Date: March 18th, 2014
Venue: STIAS | Wallenberg Centre | 10 Marais Rd | Stellenbosch | South Africa
Registration fee: R 400 per person
The notion of anticipation is increasingly at the heart of urgent contemporary debates, from climate change to economic crisis. As societies become less confident that traditional methods will provide effective models by which to understand and engage with complexity, anticipation is coming to the foreground as an emerging field of study that is influencing a wide variety of disciplines.
In this colloquium we will explore how complex systems can be understood by developing models of anticipation as an effective way to engage with the future. Anticipatory processes, in conditions of significant and disruptive change, are potentially very useful. They help us to raise awareness about the type of futures mankind may encounter and sensitise us to the influences and consequences of choices and actions of individuals and societies.
The format of the colloquium is twofold: 1) the keynote speakers will provide a conceptual overview of current theories and models that inform the notion of anticipation and complex anticipatory systems, and 2) researchers from various disciplines will explore the question of how humans anticipate. The risks and uses of such anticipatory practices will be discussed. The organisers hope that this colloquium will serve as a platform from where our understanding of anticipation and future-oriented dialogue will develop and expand across disciplines.
For the program, please download the flyer: Flyer_Anticipation Colloquium 2014_Stias
To register, please complete the online registration form: https://tinyurl.com/qy4l2ly (registration deadline: 10 March)
For more information, contact Rika Preiser at +27 (0)21 938 9440 | email: rika@sun.ac.za or Tanja Hichert at +27 (0)21 855 5839 | email: Tanja@hichert.co.za
