Pre-assignments
Task 1: Kitchen table citizen panel & the Archive of the Future
The pre-assignment 1 will be added here soon.
Task 2: Concept note
Write a 3-page concept note on the research questions and methodology of your own PhD research. Save the concept note in the shared Teams folder by 15 May (follow the instructions in the info letter). Notice that the concept notes are accessible to all participants.
After we have received all concept notes, we will create four small groups (1-4) and inform the students which group they belong to. Please read the concept notes of your peers in the same group and prepare questions for the small group meetings and PhD seminar sessions.
Format: A PDF document, 3 pages.
Task 3: Presenting your PhD work
Prepare a presentation about your own PhD work and reflect how it is related to the themes of the PhD School. Save the presentation in the shared Teams folder by 5 June (follow the instructions in the info letter). During the PhD School, there will be four PhD Seminars, where each student has 15 minutes to present their work for others (10 minutes of presentation, 5 minutes discussion).
Format: A PowerPoint presentation, max. 5 slides.
Readings
Ache, P. (2017). Vision Making in Large Urban Settings: Unleashing Anticipation?. In: Poli, R. (eds) Handbook of Anticipation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31737-3_43-1 [pdf]
Avin, U., & Goodspeed, R. (2020). Using exploratory scenarios in planning practice: A spectrum of approaches. Journal of the American planning association, 86(4), 403-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/01944363.2020.1746688 [pdf]
Neuvonen, A. (2022). Re-focusing on the future. Backcasting carbon neutral cities. Tampere University Dissertations 656. https://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-03-2534-3 [pdf]
van Driessche, R., Ache, P., & Lagendijk, A. (2023). How to plan for discontinuity? Equipping ‘anticipatory assemblages’ with ‘archives of the future’. Planning Theory, 0(0), 14730952231203819. https://doi.org/10.1177/14730952231203819 [pdf]