Development of a Future Design Methodology for the Multi-level and Pluralistic Implementation of Sustainable Visions

FS Principal Investigator

NAKAGAWA Yoshinori,

Kochi University of Technology

Area : Kochi Prefecture, Japan

Individuals taking the perspective of the future generations in specific future states may be able to make consensus regarding the present generation’s options in at least three different scenarios: (1) similarity; (2) contrast; and (3) dosho-imu (literally “to dream diff erent dreams in the same bed”).

Individuals taking the perspective of the future generations in specific future states may be able to make consensus regarding the present generation’s options in at least three different scenarios: (1) similarity; (2) contrast; and (3) dosho-imu (literally “to dream diff erent dreams in the same bed”).

This study investigates how different visions (i.e., desirable future states), generated by imaginary future generations using the methodology of Future Design, can co-exist, in the sense that individuals with different visions have the potential to make a consensus regarding the current options (i.e., regarding what must be done by the present generation). Our ultimate research goal is to realize a state where stakeholders create their own multi-level visions (e.g., from national to municipal ones), taking the perspective of the future generations, which may not be consistent with one another, by means of which the society as a whole can gradually make progresses in a sustainable manner.

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