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Rooted in curiosity, care and attentiveness to diverse histories and voices, the collective offers open-ended impulses that anyone can adapt, question or extend across a growing constellation of educational hubs.
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Each post offers an A5 print-and-cut card and a concise note on how the activity unsettles habits, stretches perception, and strengthens resilience amid uncertainty. The focus is on slowing down, sensing with the whole body, and staying with complexity rather than rushing to solutions.
The projects hospice fading systems while nurturing emergent futures, shift from extractive habits to regenerative relations, and practise the intentional rewiring of conditioned desires. Every assignment is context-responsive: adapt, remix, or invert it to suit your learners, community, and more-than-human surroundings, while remaining mindful of power dynamics and cultural histories. Authors and influences are credited and linked to keep the exchange open and accountable.
Step inside, let discomfort become a tutor, and discover practices that turn unease into a catalyst for shared learning.
Ritualised Discomfort is inspired by the ideas of Daniel Schmachtenberger and the collective GTDF.
Method: Future Horizons
Assignment Overview:
Image / Movie Immersion:
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Still image: 5 min of focused viewing.
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Film link: optional 50 min screening (view in full or select a key excerpt).
Guided Reflection (15 min):
Individually or in pairs, explore prompts such as:
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What crisis prompted humanity to reinvent how we learn and live together?
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Which painful lessons or losses shaped new, more compassionate systems?
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How did technology and policy pivot from harm to healing?
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Knowing this future, what advice would you send back to today’s educators and learners?
Affective Survey (opt‑in):
Complete a brief questionnaire mapping your emotions and needs during the reflection. You can then view an anonymised summary of responses to deepen collective insight.
Cultural & Contextual Sensitivity:
This challenge honours diverse worldviews by welcoming multiple readings of the image or film. Acknowledge that emotional and cultural backgrounds shape what we notice and feel. “Holding space” means staying present to discomfort or surprise, sharing only what feels right and weaving all voices into a respectful, co‑creative vision of education’s future.
Inspired by the collective: Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures (GTDF)
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