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==== Futures Of Doing Nothing ==== | ==== Futures Of Doing Nothing ==== | ||
- | (draft!) | + | //There is a growing sense at FoAM and in wider social contexts we operate in that the way we work today is not sustainable in the long run. There are therefore many future scenarios about the future of work. What would happen if we would turn "the future of work" on its head and looked at the negative spaces in between - how will we NOT work in the future? Or to frame it more positively: what is the future of doing nothing? To explore this question FoAM is organising a scenario workshop and a long-form pre-enactment, |
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+ | * On the FoAM site: http:// | ||
+ | * [[toekomsten_van_nietsdoen|Workshop notes]] | ||
+ | * [[doing_nothing_workshop_process|Workshop process]] | ||
+ | * [[utopia_2024|Scenario description]] | ||
+ | * [[what_people_say_about_doing_nothing|Quotes and references]] | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
+ | * Photos: [[https:// | ||
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+ | Part of the [[Future_Fictions]] exhibition. | ||
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+ | === Why doing nothing? === | ||
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+ | The future of work is a topic that has been with us since the industrial revolution. Today we hear about post-growth economists, new labour movements, sustainability gurus preaching work-life balance, and techno-optimists forecast an automated future which promises more time for leisure, learning or simply doing nothing. Whether through a " | ||
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+ | Doing nothing, idling, aimless wandering, pondering, meditating and other forms of being present without striving towards a specific goal are known to be mental states in which the creative and the unexpected tend to emerge. In a world caught between crises, tensions and paradoxes, the need for such creative detours is not a luxury but a necessity. | ||
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+ | In the " | ||
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+ | We invite dedicated practitioners and enthusiasts - people who are willing to challenge and change unsustainable work-culture - to spend two days probing the past, present and future of idleness. We want to find out about existing and emerging ideas, practices and philosophies that can guide us through what could be the futures of doing nothing. In a co-creative process we will design a range of scenarios and translate them into experience prototypes or " | ||
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+ | Some of our inspirations can be found at: [[what_people_say_about_doing_nothing]] and [[:/ | ||
- | There is a sense that the way we work today is not sustainable in the long run. There are therefore many future scenarios about the future of work. What would happen if we would turn "the future of work" on its head and looked at the negative spaces in between - how will we NOT work in the future? or to frame it more positively: what is the future of doing nothing? To explore this question FoAM is organising a scenario workshop and a long-form pre-enactment, | ||