This event aims to explore how the process of imagining and designing experiences of alternative futures (“experiential futures”) can deepen a learner's appreciation of complex problems and increase their sense of agency. Using climate change as the focal theme, a panel discussion will examine ways of supporting constructive change and action. A playful, hands-on experiential futures / speculative design exercise will challenge and enable students to imagine — and start to bring to life — possible worlds to come.

Free with museum admission. Free for teens.

• James Brice, oceanographer, physicist and multidisciplinary designer; 2023 MAD Design Fellow
• Stuart Candy, experiential futurist, artist, and educator; Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Tecnológico de Monterrey
• Susy Jones, Senior Project Manager, MIT Office of Sustainability
• Anaya Raikar, Student at The Winsor School

• Thinking and designing in terms of foresight, alternative futures, and experiential futures practices (including speculative design) are skills that anyone can learn.
• The challenges of climate disruption require innovative, adaptive, and proactive citizens; futures concepts/practices can support the development of these qualities.
• The nature and purpose of learning transforms when we take imagination, creativity and foresight seriously, both individually and collectively.

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