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SUMMARY:EPIC 2025 - Ethnofutures for Innovation: Practicing Foresight with Diverse Intelligences
DESCRIPTION:Learn to integrate foresight and ethnography to build grounded\, authentic future scenarios that guide discovery\, strategy\, and decision making.\nDate & Time\n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 28\, 2025 |\n\n\n9:00 am –\n\n\n12:00 pm\n\n\nPacific Daylight Time (PDT\, UTC−07:00)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWednesday\, May 28\, 2025 |\n\n\n6:00 pm –\n\n\n9:00 pm\n\n\nCentral European Summer Time (CEST\, UTC+02:00)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInstructors\n\n\n\n\nJan English-Lueck\, Professor of Anthropology\, San Jose State University; Distinguished Fellow\, Institute for the Future\nRod Falcon\, Director\, Technology Futures Lab\, Institute for the Future\nDavide Casciano\, Postdoctoral Fellow\, LAGOSTECH\, KU Leuven \n\n\n\nOverview\n\n\n\nIn this tutorial you will: \n\nIntegrate foresight and ethnography for multimodal data collection and analysis\nIdentify people and innovation centers at the leading edge of your research or market domain\nBuild grounded future scenarios that support discovery\, strategy\, planning\, and decision making\nDiscover use cases for applying ethnofutures in your own work\n\nPredictive analytics have become increasingly sophisticated\, yet organizations still struggle to anticipate and plan for social change\, emerging use cases\, and spaces of transformative innovation. \nEthnofutures is a practice for building future scenarios that are grounded in multimodal data\, with techniques for getting beyond the conventional wisdom that often constrains innovation\, planning\, and decision making. It brings together principles and techniques from foresight and ethnography\, such as horizon scanning\, megatrends\, ethnographic futures interviews\, and observations. \nIn this tutorial\, participants will learn ethnofutures approaches to data collection and analysis\, then work through concrete applications. We will also build specific use cases for practicing ethnofutures in our own work. The tutorial will be particularly valuable for researchers\, designers\, and strategists guiding innovation\, organizational transformation\, product and service design\, new markets\, brand communications\, community development\, and related areas. \nGenerating future scenarios that are authentic and inclusive is crucial to the value they drive. When we practice ethnofutures\, we systematically engage diverse intelligences through multiple methods\, data sources\, social domains\, and cultural perspectives. We do nuanced analyses of stakeholder groups\, enabling us to identify key spaces of innovation that may not be represented by standard organizational and market categories. Bottom-up techniques also connect us with people on the leading edge of our research or market domains so we can detect early signals of change. \nFinally\, ethnofutures is valuable because it recognizes the enormous variety of intelligences and innovation centers outside the logics that dominate industry and institutional environments. It is a practice that enables us to think beyond conventional narratives about who and what ‘make the future’\, with the potential to guide decisions that support the agency\, expertise\, and collective action of diverse communities. \nWho Will Benefit from This Tutorial?\nParticipants should have some experience using ethnography for projects in organizational environments\, but do not need formal experience with futures or foresight. \nLearn more here: https://www.epicpeople.org/project/52825-ethnofutures-innovation-practicing-foresight/
URL:https://www.lagostech.eu/event/epic-2025-ethnofutures-for-innovation-practicing-foresight-with-diverse-intelligences/
LOCATION:Online
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ORGANIZER;CN="Davide Casciano":MAILTO:davide@casciano.info
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SUMMARY:Imagining Lagos 2035: The Future of Tech and Daily Life
DESCRIPTION:What Could Lagos’ Tech Ecosystem Look Like in 2035?\nJoin us for an exciting and collaborative workshop where we’ll explore how technology could evolve in Lagos and shape daily life by 2035. \n\nWhat to Expect\nThis 4-hour interactive workshop will feature: \n\nScenario Building: Learn and apply scenario planning methodology from the Institute for the Future and ethnographic insights from social and cultural anthropology to imagine Lagos’ tech future.\nCreative Storytelling: Co-create and present future scenarios through imagined personas\, bringing 2035 to life.\nNetworking: Connect with tech entrepreneurs\, policymakers\, researchers\, and community leaders.\n\n\nWhy Attend?\nBy participating\, you will: \n\nExplore how education\, infrastructure\, cultural adaptation\, and other drivers could shape Lagos’ tech future.\nCo-create optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for the city’s tech ecosystem.\nShare insights that could inspire action and spark dialogue across sectors.\nBuild connections with others who share a passion for Lagos’ future.\n\n  \nWho Should Attend?\nThis workshop is open to everyone who cares about the intersection of technology and society\, including: \n\nTech entrepreneurs\, startup founders\, and developers\nInvestors and policymakers\nAcademics\, researchers\, and cultural innovators\nCommunity leaders and anyone passionate about Lagos’ future\n\n  \nRegister Now\n🎟 Registration for this event is free\, but spots are limited!\n👉 Click here to register: https://bit.ly/4j1PkMS \n  \nWe Need Your Input!\nThe workshop starts now by gathering your insights. Help us identify the “signals” shaping Lagos’ future by filling out this quick form:\n👉 https://tally.so/r/w7ey20 \nLet’s imagine Lagos’ future together!
