Storytelling Futures
Transformative media for the age of climate change
References & Bibliography
REFERENCES
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In the heart of the fire: Zen Master Guin, in Yoel Hoffmann, Japanese Death Poems (Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 01986), p. 98.
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Whether it is to be Utopia or Oblivion: Richard Buckminster Fuller, Critical Path (New York: Saint Martin’s Press, 01981), p. xxxvi.
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The Limits to Growth: Donella H. Meadows (et al.), The Limits to Growth. A Report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind (New York: Universe Books, 01972).
Half a century later: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 02021).
Nothing short of transforming society: Patrick Vallance, ‘The IPCC report is clear: nothing short of transforming society will avert catastrophe’, The Guardian (9 August 02021).
It’s ‘Code Red’ for humanity: adapted from a statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres (9 August 02021), https://unric.org/en/guterres-the-ipcc-report-is-a-code-red-for-humanity/.
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For the most part: Riel Miller (Ed.), Transforming the Future. Anticipation in the 21st Century (Paris: UNESCO/Oxon: Routledge, 02018), p. 35.
UNESCO has developed: Riel Miller (Ed.), Transforming the Future. Anticipation in the 21st Century (Paris: UNESCO/Oxon: Routledge, 02018), p. 98.
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We are called to be architects: quoted from Richard Buckminster Fuller, https://www.bfi.org.
A methodology called Futures Literacy: https://en.unesco.org/futuresliteracy.
By becoming more adept: Riel Miller, Nicklas Larsen & Jeanette Kaeseler Mortensen, ‘What is ‘Futures Literacy’ and Why is it Important?’, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (11 February 02020).
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Ten Reasons Why: graphic reprinted with kind permission of Gapminder.org. © Gapminder.org.
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Factfulness: Hans Rosling, Factfulness. Ten reasons why we’re wrong about the world–and why things are better than you think (New York: Flatiron Books, 02018).
In order for this planet: Hans Rosling, Factfulness. Ten reasons why we’re wrong about the world–and why things are better than you think (New York: Flatiron Books, 02018), p. 49.
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Joanna Macy proposes: the open sentence exercises are adapted from Joanna Macy & Molly Brown, Coming Back to Life (Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers, 02014), pp. 92-98 plus 108-109, and from Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone, Active Hope. How to face the mess we’re in without going crazy (Novato: New World Library, 02012), p. 72.
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Our times: Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone, Active Hope. How to face the mess we’re in without going crazy (Novato: New World Library, 02012), p. 2
Climate change profoundly impacts: Susan Clayton & Christie Manning, Psychology and Climate Change (London: Academic Press, 02018). See also: ‘The psychology of climate change’, Speaking of Psychology [podcast], interview with Susan Clayton, American Psychological Association, Episode 79, https://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/climate-change-impact.
Solastalgia: Glenn Albrecht, ‘Solastalgia: the distress caused by environmental change’, Australasian Psychiatry, Vol. 15 (02007), pp. 95-98.
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The Theory-U-Process: graphic reprinted with kind permission of Otto Scharmer. © Otto Scharmer.
Case clinic: vid. Presencing Institute, https://www.presencing.org.
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Three systemic disconnects: Otto Scharmer & Katrin Kaeufer, Leading form the Emerging Future (Oakland: Berret-Koehler, 02013), pp. 37-40. For an account of what overcoming these disconnects would philosophically mean, see Timothy Morton, Being Ecological (Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 02018). An anthropological perspective on overcoming the divides is offered by Philippe Descola in Beyond Nature and Culture (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 02013).
In order to meet: Otto Scharmer & Katrin Kaeufer, Leading form the Emerging Future (Oakland: Berret-Koehler, 02013), p. 67.
U-Process: for an overview of Theory U and the U-Process, vid. Otto Scharmer, The Essentials of Theory U (Oakland: Berret-Koehler, 02018).
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It’s a VUCA world: vid. Nathan Bennett & G. James Lemoine, ‘What VUCA Really Means for You’, Harvard Business Review, January-February 02014. See also: Jean-Michael Valantin, Géopolitique d’une planète déréglée (Paris: Editions du Seuil, 02017).
The Anthropocene: Jan Zalasiewicz & Colin Waters, ‘Media note: Anthropocene Working Group (AWG)’ [Blogpost], University of Leicester, 29 August 02016, https://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/press-releases/2016/august/media-note-anthropocene-working-group-awg.
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We live in a ‘myth gap’: Alex Evans, The Myth Gap (London: Transworld Publishers, 02017), pp. 25 and 101.
The most powerful myths: Karen Armstrong, A Short History of Myth (London: Penguin Books, 02005), pp. 3 & 19.
