Practicing Futures

Table Of Contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• About the author
• About the book
• This eBook can be cited
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• Foreword: The Work of Imagining Communities
• Section One Overview
• Chapter One About Practicing Futures
• Introduction
• What Is the Civic Imagination?
• What’s in the Handbook?
• About Us
• Key Concepts
• Civics
• Imagination to Imagining
• Worldbuilding
• Participation and Process
• By Any Media
• Our Journey
• Tips
• Imagined Outcomes
• Bibliography
• Section Two Practice Chronicles
• Chapter Two Fantasy Can Help Us Breathe—Muslim Youth Group, Los Angeles
• Key Insights
• Introduction
• Post 9/11 Generation
• Fantasy Creeps In
• This Is Your Daily Fantasy Newscast: Up-ending Stereotypes
• Imaginary Bombs Are Off Limits
• Bibliography
• Chapter Three Bringing Imagination to Activism—Freedom School, Los Angeles
• Key Insights
• Introduction
• Building Trust with DREAM Activists
• Building on ‘Coming Out’ Narratives
• Connecting Immigration, Protest and Unicorns
• Engaging Memory Objects
• Accommodating Utopias and Dystopias in Activism
• Bibliography
• Chapter Four Mind Blown! Grown Ups Freaking Out—Digital Media and Learning Conference, Boston
• Key Insights
• Introduction
• Launching the Workshop
• Educators Imagine the Future of Learning
• Imagination as a Digital Citizenship Skill
• Chapter Five Em/power Love: Building Empathy and Solidarity with Each Other—Salzburg Global Seminar
• Key Insights
• Introduction
• Schloss Leopoldskron
• Connecting to Others through the Inspiring Stories
• Remixing Stories
• Towards a Lasting Connection and the Atlas of the Civic Imagination
• Bibliography
• Chapter Six Turning the Chairs to Face the Table—Bowling Green, Kentucky
• Key Insights
• Introduction
• Future of Work Initiative
• Reconciling Future Visions
• Past as Lens for the Future
• Commitment to the Present
• Words Divide
• Fear in the Room
• Where Can We Go from Here?
• Bibliography
• Chapter Seven Future of Faith?—Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Key Insights
• Introduction
• Faith and Social Justice
• A Future World Defined by Social Justice
• Imagining a Future for Faith
• Ties to the Past
• Towards Faith-Based Civic Imagination
• Building a Network through a Civic Imagination Event
• Bibliography
• Chapter Eight Pakistan, from the Heart: Civic Imagination in Context of Violent Extremism
• Key Insights
• Introduction
• Pakistan and CVE
• What We Learned from the Interviews
• Story-Making Workshops Build a Foundation
• From Workshops to Projects
• Extending the Relevance of the Civic Imagination
• Bibliography
• Chapter Nine Imagination in the Classroom—New Media for Social Change
• Key Insights
• Introduction
• Workshops Building Teams
• Imagination in the Curriculum
• Pivoting Toward Projects
• Chapter Ten Of Two Faced Bunnies in the Woods—Brussels, Belgium
• Key Insights
• Introduction
• Connecting the Creative Team
• Imagining Place—About Brussels and Belgium
• Mapping Story Terrains
• Connecting with Communities
• Bibliography
• Section Three The Practice Guidebook
• Chapter Eleven General Notes About Facilitation
• Chapter Twelve Workshop: Origin Stories—Imagining Ourselves as Civic Agents
• Overview/Intro/Core Idea
• Logistics/Nuts and Bolts
• Running the Workshop
• Icebreaker (15 Minutes)
• Introduction (10 Minutes)
• Activity Series
• Identify a Memory Object (15 Minutes)
• Share Memory Objects and Identify Connections (15 Minutes)
• Craft Origin Stories (20 Minutes)
• Share Origin Stories (30 Minutes)
• Final Reflection (15 Minutes)
• Possible Extensions
• Chapter Thirteen Workshop: Infinite Hope—Imagining a Better World
• Overview/Intro/Core Idea
• Logistics/Nuts and Bolts
• Running the Workshop
• Icebreaker (15 Minutes)
• Introduction (5 Minutes)
• Activity Series
• Future World Brainstorm (20 Minutes)
• Story Making (20 Minutes)
• Performance Planning (15 Minutes)
• Performance! (30 Minutes)
• Final Reflection (Ranges between 10 and 45 Minutes)
• Option 1—Short Reflection (15 Minutes)
• Option 2—Iterative Group Reflection (30–45 Minutes)
• Possible Extensions
• Bibliography
• Chapter Fourteen Workshop: Step into the Looking Glass—Imagining Our Social Connections with a Larger Community
• Overview/Intro/Core Idea
• Logistics/Nuts and Bolts
• Running the Workshop
• Icebreaker (15 Minutes)
• Introduction (15 Minutes)
• Activity Series
• Brainstorm (15 Minutes)
• Entering the World (15 Minutes)
• Meet a Character (15 Minutes)
• Connecting to the Real World (20 Minutes)
• Make a Poster (15 Minutes)
• Final Reflection (10 Minutes)
• Bibliography
• Chapter Fifteen Monuments from the Future—Bringing Imaginative Dimensions to Our Real World Spaces and Places
• Overview/Intro/Core Idea
• Logistics/Nuts and Bolts
• Running the Workshop
• Icebreaker (15 Minutes)
• Introduction (10 Minutes)
• Activity Series
• Place Based Observation (20 Minutes)
• Identify Space/Place for Intervention (15 Minutes)
• Inspire Place-Based Imagination (10 Minutes)
• Monument from the Future—Intervention (20 Minutes)
• Touring (20 Minutes)
• Final Reflection (10 Minutes)
• Possible Extensions
• Chapter Sixteen Remixing Stories—Forging Solidarity with Others with Different Experiences Than Our Own
• Overview/Intro/Core Idea
• Logistics/Nuts and Bolts
• Running the Workshop
• Icebreaker (15 Minutes)
• Introduction (10 Minutes)
• Activity Series
• Inspiring Stories (15 Minutes)
• Connecting Stories (15 Minutes)
• Creating Remixed Story (15 Minutes)
• Drawing a Visual of the Remixed Story (20 Minutes)
• Sharing Remixed Stories (15 Minutes)
• Final Reflection (15 Minutes)
• Handouts for Inspiring and Remixed Stories
• Chapter Seventeen Creating an Action Plan—Imagining the Process of Change
• Overview/Intro/Core Idea
• Logistics/Nuts and Bolts
• Running the Workshop
• Icebreaker (15 Minutes)
• Introduction (20 Minutes)
• Activity Series
• Identifying Issues (15 Minutes)
• Issues, Action Strategies and Goals (20 Minutes)
• Narrowing the Issue
• Getting Serious About Strategies and Goals
• Participation Profiles and Celebrity Spokesperson (20 Minutes)
• Participant Profile
• Celebrity Spokesperson
• Create Success Scenario and Short Video (30 Minutes)
• Viewing and Reflection (30 Minutes)
• Workshop: Creating an Action Plan—Imagining the Process of Change
• Worksheet
• Issues, Action Strategies and Goals
• Participation Profile and Celebrity Spokesperson
• Create Success Scenario
• Bibliography
• Chapter Eighteen Stories from the Field
• Building Community Collaboration with Civic Imagination Workshops by Jimmeka Anderson
• Postcards from/at Donde Rebotan Los Sueños [Where Dreams Hit the Wall] by Rogelio Alejandro Lopez and Emilia Yang
• Bibliography
• Final Thoughts
• Recommended Readings
• Author Biographies
• Index
• Series index