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| Participants: the students and faculty (and their daughters) of the University of Washington: Alex, Megan, Angel, Stacey, Karla, Devin, Nate, Hillery, Alyssa, Rachel, Adam, Tiffany, Rara, Hannah, Cindy, Saloni, Kate, Katie, Lars, Jon, Ivy, Fiona. | Participants: the students and faculty (and their daughters) of the University of Washington: Alex, Megan, Angel, Stacey, Karla, Devin, Nate, Hillery, Alyssa, Rachel, Adam, Tiffany, Rara, Hannah, Cindy, Saloni, Kate, Katie, Lars, Jon, Ivy, Fiona. |
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| //More photos on [[https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157645683623095/|Flickr]]// | //More photos on [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157645683623095/|Flickr]]// |
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| The workshop was initiated and produced by Stacey Moran and Adam Nocek. It was facilitated by Maja Kuzmanovic and Nik Gaffney of FoAM Brussels and hosted in Amsterdam Midwest, thanks to Cocky Eek of FoAM Amsterdam who found the space. The workshop is a part of the summer course "Visualizing The Invisible: Design and Creativity in The Netherlands" at the University of Washington. The programme brochure can be found [[http://chid.washington.edu/sites/chid/files/study-abroad/amsterdam_program_brochure_2014.pdf|here]] | The workshop was initiated and produced by Stacey Moran and Adam Nocek. It was facilitated by Maja Kuzmanovic and Nik Gaffney of FoAM Brussels and hosted in Amsterdam Midwest, thanks to Cocky Eek of FoAM Amsterdam who found the space. The workshop is a part of the summer course "Visualizing The Invisible: Design and Creativity in The Netherlands" at the University of Washington. The programme brochure can be found [[http://chid.washington.edu/sites/chid/files/study-abroad/amsterdam_program_brochure_2014.pdf|here]] |
| * Deep and considered discussions and analysis of the details of the future. | * Deep and considered discussions and analysis of the details of the future. |
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| On the [[visualizing_the_invisible_process|process page]] you can find a more detailed description of the flow, questions and techniques used in the workshop. | On the [[visualizing_the_invisible_process|process page]] you can find a more detailed description of the flow, questions and techniques used in the workshop. |
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| === Core question === | === Core question === |
| __**How does visualizing the invisible change the way we interact with the world?**__ | __**How does visualizing the invisible change the way we interact with the world?**__ |
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| By visualizing we mean "making apparent", not just through visual means, but able to be perceived through one or multiple senses. | By visualizing we mean "making apparent", not just through visual means, but to make perceptible through one or multiple senses. |
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| === The present situation === | === The present situation === |
| What do we know? | What do we know? |
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| We visualize environments, ideologies, information, cities and people. We use tools and methods, often technological, to visualize the invisible. What is considered invisible is different for different people. Things can be invisible for specific individuals or specific groups of people; they can be fully or partially invisible.Invisibility is made by us, it is a subjective phenomenon, and can have elements of faith. Physical things can remind us of things that are invisible. Using technology to visualize the invisible has often much to do with privilege and power. Visualizing the invisible has been a part of philosophy, reasoning and meaning-making. | We visualize environments, ideologies, information, cities and people. We use tools and methods, often technological, to visualize the invisible. What is considered invisible is different for different people. Things can be invisible for specific individuals or specific groups of people; they can be fully or partially invisible. Invisibility is made by us, it is a subjective phenomenon, and can involve elements of faith. Physical things can remind us of things that are invisible. Using technology to visualize the invisible has often much to do with privilege and power. Visualizing the invisible has been a part of philosophy, reasoning and meaning-making. |
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| What do we presume? | What do we presume? |
| What is unknown? | What is unknown? |
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| We don’t know what is the relationship between belief and visibility and what is it’s link to morality. As such, we don’t know how it can impact the world, what it’s potential outcomes are an what problems might emerge from it. We are not sure which methods and processes are most effective. We don’t know how wide the scope is of visualizing the invisible, and what are its’ boundaries. Finally, we are unsure about the relationship between visualizing and creating a world. | We don’t know what the relationship is between belief and visibility and what its link to morality is. As such, we don’t know how it can impact the world, what its potential outcomes are an what problems might emerge from it. We are not sure which methods and processes are most effective. We don’t know how wide the scope is of visualizing the invisible, and what its boundaries are. Finally, we are unsure about the relationship between visualizing and creating a world. |
