Emergence and Hopeful Futures

As part of "Cybernetics for Social Impact" KNoT courses, this workshop will provide students with space and time to think through what it means by self-organisation, interact with other peers to embody the concept, and understand what makes systems resilient. We will discuss the emergence of patterns in natural and social contexts and identify cybernetic elements, such as agents, relationships, and feedback, to analyse self-organised systems. At the end of the session, we will apply the insights into designing resilient and hopeful futures.

No prerequisite is needed to take this course.

Participants will be equipped with a systemic lens to recognise and work with self-organising dynamics in socio-ecological contexts and get inspired to imagine hopeful, emergent futures.

Group activity of "Designing for hopeful futures" in free formats, e.g., via drawing, storytelling, mapping, flowchart, etc.