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‘Poetics of Change: for a different approach to a poetics for the Anthropocene, focusing on lived experience and empirical subjectivity, vid. Andreas Weber, Enlivenment. Toward a Poetics for the Anthropocene (Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 02019).
Where the glacier once touched the sky: reprinted with kind permission by the author from Andri Snaer Magnason, On Time and Water (London: Profile Books, 02020), p. 176.
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All the right words on climate: Sarah Miller, ‘All The Right Words On Climate Have Already Been Said’ [Blogpost], 28 June 02021, https://therealsarahmiller.substack.com.
Climate breakdown touches on the supraliminal: Things, whose temporal and spatial dimensions are so vast that humans cannot grasp them, Timothy Morton calls ‘hyperobjects’. Vid: Timothy Morton, Ecological Thought (Cambridge (MA): Harvard University Press, 02010).
How can we both envisage: Srecko Horvat, After the Apocalypse (Cambridge: Polity Press, 02021), p. 34.
The Indian writer Amitav Ghosh: Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement (Gurgaon: Penguin Random House India, 02016), pp. 9-23.
Mindbombs: Karl Mathiesen, ‘How to change the world: Greenpeace and the power of the mindbomb’, The Guardian (11 June 02015).
Extinction Rebellion: Damien Gayle & Ben Quinn, ‘Extinction Rebellion rush-hour protest sparks clash on London Underground’, The Guardian (17 October 02019).
Alex Evans advocates: Alex Evans, The Myth Gap (London: Transworld Publishers, 02017), pp. 41-46.
The Whanganui river: Eleanor Ainge Roy, ‘New Zealand river granted same legal rights as human being’, The Guardian (16 March 02017).
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A practical way: adapted from: Joseph Voros, ‘Big History and anticipation: Using Big History as a framework for global foresight’, in Roberto Poli (Ed.), Handbook of anticipation: Theoretical and applied aspects of the use of future in decision making (Cham: Springer International, 02017), pp. 10-13.
Future cone graphic: adapted from Jeffrey Chou / Joseph Voros.
Imagine these futures: Scott Smith & Madeline Ashby, How to Future. Leading and sense-making in an age of hyperchange (London: Kogan Page, 02018), pp. 43-46.
Any useful idea about the future: James Dator‘s Second Law of the Future, vid. James A. Dator, ‘Foreword’, in Slaughter, R.A., Inayatullah, S. & Ramos, J.M. (Eds.), The knowledge base of futures studies (Brisbane: Foresight International, Professional CD-ROM edn, 02017).
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By making basic assumptions; also, Conceptual Framework: adapted from Sohail Inayatullah, ‘Futures Studies: Theories and Methods’, in Gutierrez Junquera, F. (Ed.), There’s a Future: Visions for a better world (Madrid: BBVA, 02013), pp. 36-66.
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PESTEL: vid. https://pestleanalysis.com/pestel-framework/.
Trend roadmap: adapted from Scott Smith & Madeline Ashby, How to Future. Leading and sense-making in an age of hyperchange (London: Kogan Page, 02018), p. 129.
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Strategic foresight: this section is indebted to Scott Smith & Madeline Ashby, How to Future. Leading and sense-making in an age of hyperchange (London: Kogan Page, 02018), Chapters 4 & 5.
Trend analysis is often used: vid. Stefan Bergheim, Zukünfte. Offen für Vielfalt (Frankfurt am Main: ZGF Verlag, 02020), pp. 56-57.
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Four Futures: Peter Frase, Four Futures: Life after Capitalism (New York: Verso, 02016), pp. 23-34.
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Scenarios: this section is indebted to Scott Smith & Madeline Ashby, How to Future. Leading and sense-making in an age of hyperchange (London: Kogan Page, 02018), Chapter 5, and to Stefan Bergheim, Zukünfte. Offen für Vielfalt (Frankfurt am Main: ZGF Verlag, 02020), Chapter 7.
Adaptive scenarios: a method developed by Pierre Wack and Peter Schwartz for Shell Oil in the 1970s, vid. Peter Schwartz, The Art of the Long View. Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World (New York: Doubleday, 01991).
Transformative scenarios: a method created by Adam Kahane and used in the South African Truth and Reconciliation process, vid. Adam Kahane, Transformative Scenario Planning. Working Together to Change the Future (Oakland (CA): Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 02012).
Backcasting: a technique developed by Elise Boulding, vid. Elise Boulding & Kenneth Boulding, The Future: Images and Processes (London: Sage, 01995).
