SFP as a Method for Future Exploration
In RAW, we conduct a variety of SFP workshops across different countries, facilitated by Wendy Wuyts. These workshops engage participants in a step-by-step process, where they envision the future context of a specific locality—be it a neighborhood, city, or country—by the year 2050. These sessions focus on scenarios involving RAW materials and digital technologies. Initially, participants construct a detailed world, guided by specific questions. In certain workshops, they might also conceptualize a RAW facility that either employs them or processes materials.
Following this world-building phase, participants select from a diverse array of characters—including women, non-white individuals, and even non-human entities—to embed within their narratives. This character selection intentionally incorporates posthumanist ideas, allowing agency for robots, animals, plants, and even rivers. The narrative progresses to introduce a conflict or tension, essential for driving the storyline.
So far, the workshops have been tailored to the unique strengths and expertise of participants, ranging from master’s students in Antwerp and Stuttgart to PhD candidates and senior researchers in Leiden, with a focus on industrial ecology. Each workshop varies in duration, from intensive five-day sessions to brief four-hour meetings.
Coordinator: Martin Tamke, martin.tamke@kglakademi.dk
Media: Wendy Wuyts, wendy@omtre.no
Scroll to top
Funded by the European Union (Project Number 101161441). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Innovation Council (EIC). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
