Kate Coleman
Associate Professor Kathryn (Kate) Coleman is a neurodivergent artist-educator working at the intersections of art, technology, climate futures, and teacher education at the University of Melbourne. As co-director of SWISP Lab and President of Art Education Australia, she leads internationally recognised work in speculative design, a/r/tography, and living-lab methodologies across Melbourne, Bengaluru, Delhi, Atlanta and beyond. Her research explores how creativity, digital humanities, and more-than-human pedagogies can transform teacher education in precarious times. Through collaborative storytelling, climate action, and studio-based inquiry, she works with teachers and young people to imagine and make more just, equitable and relational futures.
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Topian futures: Speculating dystopian and utopian futures from climate change induced sea level rise
A podcast and blog by SWISP Lab Intern Jack Beardsley You can listen to Jack’s speculative podcast on climate change-induced sea level rise, where climate experts and activists share their opinions on the shaping of dystopian and utopian futures. I believe it is important to constantly ask big questions and push the boundaries of what […] -
Pluriversal futures in India: What kinds of futures do we want to see, know, and live in?
Did you know that Delhi faces some of the highest risks from extreme heat, with rising temperatures, an increase in deadly heatwaves, and acute urban heat island effects impacting local productivity, putting vulnerable populations at risk, and contributing to rapidly rising energy demand (and associated emissions)? The Taj Mahal, located a few hours’ drive from […] -
SWISP Lab residence program: SGB Sci560 Mediators
What is a SWISP Lab residency? SWISP are in residence as a living lab in studioFive at The University of Melbourne and we re-turn research created in SWISP Lab anarchival exhibitions into teacher education so that teachers (both in- and pre-service) learn ‘in’ a living, ever shifting curriculum. Ours is a ‘radically related’ (Bickel., et […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/swisp/2024/11/01/swisp-lab-residence-program-sgb-mediators
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Socratus x SWISP Lab Waste Museum The University of Melbourne Global Centre, New Delhi
This morning we have been hacking the Anthropocene through a Waste Museum, featuring an in-situ participatory waste exhibition and explores climate stories through art and science, inviting creative engagement. How can exhibitions be used as a site for thinking and deliberative decision making? Can a concept of museums be extended to be used as spaces […] -
SWISP Lab in New Delhi
The University of Melbourne Global Centre in New Delhi opened in September. So we couldn’t miss this amazing opportunity to be here and co-design four days of climate talks, interactive play, storying, and the fusion of art and science with our research partners Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), a leading policy research institute […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/swisp/2024/10/24/swisp-lab-in-new-delhi
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MEDIA RELEASE
Designs by the awesome @kriagg Join SWISP Research Lab and Speculative Thinking Consultancy in New Delhi for a Synergy Summit on Climate Futures this week in New Delhi. When? October 22-25, 2024Where? University of Melbourne Global Centre, New Delhi SWISP Lab invites you to four days of climate talks, interactive play, storying, and the fusion […] -
#blogtakeover SWISP Lab STI project by: Jack Beardsley
Topian futures: Speculating dystopian and utopian futures from climate change induced sea level rise The ties between geography and the work SWISP lab do, is that both have a serious passion around Anthropogenic climate change, analysing temporal scales, and speculating futures. As Co-directors of SWISP, A/Prof Kate Coleman and Dr. Sarah Healy have collectively encouraged […]blogs.unimelb.edu.au/swisp/2024/10/17/blogtakeover-swisp-lab-sti-project-by-jack-beardsley
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#blogtakeover SWISP Lab x WIL | PokéFutures: Using Multispecies Narratives to Promote Speculative Thinking
A SWISP Lab WIL Project By: Isabella Lombardo Being largely inspired by SWISP Lab’s Hak.io gameplay, their allusion to virtual game worlds as a place for speculation on their Unimelb site, and the immortal pop cultural behemoth that is the Pokémon franchise—I decided to build my own themed narrative “mod” of SWISP’s gameplay mechanics aimed […] -
#blogtakeover SWISP Lab x WIL | Utilising AI Chatbots Within the History Classroom
A SWISP Lab WIL Project By: Cormac Wood Imagine a device that doesn’t just teach students the facts of history, but actively challenges the very foundations of how our historical narratives are taught in schools. A device that allows students to travel and weave throughout the timelines of the past and be an active participant […] -
#blogtakeover SWISP Lab x WIL | DATA WALKING | Exploring Data Analysis & Visualisation in School Settings
A SWISP Lab WIL Project By: Keith Aloysious Soertsz My first steps into the inner workings of SWISP Lab were fraught with anxious uncertainty. Speculative wonderings were a new concept for me as I see myself as a pragmatist built on logic and realism. It was only after an illuminating discussion with Dr. Sarah Healy, […]
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