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EP.6 - Devon Powers: Metafutures: Investigating trends and understanding futures

EP.6 - Devon Powers: Metafutures: Investigating trends and understanding futures

FromDesign in Transition/Diseño en Transición


EP.6 - Devon Powers: Metafutures: Investigating trends and understanding futures

FromDesign in Transition/Diseño en Transición

ratings:
Length:
50 minutes
Released:
Nov 11, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

ENG:
What does being a meta-futurist mean? What other ways approaching the future are there?
In this episode, Marysol Ortega and Sofía Bosch talk to Devon Powers, Associate Professor at Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communication where she researches about consumer culture and how trends may modify our futures. We hope you enjoy our talk with Devon, in which she expands the notion of futures and how we can actually diverge from the hegemonic techno-Utopian futures dominating today's mainstream narratives.
Book:
On Trend: The Business of Forecasting the Future https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/83yrb4np9780252042874.html
Temple University profile: https://klein.temple.edu/faculty/devon-powers
Audio production done by June Seo (Thomas) Youn. Marysol Ortega and Sofía Bosch interviewed Devon Powers. Silvana Juri and Erica Dorn crafted the Spanish commentary.

The production of this podcast was carried out with the support of the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University.
ESP:
¿Qué significa ser una metafuturista? ¿Hay otras formas de abordar temas relacionados a futuros?
En este episodio, Marysol Ortega y Sofía Bosch conversan con Devon Powers, Profesora Asociada en el Klein College of Media and Communication de Temple University, dónde investiga sobre cultura y consumo, así como sobre las tendencias con capacidad de modificar nuestros futuros. Esperamos que disfruten de nuestra conversación con Devon, en la que amplía la noción de futuros y de cómo podemos realmente divergir de los futuros tecno-utópicos y hegemónicos que dominan la narrativa contemporánea.
La producción de audio fue llevada a cabo por June Seo (Thomas) Youn. Marysol Ortega y Sofía Bosch entrevistaron a Devon Powers. Erica Dorn y Silvana Juri crearon el comentario en español.

La producción de este podcast se llevo a cabo con el apoyo de la Escuela de Diseño de la Universidad Carnegie Mellon.
Released:
Nov 11, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (32)

Design in Transition is a podcast about designing for systems level change toward more sustainable and equitable futures. It is also a space to talk about the transitions design is taking in practice when it’s concerned with the complex and interconnected challenges societies face today.