Sketching hope and grief in transition: Situating anticipation in lived futures

• DOI: 10.1386/art_00017_1
• Publication Date: 2022-08-10T04:30:24Z
• Authors: Kristina Lindström; Li Jönsson; Per-Anders Hillgren
• Keywords: Vision; Anticipation (artificial intelligence); Futures studies; Disconnection

In light of current environmental challenges, it often seems that optimism is a required emotional state for addressing our future. This can be seen in how different technological fixes are assumed to sort futures out at the same time as requiring minimal change daily lives. Moving beyond existing high-carbon and material lives requires not only we deal with optimistic end spectrum but also envision fragile uncertain futures. response, this article proposes designerly format supporting public anticipation attends cares tensions between hope grief, aim nurturing grounds living contrast abstract decontextualized visions images future hard relate to, situates lived futures, ongoing, emerging situated specific locations, environments experiences. By tending anticipated losses related transition post-carbon future, workshop created space confronting shared difficulties vulnerabilities. Despite lack easy solution, opened up articulating alternatives less tech-oriented hopeful engagements practices.