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CRITICAL UTOPIAS: MIGRATION 2070

MM 680: Minority Reports 2070 — Prototyping convivial futures in a transatlantic graduate studio

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Critical Utopias: Designing for Conviviality in 2070

Critical Utopias is a transatlantic design studio class (MM 680 / MA Communication Design) that challenges students to step into the role of strategic futurists. Working across borders in mixed American and German teams, we address the mid-21st century's defining issue: human movement driven by climate niche collapse.

A Transatlantic Speculative Design Studio

Leveraging strategic foresight and STEEP scanning to model resilient social systems. A collaboration between California State University, East Bay and Technische Hochschule Mannheim.

Prototyping Future Interventions

Step into the year 2070. Students fabricate a tangible 'Thing from the Future' (provotype), film speculative narrative trailers, and design A1 research posters.

Case Study: Alongsideness 2070

Explore speculative scenarios set in Pangaea II, where Gaiia AI nodes enforce the Rights of Nature and resource allocation is driven by Green Credit Scores.