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How do we explain ‘collective imagination’?
How do we explain ‘collective imagination’?
The idea for this seed swap arose from conversation amongst the community during our 2024 launch session exploring our hopes in the coming…
Hannah McDowall
May 15
Connected Lives: Enabling relationships and connection for flourishing communities in Newham
Connected Lives: Enabling relationships and connection for flourishing communities in Newham
A call for collective imagination practitioners and Newham-based community leaders and council workers to join a peer-led learning journey…
Jake Garber
May 15
Collective Imagination x Local Government: Deepening local democracy and participation through…
Collective Imagination x Local Government: Deepening local democracy and participation through…
Calling collective imagination practitioners and those working in local government contexts who are curious about applying collective…
Christina Watson
May 14
Government Innovation x Collective Imagination: exploring how imagination can (re)shape our centres…
Government Innovation x Collective Imagination: exploring how imagination can (re)shape our centres…
A call for collective imagination practitioners and policy lab folks to join a peer-led learning journey (‘Huddle’) to apply collective…
Daniel Ford
May 13
Applying collective imagination practice in government contexts
Applying collective imagination practice in government contexts
Collective Imagination Practice Community — Introducing 3 Huddles, now open for sign up
Anna Garlands
May 13
Geoff Mulgan & Paul Kissack: How can we land the work of collective imagination in spaces of power?
Geoff Mulgan & Paul Kissack: How can we land the work of collective imagination in spaces of power?
We hosted a conversation between Paul Kissack and Geoff Mulgan exploring the edge between the culture and practice of collective…
Jake Garber
May 8
Joyous Resilience
Joyous Resilience
Learnings from our Creative Transcendence journey
Anne-Sharlene Murapa
May 7
The hidden benefits of child-friendly spaces
The hidden benefits of child-friendly spaces
Anyone for hop scotch?
Phillippa Banister
Apr 29
Power, Conflict, and Connection: Exploring How We Can ‘Reimagine’ Local Democracy.
Power, Conflict, and Connection: Exploring How We Can ‘Reimagine’ Local Democracy.
How might we collectively imagine a participatory democracy that leads to action and makes imagined futures a reality?
Mahreen Zaidi San Miguel
Apr 26
A RECIPE FOR HOPE
A RECIPE FOR HOPE
Thoughts and learnings from Our Hopeful Climate Futures Huddle
Andrea Gilly
Apr 26
Tomorrow’s Barbie : Collective Imagining Beyond Borders
Tomorrow’s Barbie : Collective Imagining Beyond Borders
By Kavitha Ravikumar & Anna Bertmark
Kav R
Apr 24
Collective Imagination Practice Community 2024–25
Collective Imagination Practice Community 2024–25
In our second year of the CIPC we will continue to share practice and connect to each other with open sessions and our practice fund. And…
Hannah McDowall
Mar 21
Collective Imagination Practice Fund: Year 2
Collective Imagination Practice Fund: Year 2
£125k is available for distribution over 2024 with the aim of growing and deepening the field of collective imagination practice. To be…
Zahra Davidson
Mar 15
Ecological Imagination
Ecological Imagination
Professor Vlad Glaveânu and Professor Penny Hay with contributions from the Ecologies of Collective Imagination Huddle
Dr Penny Hay
Mar 11
Imagining our way into better deaths & endings: Learnings & Practices from the Death & the…
Imagining our way into better deaths & endings: Learnings & Practices from the Death & the…
Why is collective imagination practice about death and endings important?
Hannah McDowall
Feb 26
Practices for expanding imaginaries around death & loss, part 2: zooming out
Practices for expanding imaginaries around death & loss, part 2: zooming out
In the second half of our learning journey, we took a wider lens on death, exploring what needs letting go, hospicing + composting.
Ally Kingston
Feb 15
Practices for expanding imaginaries around death & loss, part 1: starting close in
Practices for expanding imaginaries around death & loss, part 1: starting close in
In the first half of our learning journey, we practiced reframing our relationships with the declining, dying and dead all around us.
Ally Kingston
Feb 15
Death & the collective imagination: why do we need better endings?
Death & the collective imagination: why do we need better endings?
How are we limited in our relationship to death & endings, and why does it matter? This post tracks the kickoff of our learning journey.
Ally Kingston
Feb 12
Permission to dream, together, about Towns
Permission to dream, together, about Towns
On a hot summer’s day last year, 8 strangers met for the first time in Shipley, a town in West Yorkshire to begin a collective imagination…
Phillippa Banister
Feb 12
Setting New Years intentions: Social dreaming and Council of all beings
Setting New Years intentions: Social dreaming and Council of all beings
It’s 2024 and the gate to the new year is open! We were delighted to invite Uri Noy Meir to lead us in a body based imagination practice…
Hannah McDowall
Jan 22
Collective Imagination Practice Fund: What did we fund in year #1?
Collective Imagination Practice Fund: What did we fund in year #1?
Summaries of the 30 collective imagination projects that received micro-funding in 2023.
Zahra Davidson
Jan 19
Death & the Collective Imagination Huddle: Introducing our Cohort
Death & the Collective Imagination Huddle: Introducing our Cohort
Back in summer of 2023, I shared an open call for a new peer learning journey exploring the transformative potential of loss.
Ally Kingston
Jan 17
Imagining from a place of abundance: a design led imagination practice
Imagining from a place of abundance: a design led imagination practice
In Nov 2023 we were joined by Chrissy Levett for our 7th seed swap session. Chrissy is a designer and activist and founder of Creative…
Hannah McDowall
Dec 4, 2023
Could The Southbank Centre become the convenor of imagination-led social transformation?
Could The Southbank Centre become the convenor of imagination-led social transformation?
By Hannah McDowall and Tiphaine Tailleux
Hannah McDowall
Nov 30, 2023
Radically Reimagining Learning and Education
Radically Reimagining Learning and Education
In our 5th Seed swap (Oct 2023) we were led by jae spencer keyse who has spent many years working to grow approaches to education which are…
Hannah McDowall
Oct 30, 2023
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