A Queen, a nazi, and a Whole Bunch of Unanswered Questions
The allure of royal attention has been captivating the unwashed commoners for as long as the institution has been in existence. Today I got to witness first hand what sort of effect the presence of a Queen can have on a room full of equally (if not more so) influential individuals. This term I am in a class entitled "Techniques of Futuring" in which there are about 20 students and an equal number of "practitioners" (people who work in all kinds of areas such banking, policymaking, the arts, private consultancies, you name it-- all with an interest in our class subject). Our goal for the term is to simulate the start of a movement focused on justice in the energy transition, utilizing the idea of imagining a just future (futuring) as our guiding method. As students we are in charge of coming up with the foundations of the movement, (e.g. mission statement, focus areas, target audience, and what our action or protests will consist of) and the practitioners advise us ...