echo:us

The Speculative Design project echo:us invites participants to explore how democracy can be reimagined and brought to life in the future.

Across three participatory workshops, participants engage with future narratives from different perspectives. Together, the group critically reflects on familiar narrative patterns and opens up new perspectives through narrative exploration. echo:us works with storytelling, speculative future scenarios, systemic approaches, and creative methods. There is room to think, tell, question and experiment together. Storytelling becomes a cultural practice for collective and democratic participation.

• The workshop echo:human explores possibilities for deeper democratic participation.
• The workshop echo:nature investigates the relationship between democracy and nature.
• The workshop echo:tech asks what role technological innovation should play in democratic decision-making in the future.

The thoughts and future scenarios developed in the workshops will be brought together and presented in a Narrative Pop-Up titled echo:us.

Dates:

echo:human – Saturday, 17 October, 14:00–16:oo

echo:nature – Sunday, 18 October, 14:00–16:00

echo:tech – Monday, 19 October, 18:30–20:30

Participation is free of charge. Registration is required.

Anna Dill works at the intersection of design science, storytelling and systemic counselling. In both her teaching and professional practice, she explores how narratives provide us with guidance, shift our perspectives and open up new avenues for action.

Daniel Geyer works in the fields of cultural mediation and speculative design. He develops narrative and design formats that make social issues accessible and invite people to explore the future together.