People Arkiver - IMAGINE

Guest researcher from Utrecht at SIFO

We would like to welcome Justyna Jakubiec to SIFO!

She joined the project recently and this is her first visit of two during the IMAGINE project. She is visiting from our partner Utrecht University, where she is currently a Research Assistant, after having finished her RMA thesis on “Science Fiction Film and Becoming Otherwise: Woundedness, Posthuman Performativity, and Reinventing Subjectivity”.

Her visit kicked off with a workshop between WP1 and WP2 on the 29th March and she is working closely with Virginie Amlien and the other SIFO researchers in the project during her stay.

Working on the IMAGINE project since February, together with Rick Dolphijn I am part of WP1, focusing on identifying dominant imaginaries of sustainable futures. This is my first visit and research stay at SIFO: until April 30^th I will continue our research on policy documents and business strategy documents, with a special focus on Oslo municipality. I will continue WP1’s role to negotiate how Humanities-based perspectives (esp. Media Studies and Philosophy) are important for IMAGINE.
Justyna Jakubiec

IMAGINE kicked off on Zoom

The IMAGINE consortium gathered for the first time on Zoom on the 26th of January 2022. We would have preferred to be present in the same physical space, since getting to know each other on a screen is not the same. Hopefully the pandemic will allow for such a meeting in the near future. Nevertheless, we had an inspiring day of listening to and discussing each others perspectives and experiences, and are looking forward to embarking on the numerous tasks of IMAGINE. This was our agenda:

09:00	Welcome and introduction to IMAGINE	Nina Heidenstrøm
09:30	Theories of imagination	Rick Dolphijn and Virginie Amilien
10:00	Ethnological methods and archive question lists	Audun Kjus
10:30	10 min break
10:40	Research through design and art – tangible imaginaries	Dan Lockton, Nenad Pavel, Joanne Cramer
11:10	Creating a space for critical discussion, mutual understanding and co-creation	Marie Hebrok and Æra innovation studio
11:40	Platforms for knowledge exchange	Dan Welch
12:10	30 min lunch break
12:40	Communication and dissemination	Harald Throne-Holst and Henry Mainsah
13:10	Summing up, discussion, practical issues, and planning	Nina Heidenstrøm and all
14:00	End