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PAPERS: Rooted and Reaching: Situated Practice, Pedagogies, and Futures Location: Appleton Tower, LT5 Zoom Link Accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/appleton-lecture-theatre-5-edinburgh Session Chair: Thomas Maiorana, UC Davis Session Chair: Sine Celik, Delft University of Technology | |
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Speculative Co-Imagination: Participatory Visualization Informed by Design Fiction 1: Tsinghua University, China, People's Republic of; 2: Hunan University, China, People's Republic of; 3: Central Academy of Fine Arts, China, People's Republic of; 4: Wuhan University of Communication, China, People's Republic of This paper proposes speculative co-imagination, a design approach that integrates design fiction with participatory visualization to explore alternative futures. In the post-AI era, as automation replaces standardized tasks, designers increasingly focus on framing critical questions. Design fiction creates plausible yet fictional scenarios to provoke reflection, but often lacks audience engagement. By incorporating participatory visualization, users become co-creators of speculative narratives through data input and interaction. Drawing on the project Sky Protocol, which imagines the urban sky as an algorithmic visual platform, the paper demonstrates how user-driven data shapes collective perception. The practice is guided by a five-stage framework consisting of fictional system framing, participatory input modelling, position formation dynamics, negotiated visualisation construction, and systemic recursion modelling. This study positions visualization as a medium for public speculation and socio-technical critique. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.765
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