Futures Hub
Futures Hub
Podcast Description
Welcome to Futures Hub Podcast, where we explore the pathways to tomorrow. This podcast navigates the intersecting landscape of foresight, community engagement, and personal growth.
Each episode explores aspects of futures thinking, delving into foresight and systems techniques and discovering how these methods can both shape personal foresight capacity and contribute to community co-creation and meaningful decision-making.
Recognizing the power of information to empower individuals and communities, episodes dive into research to unearth valuable insights to help foster future-focused collaboration, inclusivity, and community building. Learn about engaging with communities, listen to their voices, and explore strategies for genuine community consultation. From youth to seniors, newcomers to minorities, everyone has a role in crafting a future where all belong.
Our commitment extends to the synergy of creativity and strategy, combining the art of foresight with tangible policy outcomes.
Join us on this exciting journey as we share insights, mine data, and discuss strategies to empower individuals and build resilient communities. Together, let's soften the impact of future shock, empower through information sharing, increase civic participation, enhance decision-making, and build community capacity.
The future is a canvas waiting to be painted. Welcome to Futures Hub Podcast, where we learn how to co-create the masterpiece of tomorrow.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers a range of topics including foresight techniques, community engagement strategies, and personal empowerment. Episodes such as 'The Power of Care, Abundance and Storytelling in Nonprofit Innovation' and 'Entering The Climateverse: Activism through Alternate Realities' highlight specific methodologies and real-world applications aimed at fostering inclusivity and collaboration across diverse communities.
Welcome to Futures Hub Podcast, where we explore the pathways to tomorrow. This podcast navigates the intersecting landscape of foresight, community engagement, and personal growth.
Each episode explores aspects of futures thinking, delving into foresight and systems techniques and discovering how these methods can both shape personal foresight capacity and contribute to community co-creation and meaningful decision-making.
Recognizing the power of information to empower individuals and communities, episodes dive into research to unearth valuable insights to help foster future-focused collaboration, inclusivity, and community building. Learn about engaging with communities, listen to their voices, and explore strategies for genuine community consultation. From youth to seniors, newcomers to minorities, everyone has a role in crafting a future where all belong.
Our commitment extends to the synergy of creativity and strategy, combining the art of foresight with tangible policy outcomes.
Join us on this exciting journey as we share insights, mine data, and discuss strategies to empower individuals and build resilient communities. Together, let’s soften the impact of future shock, empower through information sharing, increase civic participation, enhance decision-making, and build community capacity.
The future is a canvas waiting to be painted. Welcome to Futures Hub Podcast, where we learn how to co-create the masterpiece of tomorrow.
In this episode of Futures Hub, we are joined by Lorna Okeng and Emmanuel Rukundo – the creative minds behind Keepers XR and the VR film Keepers of the Forest: The Batwa Legacy. Filmed in Uganda, Keepers of the Forest features the Batwa people – ancestral guardians of the Bwindi and Virunga mountain ranges, which is home to half of the world’s mountain gorillas. Once evicted from their forest, the Batwa are now working to preserve their culture, identity, and environmental knowledge. Using virtual reality, Lorna and Emmanuel preserve knowledge systems and feature African futurist perspectives. During the episode, we explore:
How emergent tech like VR can preserve cultural knowledge
The importance of ancient ecological wisdom for climate resilience
Co-creation with Indigenous communities
AI (that is: “Ancestral intelligence”) as a futures and design methodology
Emotional reactions to immersive storytelling, including empowering youth through creative technology; and
The landscape of African digital creativity and XR innovation
This conversation bridges past, present, and future, showing how intangible heritage, oral traditions, and technology can create better futures. If you’re passionate about foresight, XR, climate justice, innovation, or storytelling, this episode is a must-listen for you. Tune in to be inspired and imagine what becomes possible when the world honours its early storytellers and future protectors.
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