Scenaric stance: Jay Ogilvy, ‘Facing the fold: from the eclipse of Utopia to the restoration of hope’, in Foresight, Vol. 13, No. 4 (02011), pp. 7-23.
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Decolonial Futures: https://decolonialfutures.net.
For the full version of ‘The Beach’: vid. https://decolonialfutures.net/portfolio/the-beach/.
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We treat the future: Roman Krznaric, ‘Can we reinvent democracy for the long term?’, in BBC Future (19 March 02019). Similarly: Roman Krznaric, The Good Ancestor. How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World (London: WH Allen, 02020), pp. 10-11
Make your decisions: ‘Oren Lyons: Looking Toward the Seventh Generation’ [online video], Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, 02008, https://nnigovernance.arizona.edu/oren-lyons-looking-toward-seventh-generation.
Futures leaving no one behind: indebted to: Pupul Bisht, cited in: Nicklas Larsen, ‘Decolonizing Futures, Medium (20 December 02020). See also Pupul Bisht, Decolonizing Futures: Exploring Storytelling as a Tool for Inclusion in Foresight [master’s thesis], OCAD University Toronto, 02017.
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Ten noble questions: adapted from https://thewholestory.solutionsjournalism.org/the-ten-noble-questions-f7b97d137135.
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Learned helplessness: see for a full review Martin Seligman, Learned helplessness: a theory for the age of personal control (New York: Oxford University Press, 01993).
Problem talk: statement attributed to Steve De Shazer, vid. Steve De Shazer, Yvonne Dolan (et al.), More than Miracles: The State of the Art of Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (New York: Routledge, 02021), Ch. 3.
Constructive journalism: a major reference on constructive journalism is Ulrik Haagerup, Constructive News. How to save the media and democracy with journalism of tomorrow (Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 02017).
Instead of a mirror, you become a mover: vid. Cathrine Gyldensted, From mirrors to movers. five elements of positive psychology in constructive journalism (Charleston: GGroup Publishing, 02015).
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Worldbuilding Mandala: reprinted with kind permission of Alex McDowell. © Alex McDowell.
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As an independent creative practice: Alex McDowell, ‘Storytelling Shapes the Future’, Journal of Futures Studies, 23(3) (March 02019), p. 105.
Social interiors: Peter von Stackelberg & Alex McDowell, ‘What in the world? Storyworlds, science fiction, and futures studies’, Journal of Futures Studies, 20(2) (December 02015), p. 27.
Virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality: Alex McDowell, ‘Storytelling Shapes the Future’, Journal of Futures Studies, 23(3) (March 02019), p. 105.
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The Thing From The Future: http://situationlab.org/project/the-thing-from-the-future/.
Example of a prompt: creative commons licence reprint from Situation Lab.
Anticipatory anthropology: Stuart Candy & Kelly Kornet, ‘Ethnographic Experiential Futures’, in Slaughter, R.A. & Hines, A. (Ed.), The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies (Washington DC: Association of Professional Futurists and Foresight International, 02020), pp. 157-170.
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Fictional storytelling is the mind’s flight simulator: Keith Oatley, ‘The mind’s flight simulator’, The Psychologist, Vol. 21, No. 12 (02008), pp. 1030-1033.
It can show how we might close the gap: the German philosopher Günther Anders attributes our current ‘apocalyptic blindness’ to this gap, that he calls the ‘promethean rift’. Man is both bigger and smaller than himself. Günther Anders, Die Antiquiertheit des Menschen (München: Verlag C.H. Beck, 01956/02018), pp. 296-300.
The world itself has become: adapted from Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘Imagining Climate Futures with Kim Stanley Robinson’, Exponential View [podcast], presented by Azeem Azhar, Harvard Business Review, Episode 38 (July 02021), https://hbr.org/podcast/2021/07/imagining-climate-futures-with-kim-stanley-robinson.
A good story about a possible future: Tom Lombardo, ‘Science Fiction: The Evolutionary Mythology of the Future’, Journal of Futures Studies, 23(4) (June 02015), pp. 5-23.
Sci-Fi narratives tend: vid. Peter von Stackelberg & Alex McDowell, ‘What in the world? Storyworlds, science fiction, and futures studies’, Journal of Futures Studies, 20(2) (December 02015), p. 30, and Luciano Guillermo Levin & Daniela De Filippo, ‘Films and Science: Quantification and analysis of the use of Science Fiction films in scientific papers’, Journal of Science Communication, Vol. 13(03) (October 02014).
For stories set on earth: ‘Margaret Atwood’, Geeks Guide to the Galaxy [podcast], presented by David Barr Kirtley, Wired, Episode 94 (18 September 02013), https://geeksguideshow.com/2013/09/18/ggg94-margaret-atwood.
