what apperar(s) to be impossible” (Lefebvre, 1970, cited in (Buckley & Violeau, 2011).
- While in times of urgent change seeking clarity and agreement might seem a much preferable route, we argue that articulating divergence is a necessary step to explore truly radical solutions. Stepping back from a solution-oriented approach allows us to critically question the present and the underlying assumptions of current research and political discourse on “growth” and “sustainability”.
CONCLUSIONS(WHY DOES IT MATTER)
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THANK YOUSerena Pollastri
Lancaster University
[email protected]@sere_miru
subjectivefutures.wordpress.com