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The reality--or near-reality--of Superstruct is hopefully part of its
appeal. It's not a fantasy--it's an opportunity to think in a wider
frame.
I'll be hosting a couple of Superstruct events in the Bay Area and am
hoping to hold one at ASTC as well. If you are interested in spending
a couple of hours "playing the future" at ASTC, let me know and we'll
schedule it!
Nina
Nina Simon
Museum 2.0 - www.museumtwo.com
831.331.5460
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1040 Mystery Spot Road
Santa Cruz, CA 95065
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On Oct 1, 2008, at 8:14 AM, Mary Catherine Campbell wrote:
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> Sorry friend but a visit to the site was too real for me to even think
> about going back. I had trouble keeping in mind that it was a "game".
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> I know I am not the person to par-take of this project but I was just
> curious.
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> Subject: Join Superstruct
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> Hi,
>
> I'm forwarding this announcement from AAM for any other interested
> museum
> professionals.
>
> AAM's Center for the Future of Museums (CFM) urges museum
> professionals
> to
> prepare the field for the next decade by joining Superstruct, a
> multiplayer
> online game from the Institute for <http://www.iftf.org/> the Future
> (IFTF). Using its forecasting expertise, IFTF, a nonprofit research
> center
> based in Palo Alto, Calif., has created a storyline highlighting five
> plausible but alarming "superthreats" that could confront the world in
> 2019.
> Building on these scenarios, CRM will provide a plot specific to
> museums.
> Participants can use forums, blogs, videos, wikis and other online
> applications to plan how museums would overcome future challenges.
>
> Visit the Superstruct <http://www.superstructgame.org/> website for
> more
> information on joining the game, which launches Oct. 6. The more
> museum
> professionals involved in the game during its six-week run, the deeper
> and
> more accurate the content generated will be. AAM will work with IFTF
> to
> summarize and report on solutions and use them as the basis of further
> planning and discussion with the field.
>
> Superstruct is the first Massively Multiplayer Forecasting Game
> (MMFG),
> a
> system designed to help solve real-world problems by harnessing the
> collective wisdom of participants and creating a collaborative,
> open-source
> simulation of a possible future. For more information about the game's
> museum-specific elements, visit the AAM <http://www.aam-us.org/
> cff.cfm>
> website or e-mail the Center for the Future of Museums at
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> Margaret
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> Margaret Glass, Ph.D.
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> ASTC/NISE Net Communications Coordinator
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> Association of Science-Technology Centers
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> 1025 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 500
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> Washington, DC 20005
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> 202/783-7200 x129 Fax 202/783-7207
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> mglass at astc.org
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