Solar punk: vid. http://www.re-des.org/a-solarpunk-manifesto/.
You can use fiction: vid. Olivia Bina, Sandra Mateus (et al.), ‘The Future Imagined: Exploring Fiction as a Means of Reflecting on Today’s Grand Societal Challenges and Tomorrow’s Options’, Futures, Vol. 86 (February 02017), pp. 166-184.
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Systems can be compared to icebergs: David Peter Stroh, Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide for Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results (White River Junction: Chelsea Green, 02015), pp. 36-39.
Iceberg graphic: reprinted with permission from David Peter Stroh, Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide for Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results (White River Junction: Chelsea Green, 02015). © David Peter Stroh.
Theory of Change: see also Craig Valters, Theories of Change. Time for a radical approach to learning in development (London: Overseas Development Institute, 02015).
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Recommended readings on systems theory and social change: David Green, How Change Happens (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 02016); David Peter Stroh, Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide for Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results (White River Junction: Chelsea Green, 02015); Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline. The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization (New York: Currency, 02006); Fritjof Capra & Pier Luigi Luisi, The Systems View of Life (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 02016).
Recommended readings on power theory: Eric Liu, You’re More Powerful Than You Think. A Citizen’s Guide to Making Change Happen (New York: Public Affairs, 02018); Niall Ferguson, The Square and the Tower. Networks, Hierarchies and the struggle for Global Power (London: Allen Lane, 02017).
Recommended readings on complexity theory: Jean G. Boulton, Peter M. Allen & Cliff Bowman, Embracing Complexity. Strategic Perspectives for an Age of Turbulence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 02015).
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A human being is part of a whole: quoted from a letter by Albert Einstein to Robert S. Marcus dated 7 February 01950, vid. Matthieu Ricard & Trinh Xuan Thuan, The Quantum and the Lotus (New York: Crown Publishers, 02004), p. 72.
The four-quadrant framework: vid. Ken Wilber, A Theory of Everything. An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science, and Spirituality (Boulder: Shambala Publications, 02001), pp. 49-53.
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Integral theory: vid. Don Edward Beck, & Christopher C. Cowan, Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership, and Change (Malden: Blackwell Publishing, 01996); Jean Gebser, The Ever-Present Origin (Athens: Ohio University Press, 01985); Hansi Freinacht, The Listening Society: A Guide to Metamodernist Politics Part One (s.l., Metamoderna, 02017); Frédéric Laloux, Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness (Brussels: Nelson Parker, 02014); Ken Wilber, A Theory of Everything. An Integral Vision for Business, Politics, Science, and Spirituality (Boulder: Shambala Publications, 02001).
Change happens when people: quoted from Don Edward Beck‘s widow Lorraine Laubscher as she spoke at IEC Integral Europe Conference (31 May 02020); transcription by the author.
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The picture shows the devastation: Akis Bardakis in Isabel Fisch, ‘Das Feuer ist ein Biest – respektierst du es nicht, hast du keine Chance’, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (7 August 02021). Translated by the author.
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Photograph: reprinted with kind permission from Akis Bardakis from the Greek Fire Service. © Akis Bardakis.
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50% of the carbon reductions: US climate envoy John Kerry as cited by Jessica Murray, ‘Half of emissions cuts will come from future tech, says John Kerry’, The Guardian (16 May 02021).
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Business As Usual: vid. James Dator, ‘Alternative Futures at the Manoa School’, Journal of Futures Studies, 14(2) (November 02009); also Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone, Active Hope. How to face the mess we’re in without going crazy (Novato: New World Library, 02012), pp. 13-33.
It’s all too good to be true: for a deconstruction of the Business-As-Usual narrative from both an historical as a future-oriented standpoint, see Jared Diamond, Collapse. How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (New York: Viking, 02005), especially ch. 16.
Move fast and break things: this was Facebook’s motto until 2014, vid. David Kushner, ‘Facebook Philosophy: Move Fast and Break Things’, IEEE Spectrum (1 June 02011); also Hemant Taneja, ‘The Era of ‘Move Fast and Break Things’ Is Over’, Harvard Business Review (22 January 02019).
Technology, if it could save us: adapted from Charles Eisenstein, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 02013), p. 90.
The thought that we are like gods: vid. Alex Evans, The Myth Gap (London: Transworld Publishers, 02017), p. 50.
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As a species: David Wallace-Wells, ‘Adapt or die. That is the stark challenge to living in the new world we have made’, The Guardian (1 August 02021).
