Studying Emerge: Findings from an event ethnography

Sarah Rachael Davies; Cynthia Selin; Sandra Rodegher; Carlo Altamirano Allende; Michael Burnam-Fink; Corinne DiVittorio; Cecilie Glerup; Cameron Keys; Mindy Kimball; Miao Liao; Chad Monfreda; Brenda Trinidad

doi:10.1016/j.futures.2014.05.003

Studying Emerge: Findings from an event ethnography

Sarah Rachael Davies, Cynthia Selin, Sandra Rodegher, Carlo Altamirano Allende, Michael Burnam-Fink, Corinne DiVittorio, Cecilie Glerup, Cameron Keys, Mindy Kimball, Miao Liao, Chad Monfreda, Brenda Trinidad

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Abstract

The Emerge event, held in Tempe, AZ in March 2012, brought together a range of scientists, artists, futurists, engineers and students in order to experiment with innovative methods for thinking about the future. These methodological techniques were tested through nine workshops, each of which made use of a different format; Emerge as a whole, then, offered an opportunity to study a diverse set of future-oriented engagement practices. We conducted an event ethnography, in which a team of 11 researchers collaboratively developed accounts of the practices at play within Emerge and its workshops. In this article we discuss findings from this ethnography, using our data both to describe the techniques used within Emerge and to analyse key patterns which occurred around those techniques. As we close we reflect on the implications of these findings for practice, suggesting ways in which our results can help hone the tools and techniques of future studies.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Futures The journal of policy, planning and futures studies
Vol/bind	70
Sider (fra-til)	75-85
Antal sider	11
ISSN	0016-3287
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2014.05.003
Status	Udgivet - 2015

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