On Creating Invitations to Imagination with Jenn Chan | Ep. 156

About this episode

Abbie and Jenn discuss the transition from the year of the Wood Snake to the year of the Fire Horse and explore the relationship between imagination, communication, and storytelling for designing better social worlds.

What can you imagine for a better world? ... Today, Abbie and Jenn discuss the recent Chinese Lunar New Year, and the context of the transition from the year of the Wood Snake to the year of the Fire Horse as it relates to a shared sense of urgency, momentum, revolution. As Abbie and Jenn explore imagination as invitation, action, rehearsal, and experiment, they name a relationship between communication, stories, and imagination for designing better social worlds. ... Jennifer Chan (she...

People in this episode

Host: Abbie VanMeter

Guest: Jenn Chan

Topics covered

• imagination
• communication
• social worlds
• Lunar New Year
• storytelling
• revolution

Keywords

• imagination
• communication
• Lunar New Year
• stories
• social change
• revolution
• Fire Horse
• Wood Snake

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