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All Is Lost: vid. James Dator, ‘Alternative Futures at the Manoa School’, Journal of Futures Studies, 14(2) (November 02009); also Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone, Active Hope. How to face the mess we’re in without going crazy (Novato: New World Library, 02012), pp. 13-33.
Further sources around the ‘All Is Lost’ narrative include: Richard Heinberg, The End of Growth. Adapting to Our New Economic Reality (Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers, 02011), Jason Hickel, Less is More; How Degrowth Will Save the World (London: William Heinemann, 02020), Pablo Servigne & Raphael Stevens, How Everything Can Collapse. A Manual for our Times (Cambridge: Polity Press, 02020), Laurent Testot & Laurent Aillet (Eds.), Collapsus. Changer ou disparaître ? Le vrai bilan de la planète (Paris: Albin Michel, 02020), Jem Bendell & Rupert Read (Eds.), Deep Adaptation. Navigating the Realities of Climate Chaos (Cambridge: Polity Press, 02021), Niall Ferguson, Doom. The Politics of Catastrophe (New York: Penguin Press, 02021), Toby Ord, The Precipe. Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity (New York: Hachette Books, 02020).
The end of the world: vid. Deborah Danowski & Eduardo Viveiros de Castro, The Ends of the World (Cambridge: Polity Press, 02017); Jonathan Franzen, What if we stopped pretending? (London: 4th Estate, 02021); also Horvat, S., After the Apocalypse (Cambridge: Polity Press, 02021).
What do you do: the Native American scholar Michael V. Wilcox, cited in Ben Ehrenreich, ‘How Do You Know When Society Is About to Fall Apart?’, New York Times Magazine (4 November 02020).
Apocalyptic in the original sense of the word: Srecko Horvat, After the Apocalypse (Cambridge: Polity Press, 02021), p. 8.
Naked Apocalypse: Günther Anders, ‘Apocalypse without Kingdom’, e-flux Journal, Issue 97 (February 02019), https://www.e-flux.com/journal/97/251199/apocalypse-without-kingdom.
I want you to panic: quoted from Greta Thunberg, ‘‘I want you to panic': 16-year-old issues climate warning at Davos’ [online video], Guardian News (25 January 02019), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjsLm5PCdVQ.
The All-Is-Lost narrative immobilizes: For a criticial view on ‘doomism’, vid. Michael Mann, The New Climate War. the fight to take back our planet (Brunswick: Scribe, 02021), pp. 179-222.
The ‘new normal’: Srecko Horvat, After the Apocalypse (Cambridge: Polity Press, 02021), p. 68.
What if we stopped pretending: Jonathan Franzen, What if we stopped pretending? (London: 4th Estate, 02021).
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We need to forge a new era: Jeremy Lent, ‘What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?’, Yes Magazine (16 February 02021).
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The Great Turning: vid. James Dator, ‘Alternative Futures at the Manoa School’, Journal of Futures Studies, 14(2) (November 02009); also Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone, Active Hope. How to face the mess we’re in without going crazy (Novato: New World Library, 02012), pp. 13-33. See also Pablo Servigne, Raphael Stevens & Gauthier Chapelle, Another End of the World Is Possible (Cambridge: Polity Press, 02021).
When we carry within us: adapted from Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone, Active Hope. How to face the mess we’re in without going crazy (Novato: New World Library, 02012), p. 211.
Our moral task arises: Günther Anders, ‘Apocalypse without Kingdom’, e-flux Journal, Issue 97 (February 02019), https://www.e-flux.com/journal/97/251199/apocalypse-without-kingdom (abridged by the author).
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The human species can: Julian Huxley, New Bottles for New Wine (London: Chatto & Windus, 01957), p. 17.
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Transhumanism: vid. James Dator, ‘Alternative Futures at the Manoa School’, Journal of Futures Studies, 14(2) (November 02009).
Transhumanism asserts: for a description of the movement, vid. https://whatistranshumanism.org/.
We’re already part: loosely inspired by Kevin Kellye’s Technium, https://kk.org/thetechnium/.
Futurist Ray Kurzweil: Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology (New York: Penguin Books, 02005).
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The Experiential Futures Ladder: adapted from Changeist by Stuart Candy and Jake Franklin Dunagan, ‘Designing an experiential scenario: the people who vanished’, Futures, Vol. 86 (02017), pp. 136-153. Vid. also Scott Smith & Madeline Ashby, How to Future. Leading and sense-making in an age of hyperchange (London: Kogan Page, 02018), pp. 145-158.
Capture the real and not-yet-real: Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby, Speculative Everything. Design, Fiction and Social Dreaming (Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 02013), pp. 101-102.
