<<As part of the Feasts project, and the “Make an Everyday Meal Utopian” strand of it, we’ve asked people with a wide variety of expertise to contribute some pieces which might be of interest to anyone setting out to add a salting of utopia to their daily bread. The pieces won’t be anything as standard or straightforward… Continue reading “Politics at the Dinner Table” by Garrett Broad
Enough Is As Good As a Feast – by Kim Stanley Robinson
<<As part of the Feasts project, and the “Make an Everyday Meal Utopian” strand of it, we’ve asked people with a wide variety of expertise to contribute some pieces which might be of interest to anyone setting out to add a salting of utopia to their daily bread. The pieces won’t be anything as standard or straightforward… Continue reading Enough Is As Good As a Feast – by Kim Stanley Robinson
A meditation before the feast – by Ruth Levitas
<<As part of the Feasts project, and the “Make an Everyday Meal Utopian” strand of it, we’ve asked people with a wide variety of expertise to contribute some pieces which might be of interest to anyone setting out to add a salting of utopia to their daily bread. The pieces won’t be anything as standard or straightforward… Continue reading A meditation before the feast – by Ruth Levitas
Feasts for the Future at Sustainable Earth 2018
I was delighted to represent ‘Feasts for the Future’ at Sustainable Earth 2018 on the 29th of July by leading an interactive workshop. I told the story of our first Feast for the Future, organised together with Regen, which brought together people from community energy groups across Devon to discuss better futures and alternative presents… Continue reading Feasts for the Future at Sustainable Earth 2018
Workshop 2: Narratives into the Future (food & architecture)
‘Feasts for the Future’ with Imagining Alternatives Workshop 2: Clare Pettinger (food) and Bob Brown (architecture) Clare Pettinger kicked off the first workshop session by having participants pick, from a table spread with images of food and drink, one image that represented a ‘like’ and one that represented a ‘dislike’; and then to explain, first… Continue reading Workshop 2: Narratives into the Future (food & architecture)
Workshop 1: Narratives into the Future (Literature & Geography)
So, to recap: the workshops were conceived of as a lead-in to the upcoming, first “Feast for the Future”, from which the subsequent utopian feasts will spread out like ripples from a thrown stone. Two afternoons of workshops, which would aim to perform, in miniature, some of the acts of bridging and connection which the… Continue reading Workshop 1: Narratives into the Future (Literature & Geography)
5 Reasons why Creative Artists should help Design our Future Living Spaces
As both an artist and a researcher, I am interested in how and to what extent the creative arts are being incorporated into environmental designs for the buildings, landscapes and interiors which are likely to shape future human communities. For example, how many of these designs are both functional and beautiful, and how many accommodate… Continue reading 5 Reasons why Creative Artists should help Design our Future Living Spaces
Welcome to Feasts for the Future!
Welcome to the Feasts for the Future blog! This is the blog for Feasts for the Future, part of an AHRC funded project exploring the imagination of alternative presents and better futures. Follow the link below for our project webpages. https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/feasts-for-the-future The blog will feature contributions from Dr David Sergeant and Dr Anastasia Somerville-Wong at… Continue reading Welcome to Feasts for the Future!