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Civic imagination

Projects employing speculative, forward-looking perspectives to envision what the future could look like, often to move us toward closer to an ideal state or to warn us away from a dystopia.

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The Democracy Futures Project
pacefunders.org/futures

The Democracy Futures Project

The Democracy Futures Project is an initiative to develop the capacity of philanthropies to think long-term about American democracy.

since 2024
Foundation initiatives, Emerging tech, Civic imagination
Futurepolis
futurepolis.substack.com/about

Futurepolis

What would democracy look like if it were being invented today, instead of in the 18th century? That’s the driving question of Futurepolis.

Berkeley, CA
Newsletters, Learn about civic tech, Civic imagination
Wilder Journal
journal.platoniq.net

Wilder Journal

Here you will find in-depth articles (deep dives), interviews and other content related to our lines of activity (Future Culture, Democratic Innovation, Citizen Empowerment, Social Economy and coopera...

Barcelona
Learn about civic tech, Civic imagination
Ridiculously Hopeful Futures
civicmakers.com/ridiculously-hopeful-futures

Ridiculously Hopeful Futures

Ridiculously Hopeful Future: a bold, slightly wild, and very optimistic project to transform how government social safety net programs are designed.

California
since 2025
Communicating with the people, Supporting public sector from outside government, Civic imagination
workshops, state, local
Center for Science and the Imagination
csi.asu.edu

Center for Science and the Imagination

Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination brings writers, artists and other creative thinkers into collaboration with scientists, engineers and technologists to reignite humani...

Arizona State University
Research and policy centers, Academia, Civic imagination
Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements
web.archive.org/web/20210805165314/http://octaviasbrood.com

Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements

An anthology of visionary science fiction and speculative fiction written by organizers and activists.

since 2015
Civic imagination, Learn about civic tech, The People
books
People's Press
nesta.org.uk/report/peoples-press-magazine

People's Press

People’s Press is a fictional community magazine exploring the use of digital social innovation in the year 2030

58 Victoria Embankment
since 2019
Civic imagination, Learn about civic tech, News and blogs
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