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Recent studies in neuroscience: Grant Soosalu, Suzanne Henwood & Arun Deo, ‘Head, Heart, and Gut in Decision Making: Development of a Multiple Brain Preference Questionnaire’, SAGE Open, Vol. 9, Issue 1 (18 March 02019).
We don’t change systems: adapted from Phoebe Tickell, ‘The Moral Imaginations Journey’, Medium (12 April 02020).
Experiential Futures: vid. Stuart Candy, ‘Experiential Futures: A brief outline’, Futuryst (31 October 02018).
Future Design: vid. Tatsuyoshi Saijo (Ed.), Future Design. Incorporating Preferences of Future Generations for Sustainability (Singapore: Springer, 02020), pp. 1-17.
Social Presencing; Otto Scharmer & Katrin Kaeufer, Leading form the Emerging Future (Oakland: Berret-Koehler, 02013), p. 208; see also https://www.presencing.org.
The Work That Reconnects: vid. Joanna Macy & Molly Brown, Coming Back to Life (Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers, 02014) and Molly Brown, ‘Deep Time and the Moral Imagination’ [blogpost], Deep Time. A Journal of the Work That Reconnects (20 July 02018), https://journal.workthatreconnects.org/2018/07/20/deep-time-and-the-moral-imagination.
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Rain on the summit: Damian Carrington, ‘Rain falls on peak of Greenland ice cap for first time on record’, The Guardian (20 August 02021).
Moral imagination: vid. https://www.britannica.com/topic/moral-imagination; also Molly Brown, ‘Deep Time and the Moral Imagination’ [blogpost], Deep Time. A Journal of the Work That Reconnects (20 July 02018) and Phoebe Tickell, ‘The Moral Imaginations Journey’, Medium (12 April 02020).
A vision of the future: indebted to Stefan Bergheim, Zukünfte. Offen für Vielfalt (Frankfurt am Main: ZGF Verlag, 02020), pp. 77-83.
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Three urgent prophetic tasks: Walter Brueggemann, Reality, Grief, Hope. Three Urgent Prophetic Tasks (Cambridge: Eerdmans Publishing (02014).
Redemption, Restoration: Alex Evans, The Myth Gap (London: Transworld Publishers, 02017), Ch. 9 and 10.
Humour perhaps is the best way: Srecko Horvat, After the Apocalypse (Cambridge: Polity Press, 02021), p. 165.
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Various kinds of agent: Kora Kristof, Wie Transformation gelingt. Erfolgsfaktoren für den gesellschaftlichen Wandel (München: Oekom Verlag, 02020), pp. 65-68.
A broad and varied basis of support: Uwe Schneidewind, Die Große Transformation. Eine Einführung in die Kunst des gesellschaftlichen Wandels (Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Verlag, 02018), p. 298 ff.
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Representation in media: vid. Caty Borum Chattoo, Story Movements. How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 02020), pp. 195-196.
The media must reflect: adapted from Caty Borum Chattoo, Story Movements. How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 02020), p. 190.
Young children and teenagers: plant-for-the-planet.org; theoceancleanup.com; sierraleoneyogaproject.com; mylifeisart.org.
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Monomyth: Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (London: Paladin, 01988), p. 30.
Traditional vs, contemporary hero’s journey: adapted from Jeff Gomez, ‘The Hero’s Journey is no Longer Serving Us’ [online video], Gamification Europe Conference (28 November 02017), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBBm0we4sAU. In a similar sense: Gail Carriger, The Heroines’s Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture (S.l.: Gail Carriger LLC, 02020) and Samira El Ouassil, Friedemann Karig, Erzählende Affen. Mythen, Lügen, Utopien (Berlin: Ullstein Buchverlage, 02021), pp. 359-367.
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Stories seem to follow: Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (London: Paladin, 01988); Christopher Vogler, The Writer’s Journey. Mythic Structure for Writers (Studio City: Michael Wiese Productions, 02020).
Jeff Gomez suggests: vid. Jeff Gomez, blog.collectivejourney.com.
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Resistance: the first step to change?: vid. Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone, Active Hope. How to face the mess we’re in without going crazy (Novato: New World Library, 02012), p. 59-64, and David Green, How Change Happens (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 02016), pp. 41-55. Furthermore: Per Espen Stoknes, What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming (White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing, 02015), pp. 81-86.
Inhabit resistance exercise: adapted from Mark Allan Kaplan, ‘Transformative Media’ [webinar], Campus Coevolve (1 February 02020); transcribed by the author.
