Posts Tagged ‘future’
Future Perfect – Subjectivity in Times of Uncertainty: Public Lecture
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on August 10th, 2010
Presented by Prof Renata Salecl, London School of Economics & Birkbeck College School of Law:
We live in times of uncertainty, where the feelings of anxiety are on the rise. However, we seem to be encouraged by contemporary science to think about lives as being open to endless improvement. The ideology of choice which dominates post-industrial capitalism has created a new mythology of science which has radically affected the way we perceive subjectivity. However the idea that our lives as being capable of ever new improvements, that we can prevent risks to happen and that we can predict when things might go wrong has paradoxically resulted in an increase of feelings of guilt and inadequacy. This lecture will look at how the idea of the perfect future has affected the way we look at reproduction, raising of children, delinquency, aging and death.
Thursday 12th August 2010, 6-7pm
Gryphon Gallery, 1888 Building
The University of Melbourne
School of Social & Political Sciences
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Creative Innovation 2010
Posted in Events by John Myers on August 2nd, 2010
Some of the world’s trickiest problems will be put to some of the world’s greatest thinkers and strategists to find creative solutions in Melbourne in September at Creative Innovation 2010.
Questions such as how do we re-think the future? How to lead creativity and innovation in organizations? Constructing communities – a contradiction in terms? Mental health and mental wealth? How war can bring peace? will be posed to Edward de Bono; Edward Luttwak, former advisor to the White House; Patrick McGorry, Australian of the Year; Mark Scott, MD of the ABC; Austin Williams, architect of the Future Cities Project; and Dr Peter Farrell US Entrepreneur of the Year. They are among 35 world class speakers, thought leaders and artists who have been invited to give their answer to the $1 billion question – Imagine If…
Creative Innovation 2010 is the brainchild of soprano, social entrepreneur and Founder Creative Universe and Creativity Australia, Tania de Jong AM, who believes that creativity is the strategic tool of the 21st Century. “Creativity is critical to Australia in making the transition to a sustainable innovation and knowledge-based economy. Creativity is also vital for unlocking human potential and increasing wellbeing,” she says. “Innovation is vital for organisations exposed to globalisation, increasing competition, diversity among consumers and rapidly changing technologies.”
The conference features concerts, deep conversations and master classes.
Venue: Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank
Dates: 8 – 10 September
Visit the website for more information.
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Launch of Future Scenarios website
Posted in Visions by Ferne Edwards on August 25th, 2008
David Holmgren, well-known permaculturalist, has developed his global scenario planning into a website called Future Scenarios, www.FutureScenarios.org.
As stated by Holmgren on the site:
“FutureScenarios.org presents an integrated approach to understanding the potential interaction between Climate Change and Peak Oil using a scenario planning model. In the process I introduce permaculture as a design system specifically evolved over the last 30 years to creatively respond to futures that involve progressively less and less available energy.”
A press release about this new website can be found at: http://www.eatthesuburbs.org/2008/05/futurescenarios/.