URL:https://www.lagostech.eu/event/imagining-lagos-2035-the-future-of-tech-and-daily-life/
LOCATION:CcHUB\, 294 Herbert Macaulay Way\, Lagos\, Nigeria
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ORGANIZER;CN="Davide Casciano":MAILTO:davide@casciano.info
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SUMMARY:IUAES Commission of Digital Anthropology Lectures 2025 - Is the Next Silicon Valley Rising? Neoliberal Extraversions and Techno-Revolutionism in Lagos\, Nigeria
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URL:https://www.lagostech.eu/event/iuaes-commission-of-digital-anthropology-lectures-2025-is-the-next-silicon-valley-rising-neoliberal-extraversions-and-techno-revolutionism-in-lagos-nigeria/
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SUMMARY:CFP - Exploring Digital Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa - Social Sciences and Digital Humanities: Cooperation\, Cultures\, Societies and African Processes of Digitisation South of the Sahara
DESCRIPTION:Call for Contributions: Panel on “Exploring Digital Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa” at “Social Sciences and Digital Humanities: Cooperation\, Cultures\, Societies\, and African Processes of Digitisation South of the Sahara”. \nThe Intercontinental Alliance for Urban Studies (AIEU) is pleased to announce its inaugural international Congress in Granada\, Spain\, on 17-18 October 2024. This event offers a dynamic forum for discussing research on digitisation and cooperation in Sub-Saharan Africa\, approached from the perspectives of Social Sciences and Humanities. The theme for this first edition is “Social Sciences and Digital Humanities: Cooperation\, Cultures\, Societies\, and African Processes of Digitisation South of the Sahara.” The Congress will be conducted in a hybrid format\, featuring asynchronous online panels to encourage broad participation. \n\nAs part of this conference\, LAGOSTECH project is hosting the symposium “Exploring Digital Sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa” and we are actively seeking contributions. The deadline for submissions is 10 September 2024\, and proposals can be submitted via the following website: https://digitaldiverse.es/call-for-abstracts/. \n\nPanel Description:\nAn intricate and multifaceted concept\, digital sovereignty is gaining prominence within Sub-Saharan Africa’s digital landscape. This concept refers to the ability of nation-states to control and manage their digital infrastructures\, data\, and content. However\, its interpretations vary because of diverse socio-political\, cultural\, economic\, and historical circumstances. Established models\, such as those in the Western World and China\, offer diverse ideals from which Sub-Saharan Africa’s strategies may differ. Furthermore\, diverse approaches may coexist within the same country\, subject to negotiation among actors.\nThe panel invites submissions scrutinising the evolving meanings and approaches to digital sovereignty. Additionally\, we seek detailed analyses of how digital sovereignty is conceptualised and implemented in local contexts. Specifically\, we invite submissions that explore the following topics:\n\n  Digital sovereignty and national development strategies in Sub-Saharan Africa\n  The role of local communities\, actors and civil society in shaping digital governance frameworks\n  The impact of data sovereignty on privacy\, freedom of expression\, exchange\, and data ownership\n  The intersections of digital sovereignty with mobility\, security\, and social inequality\n  The potential of regional cooperation to enhance digital sovereignty in Sub-Saharan Africa\n\n\nCase studies depicting how digital sovereignty is experienced and negotiated are welcome\, including those using quantitative\, qualitative\, and mixed methodological approaches. \n\nSubmission Guidelines:\nAbstracts should be no more than 400 words and may be submitted in English\, Portuguese\, or Spanish via https://digitaldiverse.es/call-for-abstracts/. The abstract should include the following sections: Introduction\, Objectives\, Methodology\, Discussion\, Results\, and Conclusions. If necessary\, certain sections may be omitted. Please include 3-5 keywords. Bibliographies\, acknowledgements\, and sponsor information should not be included.\nAll accepted abstracts will be published in the conference’s Proceedings Book\, and on LAGOSTECH’s website.