Never forget: adapted from a statement by ecofeminist and anti-globalization author Vandana Shiva, ‘Earth Democracy: Connecting the Rights of Mother Earth and the Well Being of All’ [online video], Mind and Life Institute (13 August 02021), https://www.mindandlife.org/insight/vandana-shiva-earth-democracy-connecting-the-rights-of-mother-earth-and-the-well-being-of-all.
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The underlying metaphor is war: Charles Eisenstein, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 02013), p. 179.
What if the problems of the world: quoted from Charles Eisenstein, The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible (Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 02013), p. 165.
How can friction become a call: vid. on this topic Judith Butler, The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind (New York: Verso Books, 02020).
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Overcoming resistance: based on David Peter Stroh, Systems Thinking for Social Change: A Practical Guide for Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results (White River Junction: Chelsea Green, 02015), pp. 123-164, and on Kora Kristof, Wie Transformation gelingt. Erfolgsfaktoren für den gesellschaftlichen Wandel (München: Oekom Verlag, 02020), pp. 40-48.
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War on nature: an expression used by UN secretary general António Guterres, vid. Fiona Harvey, ‘Humanity is waging war on nature, says UN secretary general’, The Guardian (2 December 02020).
Make a system see itself: Otto Scharmer & Katrin Kaeufer, Leading form the Emerging Future (Oakland: Berret-Koehler, 02013), pp. 149 and 240.
Sensing and listening: vid. Jeff Gomez, ‘Regenerative Listening’, Medium (8 March 02017) and Otto Scharmer, The Essentials of Theory U (Oakland: Berret-Koehler, 02018), pp. 40-42.
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Satir change process model: vid. Claudia Kostka, Change Management (Munich: Carl Hanser Verlag, 02016), pp. 42-88, and Virginia Satir (et al.), The Satir Model. Family Therapy and Beyond (Palo Alto: Science & Behavior Books, 01990).
Change process model graphic: adapted from Virginia Satir / Claudia Kostka.
Systems transformation: Derk Loorbach, ‘Governance and Transitions. A multi-level policy framework based on complex systems thinking’ [keynote speech], Berlin Conference on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (3 December 02004).
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Systems storytelling: vid. Roland Zag, Dimensionen filmischen Erzählens (Freiburg im Breisgau: Herder Verlag, 02019) and Justin Wolske, ‘What Is ‘Systems Storytelling’, and How Can It Help Us Learn?’, Medium (15 July 02019).
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Who is authorized: vid. Caty Borum Chattoo, Story Movements. How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 02020), p. 190.
Look at the audience from a systems viewpoint: Egbert van Wyngaarden, Digitale Formatentwicklung. Nutzerorientierte Medien für die vernetzte Welt (Cologne: Herbert van Halem, 02018).
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The medium is the message: Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media. The Extensions of Man (Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 01994), p. 9; see also Eric McLuhan & Frank Zingrone, Essential McLuhan (London: Routledge, 01997), pp. 151-160.
The term ‘dispositif’: vid. Valerie Larroche, The Dispositif: A Concept for Information and Communication Sciences (Hoboken. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 02019), p.83.
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The PERMA Model is a useful tool: adapted from Cathrine Gyldensted, From mirrors to movers. five elements of positive psychology in constructive journalism (Charleston: GGroup Publishing, 02015), pp. 74-75.
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Compassion fatigue: vid. Cathrine Gyldensted, From mirrors to movers. five elements of positive psychology in constructive journalism (Charleston: GGroup Publishing, 02015), p. 148
Positive emotions encourage us: statement in reference to Barbara Frederickson’s Broaden and Build Theory, vid. Barbara Frederickson, Positivity (London: Oneworld Publications, 02010), pp. 21-24. Similarly, Carmelo Vasquez & Covadonga Chavez, ‘Positive Psychology’, in Friedman, H.S. (Ed.), Encyclopaedia of Mental Health (Amsterdam, Elsevier, 02016), pp. 290-299.
Wellbeing contains measurable elements: Martin Seligman, Flourish (London: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 02011), pp. 16-20.
What makes life worth living: vid. Christopher Peterson, A Primer in Positive Psychology (New York: Oxford University Press, 02006), p. 4.
Audiences seek media experiences: vid. Ryan M. Niemiec & Danny Wedding, Positive Psychology at the Movies: Using Films to Build Character Strengths and Well-Being (Göttingen: Hogrefe, 02013), p. 335.
The headstone of modernity: vid. Amitav Ghosh, The Great Derangement (Gurgaon: Penguin Random House India, 02016), p. 159.
