Book

This Mesh We're In

FuturesSystems and Sustainability
In this book, you will find four possible futures co-created by the core contributors using Media Evolution’s approach to collective imagining called Collaborative Foresight. Their future scenarios are brought to life by stories of characters living in these worlds, written by the author Paul Graham Raven and illustrated by Dick Hedlund.

This book is a result of Media Evolution’s Collaborative Foresight process, in which experts from member organisations come together with the broader community to dive deeply into a topic over four months and imagine possible, desirable and alternative futures of that topic.

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Contents

Chapters
Opening chapterPreface
The Story of Herr Klein’s CarFuture 1
Two InterviewsFuture 2
GiftedFuture 3
Early Days of a Better NationFuture 4
Heuristics for Transforming Our InfrastructureCommentary chapter
Sensemaking and Societal Decision-makingCommentary chaptee

Process

Core contributors across a range of disciplines scan for (and make sense of) trends and signals shaping the current social, technological, environmental, economic and political landscape. Using a combination of foresight methodologies and tools, they co-create detailed scenarios to surface changes that can be made today to help create a more flourishing tomorrow.

This Collaborative Foresight cycle is organised as a part of DigIT Hub Sweden – an initiative that helps companies and the public sector in Southern Sweden to digitise. The initiative is co-funded by the European Union, Region Blekinge, Region Kronoberg, Region Skåne, and Vinnova.

Colophon

  • 102 pages
  • Publisher: Media Evolution as a part of DigIT Hub Sweden
  • Editors: Hildreth England, Reeta Hafner
  • Illustrations: Dick Hedlund
  • Graphic Concept: HolsterGreen Studio
  • Layout: Linnea Paulsson Neppelberg
  • ISBN: 978-91-987389-8-8
  • Published: August 2024

Writers

  • Paul Graham Raven
  • Deb Chachra
  • Györgyi Gálik
  • Vlad Afanasiev
  • Ryan Bellinson
  • Indy Johar

    Core Contributers

  • Arvid Karsvall
  • Asterios Tolikas
  • Camilla Lindskou
  • Cindy Soo
  • Fredrik Lindblad
  • Gustav Magnusson
  • Hassan Taher
  • Helena Borgstrand
  • Ioana Turcanu
  • James Haliburton
  • Jonas Öste Klevhag
  • Kerstin Geppert
  • Linda Lissola
  • Lisa Jedlid
  • Louise Fredin
  • Michael Strömgren
  • Migena Sula
  • Miro Söderberg Sert
  • Pia af Klercker
  • Rebecca Oliver
  • Robert Lann
  • Rushina Mody Ansari
  • Ulrica Nolke
Dick Hedlund
Dick Hedlund

Funding

This book is made possible by DigIT Hub. DigIT Hub Sweden help companies and the public sector in Southern Sweden digitalise. The initiative is co-funded by the European Union, Region Blekinge, Region Kronoberg, Region Skåne, and Vinnova. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Digital Europe Programme. Neither the European Union nor the Digital Europe Programme can be held responsible for them.

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August 2024

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