Imaginative Futuring for Social Change
From Art Is Not a Thing by Ars Electronica
September 30, 2025 · 20 min · Season 2 · Episode 4
About this episode
Hannah discusses imaginative futuring for social change with members of the Kairos Futura collective.
In this episode, Hannah talks to members of the Kairos Futura collective from Nairobi, Ajax Axe, Abdul Rop and Willie Ng'ang'a. Their project, The Wild Future Lab, won this year's S+T+ARTS Prize Africa, an initiative of the European Commission, recognising pioneering projects in Africa that catalyse social change by blending science, technology, and art. The Wild Future Lab not only creates a blueprint for the future but tries to build that future with resources available in the present. Art ...
People in this episode
Host: Hannah
Guests: Ajax Axe, Abdul Rop, Willie Ng'ang'a
Topics covered
- social change
- art
- technology
- science
- future planning
Keywords
- social change
- art
- technology
- future
- S+T+ARTS Prize
- Nairobi
- Kairos Futura
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Kairos Futura, European Commission
Books & works: The Wild Future Lab
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