Think community: interestingly, this and the following aspects are the secular versions of themes found in all religions, vid. Alex Evans, The Myth Gap (London: Transworld Publishers, 02017), p. 118, and Angie Thurston & Casper Ter Kuile, How We Gather–A New Report On Non-Religious Community (self-published, 02015), https://caspertk.wordpress.com/2015/04/18/how-we-gather-a-new-report-on-non-religious-community.
Freedom: a more ‘enlivening’ notion of freedom is not freedom from necessities but freedom through necessities. Vid. Andreas Weber, Enlivenment. Toward a Poetics for the Anthropocene (Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 02019), pp. 89 and 104.
Look for the silver lining: Karen Elizabeth McIntyre & Rhonda Gibson, ‘Positive News Makes Readers Feel Good: A ‘Silver-Lining’ Approach to Negative News Can Attract Audiences’, Southern Communication Journal, Vol. 81(5) (02016), pp. 1-12.
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Future Search: Marvin R. Weisbord & Sandra Janoff, Future Search: An Action Guide to Finding Common Ground in Organizations and Communities (San Francisco, Berrett-Koehler, 01995).
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Large-scale cooperation and participation: the term ‘integration’ might be appropriate here, ‘a state of unity with differentiation’, vid. Jeremy Lent, The Web of Meaning. Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find Our Place in the Universe (London: Profile Books, 02021), p. 170.
Not by representation: after John Dewey, vid. Eric Gordon & Gabriel Mugar, Meaningful Inefficiencies. Civic Design in an Age of Digital Expediency (New York: Oxford University Press, 02020), p. 52.
We humans can manage mass collaboration: vid. Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (London: Vintage, 02018), Ch. 8 and 17, and Joseph Henrich, The Secret of our Success. How Culture is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 02016), Ch. 9.
Collective action is different: adapted from Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (London: Penguin, 02008), p. 161.
Social dreaming: vid. Ricardo Dutra Gonçalves, Social Dreaming. From Inquiry to Insight [master’s thesis], School of Design Strategies, Parsons School of Design, 02016. See also Anthony Dunne & Fiona Raby, Speculative Everything. Design, Fiction and Social Dreaming (Cambridge (MA): The MIT Press, 02013).
Asabiyyah: with special thanks to Wouter van Noort for mentioning this concept in his NRC Future Affairs newsletter. Vid. also Arno Tausch & Almas Heshmati, ‘Asabiyya: Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies’, IZA Discussion Papers, No. 4459 (September 02009), https://www.iza.org/publications/dp/4459/asabiyya-re-interpreting-value-change-in-globalized-societies.
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Impact Field Guide: https://impactguide.org/planning/draft-your-strategic-plan.
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Five levers: adapted from Caty Borum Chattoo, Story Movements. How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 02020), pp. 99-116.
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What can you do with all this knowledge?: vid. on this topic also Anke de Boer, Carina Wiekens & Loes Damhof, ‘How Futures Literate are you? Exploratory research on how to operationalize and measure Futures Literacy' [conference paper], 6th International Conference on Future-Oriented Technology Analysis (FTA): Future in the Making (4-5 June 02018).
If the success or failure: adapted from Richard Buckminster Fuller as cited in Daniel Christian Wahl, Designing Regenerative Cultures (Axminster: Triarchy Press, 02016), p. 246.
Faithkeeper: vid. Chief Oren Lyons, in: Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee, Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth (Point Reyes Station: The Golden Sufi Center, 02016), Ch. 1.
Media shaman: https://www.mediashaman.org.
A phrase often heard: see for instance Otto Scharmer, ‘Turning Toward Our Blind Spot: Seeing the Shadow as a Source for Transformation’ [blogpost], Medium (29 June 02020).
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How Then Shall We Live?: loosely inspired by Dahr Jamail & Barbara Cecil, ‘As the Climate Collapses, We Ask: ‘How Then Shall We Live?’’, in Truthout (4 February 02019).
A letter to the future: written by Andri Snaer Magnason. Picture credit: Cymene Howe & Dominic Boyer.
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Photograph: a person whose ‘nuclear shadow’ was all that remained after the atomic bomb detonation at Hiroshima on 6 August 01945. © Universal History Archive / Getty Images.
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Death, the destroyer of worlds: theoretical physicist and ‘father’ of the atomic bomb Robert Oppenheimer quoting the Bhagavad-Gita, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb13ynu3Iac.
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Stories can entertain: Kazuo Ishiguro, ‘My Twentieth Century Evening–and Other Small Breakthroughs’ [lecture], The Nobel Foundation (7 December 02017). © The Nobel Foundation.
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This we know: Native Indian Chief Sealth (01854), cited in Joanna Macy & Molly Brown, Coming Back to Life (Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers, 02014), pp. 287.
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