Shortly before the third season of our "Potentials of Speculation" series starts, we are happy to present the trailer for season 2, brilliantly composed by Stephan Kraus.
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POTENTIALS OF SPECULATION
Digital lecture series on positions, interpretations and practices of the speculative +
Digital lecture series on positions, interpretations and practices of the speculative +
The research project Speculative Space at the Centre for Design Research (HAW Hamburg) asks about the epistemic potential of speculative design. In the lecture series Potentials of Speculation, we focus on concrete speculative approaches and tactics from various disciplines. While last semester we focused primarily on afrofuturist positions, this semester we turn to the following questions: What does speculation mean in feminist practices? What role does speculation play in the writing of history? On what basis can we speculate about worlds to be built? Or more generally: What is speculative science? What would a science look like, that questions its dogmatic dimension through its own methodology? And to what extent is a speculative design practice suitable for these acrobatics?
In doing so, we assume that there is not one correct form of science, but many possible forms of creating knowledge. +
In doing so, we assume that there is not one correct form of science, but many possible forms of creating knowledge. +
The first part of the series took place in the wintersemester 2020/21, and was followed by "Potentials of Speculation II" in the summersemester 2021.
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Potentials of Speculation I
(Watch the trailer*)
20.10.20 Introduction
03.11.20 Afroflux
17.11.20 Neema Githere
01.12.20 Tabita Rezaire
15.12.20 Lina Nasr El Hag Ali
05.01.21 Catherine Feliz
19.01.21 Black Quantum Futurism
02.02.21 Intelligent Mischief +
(Watch the trailer*)
20.10.20 Introduction
03.11.20 Afroflux
17.11.20 Neema Githere
01.12.20 Tabita Rezaire
15.12.20 Lina Nasr El Hag Ali
05.01.21 Catherine Feliz
19.01.21 Black Quantum Futurism
02.02.21 Intelligent Mischief +
Potentials of Speculation II
(Watch the trailer*)
06.04.21 Introduction
20.04.21 Matt Malpass
04.05.21 Julia Grillmayr
18.05.21 Patricia Reed
22.06.21 Mariam Ghani
29.06.21 Deepa Butoliya +
(Watch the trailer*)
06.04.21 Introduction
20.04.21 Matt Malpass
04.05.21 Julia Grillmayr
18.05.21 Patricia Reed
22.06.21 Mariam Ghani
29.06.21 Deepa Butoliya +
All talks (videos) and more detailed information are being archived on http://speclog.xyz/news-archive. Videos from Season 1 are already available, the videos from Season 2 will be provided in the coming weeks.
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* Trailer 1 edited by Christine Rafflenbeul, Trailer 2 edited by Stephan Kraus.
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