URL:https://www.lagostech.eu/event/cfp-exploring-digital-sovereignty-in-sub-saharan-africa-social-sciences-and-digital-humanities-cooperation-cultures-societies-and-african-processes-of-digitisation-south-of-the-sahara/
LOCATION:DIGITALDIVERSE 2024\, Av. del Hospicio\, 1\, Granada\, Albaicín\, 18012\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Conference
ORGANIZER;CN="Davide Casciano":MAILTO:davide@casciano.info
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20240628T091500
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SUMMARY:LSA Conference 2024: Innovating Information Technologies in Africa: Debating Authenticity and Global Connections
DESCRIPTION:The 8th Annual Lagos Studies Association Conference\, June 25-29\, 2024 \nConference Theme: African Identities: Peoples\, Cultures\, and Institutions in Motion \nFormat: Hybrid (In person\, Room B107\, Faculty of Arts\, University of Lagos; and Virtual\, on Zoom) \nDate for the panel: June 28\, 2024\, 09:15 AM West Central Africa \nPanel Organizer: Davide Casciano (KU Leuven) \nAn increasingly interconnected world places Africa at the crossroads of global innovation and local creativity amidst rapid technological developments. In this panel\, we aim to explore what actually is “African” and how it changes through the development of Africa’s Information and Communication Technologies sector. For example\, Silicon Valley-inspired areas have emerged across Africa\, drawing significant investments and raising African technology’s profile on the global stage. However\, some scholars argue that these technological models are often imported from elsewhere with little consideration for the unique needs and challenges of the continent. Yet\, technological innovations and their negotiation are also grounded in local historical and social contexts. By bringing together scholars who study Africa’s technology landscape\, this panel will explore\, among others\, perspectives on authenticity and contextualization. How do technologists\, experts\, and entrepreneurs integrate local knowledge into their innovations? In what ways do African societies adapt technology to meet their local needs? How do colonialism and its legacies continue to influence technological developments in Africa and their global opportunities? If efforts are being made to decolonize technology and promote African-led innovation\, what forms do these new technologies take? In what ways do diaspora communities use technology to exchange and negotiate symbols and resources? As technological innovations constantly emerge across the continent\, considerations around inclusivity\, equity\, data privacy\, and digital divides remain essential. By challenging notions of “technological triumphalism” as well as “Afro-pessimism”\, this panel seeks to stimulate critical discussions and inspire novel research about the dynamic of technology futures in global Africa. \nGhana’s New Tech Elites: The Production of Africanness as a Contested Extravertive Tactic by Technology Hub and Incubator Managers in Accra by Tessa Pijnaker (University of Birmingham) \nThe Value of Indigenous Wisdom: The Intersection of Entrepreneurs’ Local Knowledge and Technological Innovations in Africa by Jovita Chinelo Ejimonye (University of Nigeria) \nBeyond Psychosocial Transformation: The Rhetorical Power of Technology in Nigeria’s Social Space by Abagha Ikechukwu (University of Nigeria) \nThe Most Modern Thing Happening in Nigeria: Early Computing and Ideas about Westernness\, Africanness\, and Modernity in Africa\, 1960-1990 by Anna Osterlow (Sciences Po) \nCulture\, Complexe\, and Tech Design in Contemporary Kinshasa by Katrien Pype (KU Leuven) \nLearn more about LSA Conference:\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/205111409881162/\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/LagosStudies\nWebsite: https://www.lagosstudies.org\nEmail: lagosstudiesassociation@gmail.com \nor join online to the panel on Zoom:\nhttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/88362647908
URL:https://www.lagostech.eu/event/lsa-conference-2024-innovating-information-technologies-in-africa-debating-authenticity-and-global-connections/
LOCATION:LSA 8th Annual Conference\, University of Lagos\, Lagos\, Nigeria
CATEGORIES:Conference
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