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| === Change Drivers === | === Change Drivers === |
| * Combination of ideas, fields and cultures | * Combination of ideas, fields and cultures |
| * Transnationalism and cultural appropriation | * Transnationalism and cultural appropriation |
| * Arts and the collective aesthetics | * Arts and collective aesthetics |
| * Digital selves (generational gaps) | * Digital selves (generational gaps) |
| * Homogenization and globalization | * Homogenization and globalization |
| === Critical Uncertainties === | === Critical Uncertainties === |
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| Most important and uncertain: | Most important and uncertain: |
| * Closed system totalitarianism <-> Radical openness | * Closed system totalitarianism <-> Radical openness |
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| === Scenarios === | === Scenarios === |
| * [[franco]]: Radical openness and unsustainable homogenization. Everything is visualized and shared, but unseen due to massive 'filter failure'. There is an illusion of choice, when in effect everything is the same. Economic profit and cost efficiency are shared and visualized. Every individual is so visible that they become invisible and the value of their achievements are ignored. Excess, resource depletion, greed and jealousy are kept invisible. | * [[franco]]: Radical openness and unsustainable homogenization. Everything is visualized and shared, but unseen due to massive "filter failure". There is an illusion of choice, when in effect everything is the same. Economic profit and cost efficiency are shared and visualized. Every individual is so visible that they become invisible and the value of their achievements is ignored. Excess, resource depletion, greed and jealousy are kept invisible. |
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| * [[biopentopia]]: Radical openness and sustainable biodiversity. Sharing and diversity are visualized and celebrated. What remains invisible is the edge between the private and the public; also individual desire and cultural identity are flooded under the abundance of difference. | * [[biopentopia]]: Radical openness and sustainable biodiversity. Sharing and diversity are visualized and celebrated. What remains invisible is the edge between the private and the public; also individual desire and cultural identity are flooded under the abundance of difference. |
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| * [[geriopolis]]: Closed system totalitarianism and unsustainable homogenization. False resilience of this society is abundantly visualized. What remains invisible is its inherent fragility and unsustainability. Also, the individuals are invisible and any dissent is impossible to comprehend. | * [[geriopolis]]: Closed system totalitarianism and unsustainable homogenization. False resilience of this society is abundantly visualized. What remains invisible is its inherent fragility and unsustainability. Also, the individuals are invisible and any dissent is impossible to comprehend. |
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| * [[hal2020]]: Closed system totalitarianism and sustainable biodiversity. Government's efforts to create sustainable, biodiverse biotopes is visualized and made as apparent as possible. What remains invisible is the regime's interdependency with the environment and society, as well as non-scientific creativity and problematic (intentional) mutation. | * [[hal2020]]: Closed system totalitarianism and sustainable biodiversity. Government's efforts to create sustainable, biodiverse biotopes is visualized and made as apparent as possible. What remains invisible is the regime's interdependency with the environment and society, as well as non-scientific creativity and problematic (intentional) mutation. |
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| More detailed scenario descriptions can be found on the four scenario pages. | More detailed scenario descriptions can be found on the four scenario pages. |
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| * Moments of reduced activity | * Moments of reduced activity |
| * Words | * Words |
| * transfer of consciousness | * Transfer of consciousness |
| * archival research | * Archival research |
| * fertility and birthrates | * Fertility and birthrates |
| * lifecycle of materials | * Lifecycle of materials |
| * the networks of sharing | * The networks of sharing |
| * Control | * Control |
| * Craft and emerging technologies | * Craft and emerging technologies |
| Resources, what made it possible to visualize the invisible and change the way you interact with the world? | Resources, what made it possible to visualize the invisible and change the way you interact with the world? |
| * Abundance of materials | * Abundance of materials |
| * Having a blank slate/ a new start and wanting to do it right this tine | * Having a blank slate / a new start and wanting to do it right this tine |
| * Open sharing of ideas | * Open sharing of ideas |
| * Competitive market of ideas and having room to expand | * Competitive market of ideas and having room to expand |
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alkan