John Sweeney

1. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO PLAY A GAME?
#WF2015 #playWF15

2. FUTURES
#playWF2015 john a. sweeney @aloha_futures

4. Research
FUTURES

5. #postnormaltimes

6. Research
Practice
FUTURES

7. I'm no prophet. My job is making
windows where there were once walls.
— Michel Foucault

9. Customs Declaration Form
signed by all three Apollo 11
astronauts on July 24, 1969.

10. Collaboration without foresight is dangerous,
and foresight without collaboration is pointless.

11. Research
Imaginings
FUTURES
Practice

12. WE LIVE IN THE FUTURE.

13. THE UNTHINKABLE CAN BECOME THE UNAVOIDABLE.

14. Research
Theories
Imaginings
FUTURES
Practice

17. Research
Theories
Methods
Imaginings
FUTURES
Practice

18. MANOA SCHOOL METHOD
“These four futures are
‘generic’ in the sense that
varieties of specific images
characteristic of them all
share common theoretical,
methodological and data
bases which distinguish
them from the bases of the
other three futures, and yet
each generic form has a
myriad of specific variations
reflective of their common
basis” (Dator 2009).

19. Research
Theories
MethodsTrends
Imaginings
FUTURES
Practice

21. 2014 #selfie

22. 1920’s
#selfie

23. Research
Theories
MethodsTrends
Emerging
Issues
Imaginings
FUTURES
Practice

24. Emerging
Issues
Analysis
emerging issue
takeoff point
challenge/opportunity
death
impacts
new life
x
x
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x
x
x
x x
x
trend

25. Research
Theories
MethodsTrends
Emerging
Issues
Foresight Imaginings
FUTURES
Practice

26. What’s your sense of the future?
riding
a roller coaster
kayaking
down a river
sailing
on the sea
rolling
dice

27. decided chance
riding
a roller coaster
kayaking
down a river
sailing
on the sea
rolling
dice
future

28. Research
Theories
MethodsTrends
Emerging
Issues
Foresight Imaginings
FUTURES
Planning/Policy/Strategy Practice

29. State of Hawaii
Office of Planning

30. “The purpose of this Act is to encourage collaboration
and cooperation among county, state, and federal
agencies, policy makers, businesses, and other community
partners to plan for the impacts of climate change and
avoid, minimize, or mitigate loss of life, land, and
property of future generations.”
Act 286 - HRS §226-1
Signed into law on July 9, 2012
http://planning.hawaii.gov/czm/initiatives/adapting-to-climate-change-2/

31. Research
Theories
MethodsTrends
Emerging
Issues
Foresight Imaginings
Planning/Policy/Strategy
FUTURES
Practice

32. "We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims." - R. Buckminster Fuller

33. WOULD YOU LIKE
TO PLAY A GAME?
#WF2015 #playWF15

34. Co-developed by Aaron B. Rosa & John A. Sweeney Design by rorosoro.com

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39. weighting
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40. weighting
sequencing
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41. weighting
sequencing
actor
ranking
HACKThe 2X2 SES

42. weighting
sequencing
actor
ranking
target meaning
experience
HACKThe 2X2 SES

43. weighting
sequencing
actor
ranking
target meaning
experience
turn
upside
down
HACKThe 2X2 SES

44. weighting
sequencing
actor
ranking
target meaning
experience
turn
upside
down
HACKThe 2X2 SES

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46. LEARNINGFUTURES / GAMES / DESIGN
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EXPLORINGPLAY / ENGAGEMENT / ACTIVITY
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49. Dr. Zhan Li
confulicious@gmail.com
John A. Sweeney
sweeney@eastwest.edu
Sandjar Kozubaev
sandjar.kozubaev@gmail.com