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BIG THEME: 2024- Reimagining the Present - Coggle Diagram
BIG THEME: 2024- Reimagining the Present
1. Reimagine font (Lost and font)
Affirmative
Efficiency: Printing press Gutterberg
Readability: William Carlson
Display: Serif/ Sans serif
Digital
Negative
Copyright: Case Harry Potter's font
Misleading: Case MC Steve Harvey
Cultural sensitivity: Case Coca Cola in New Zealand
2. Reimagine art (The Stuff that Dreams Are Remade Of)
Affirmative
New experience for audience
Accessibility & inclusivity: More audience can enjoy
Less expensive with AI/ VR
Negative
Loss of authenticity/ originality: Case of building another Lascaux Caves in France/ Case of adding elevators to Nagoya Castle
Cultural appropriation / copyright violation: Case of Eiffel tower replicas
Distort history: Case Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Rising risk of fake art/ lower quality of art: Case winning art prize with AI
4. Reimagine history (Hindsight Needs Corrective Lenses)
Affirmative
Visual learning of the past
Emotional Depth/ Better reinterpretation
Accessibility (Cheap)
Negative
Consistency vs interpretation:
Case Hamilton/ Lincoln/ Margaret Thatcher/ Ben Kingsley/ FDR
Accuracy vs interpretation:
Case Schindler’s List vs Stuart Humphryes/ Case Google photo enhancemen
AI/ CGI vs human made
: Case of Imran Khan election/ Boris Eldagsen’s photo
Permission vs interpretation
: Bas Uterwijk - bring dead back to life
Originality vs reconstruction
: Case kintsugi vs yobitsugi
7. Reimagine art & literature (Reimagine, if You Will)
Same subject as no2 but give you more examples --> Practice to retell them
5.Reimagine calendar (Touring Ends of Eras)
Affirmative
Preserve cultural identity
: Example of Chinese/ Jewish/ Indian/ Thai/ Scotland New Year celebration
More convenient
: Case Julian calendar/ Gregorian calendar
Negative: Challenges Arising from Calendar Intersections
Synchronization Issues
: A company operating both in the Middle East and the Western world must reconcile the Gregorian calendar with the Islamic calendar for business operations, affecting everything from project deadlines to working hours during Ramadan.
Economic Impact
: Global supply chains often see disruptions during Chinese New Year when factories shut down for weeks, affecting production and delivery schedules worldwide.
Cultural and Religious Observances
: Muslims in non-Islamic countries may struggle to observe Ramadan fully, particularly when the fasting hours are not recognized in official work schedules.
Technological and Administrative Adaptations
: Software systems and bureaucratic processes often fail to accommodate variations in holidays and important dates from non-Gregorian calendars, leading to inefficiencies and exclusion.
3. Reimagine the world with fiction (Form Follows Fiction)
Affirmative
Empathy and Identification
: By immersing us in the lives of characters, fiction allows us to experience situations and emotions vicariously.
Case study: Mocking bird
The Possible Worlds Theory
: Fiction expands our sense of what is possible.
Case study: Marvel culture in the US
Normalization and Cultural Transmission
: Through repeated exposure to certain ideas and scenarios, fiction can normalize behaviors and values that were once considered marginal or controversial.
Case study: Television shows like "Star Trek" have been credited with helping to advance ideas about racial equality
Inspiration and Aspiration
: Fictional narratives often provide characters and ideals to aspire to.
Case study:Musk's inspiration for founding SpaceX was deeply rooted in his childhood fascination with space, science fiction, and a profound concern for the survival and future of humanity.
Negative
Copyright
Should these artists be required to secure permission from—or even pay—the companies whose brands or characters they are borrowing? Does it depend on how widely the work is distributed, or whether the work is positive or negative?
Usefulness when applying fiction to reality
we are now more than a decade into the IoT revolution, and it has mostly filled our houses with useless gadgets that are privacy and security risks and frequently turn into e-waste.