Details

Date:

Tuesday, 07 November 2023

Time:

9:30- 16:30

Dokk1
Hack Kampmanns Plads 2
8000 Aarhus C

Various speakers

Next Generation: Literacies of the Futures

Let’s play together and imagine the futures to come! Join the Next Generation Conference: Literacies of the Futures – A two-day conference filled with exciting talks and hands-on workshops that explore the topics of tomorrow through children, tech and play.

We know that we don’t know which literacies we need in the futures. But we believe it to be unthinkable to imagine developing literacies for the futures without play and playfulness. We know that we need to be able to imagine futures and be creative with technology in order to grasp future challenges. We know that imagination and experimentation are valuable skills.

The Next Generation Conference zooms in on exactly that:

What part does technological playfulness play in the futures’ literacies?
How can kids and youth grasp the future?
How can adults support kids and youths’ playful approach to the world and to technologies?

At the conference you’ll get to the chance to e.g. meet:

Andreas Refsgaard, artist and interaction designer
Dylan Yamada-Rice, artist, researcher and co-founder of XORdinary Stories
Amos Blanton, ph.d. at Aarhus University
Jennifer Sykes, visual-artist and lecturer at The Royal Danish Academy and the Creative Coding institute in London.
Helle Marie Skovbjerg, Professor in play and design at Design School Kolding.

At the conference we are inspired together, reflect together, build together, debate and focuses on topic like invention literacy, imagining the futures, embracing technologies of the futures and sustainability of the futures – all seen through the lens of kids, tech and play.

Next Generation is funded by Poul Due Jensens Fond.