Open Lab Abend: Zukunft ernten — Ein Ideenlabor mit Spiel und Spekulationen zur Zukunft der Landwirtschaft

In the organizer's words:

Get to know two completely different approaches to thinking about the future of agriculture. With the help of the Future Cubes developed at Fraunhofer ISI, we will playfully immerse ourselves in the challenges surrounding the professional cultivation of apples. We will then jointly develop excerpts of speculative futures for agriculture. To do this, we use artifacts from a society that does not (yet) exist and gradually approach our ideas.

What does the future actually look like? A question to which there are an infinite number of answers - and the answer that hits the nail on the head will very probably not exist. Because the future does not yet exist and it is not predetermined. So why think about it at all? Speculating and discussing the world of tomorrow helps us to develop ideas. This allows us to make proactive decisions, take advantage of upcoming opportunities and find solutions to problems that we don't yet have. Our knowledge from the present and our imagination are important sources for speculating about the future.

In the workshop, we use two different approaches to get us thinking about the future. The Future Cubes help us to gain a better understanding of the challenges facing agriculture through entertaining discussions. Building on this, we will use speculative artifacts from a fictional agriculture to gradually approach ideas of the future and engage in an exchange with other participants. What function do the objects have? What material are they made of? How are they embedded in everyday life?

Click here for our project websites: Speculative Futures.

Further information can be found here.

The Future Cubes were developed for the MIRO(Central German Innovation Region for Fruit Growing) research project.

Cooperation

The "Speculative Futures" project was funded by the framework program of the Fraunhofer Network "Science, Art and Design".

The "MIRO" project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Home Affairs.

Workshop leader

Ina Baier is a scientist in the Futures and Innovation group at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) in Leipzig.

Her work focuses on the application and further development of foresight methods. In her

current projects she is working on horizon scanning, speculative design and the use of generative AI in the context of scientific work.

With a background in linguistics and futurology, she designed the linguistic human-machine interface before joining Fraunhofer.

Dr. Valentin Knitsch studied philosophy, political science and sociology in Dresden, Leipzig and Berlin. In his work at the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI), he combines his experience in futurology and knowledge transfer to develop target group-oriented and needs-based processes. A current focus of his work is on shaping the future of viticulture and fruit growing in central Germany. In the EXPRESS and MIRO projects, he supports farmers in dealing courageously and proactively with medium and long-term uncertainties in their businesses and their industry.

Further information

• Venue: Futurium Lab workshop (-1)
• Admission: free of charge
• Event language: German
• Max. Number of participants: 20 people
• Conditions of participation: no prior knowledge required
• Age recommendation: all are welcome

(Participation of persons under the age of 16 is only possible if accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Accessibility

• We are a wheelchair accessible venue.
• Seats without seating are available for wheelchair users.

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Photo & Video

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