Like the creation narrative Bible’s book of Genesis, the Worldbuilding Initiative at Arizona State University (ASU) began with “the Word.” But rather than with one Word from an omnipotent creator, the initiative launched in February with new terminology coined by more than a hundred people participating in the Worldbuilding Initiative’s inaugural workshop, “Constructed Languages, Box-Words, and Neologisms: Ways of Naming (and Making) the World.” A public-facing program, the initiative is dedicated to creating what its leaders call “alternative narrative experiences” that encourage participants to take an active role in imagining a more equitable and sustainable future.
