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their stories to make new “remixed” stories. We use this workshop
a lot when we are speaking with communities that are ideologically
divided. The “Through the Looking Glass” invites participants to take
an imaginary tour of shared story worlds. By working with stories
in this way, participants come to realize that the narratives around
us, even those produced by mass culture, can be altered. They can
rewrite these stories and think about them differently and resist
them if they feel they are oppressive.

The “Monuments from the Future” workshop involves closely
observing a specific location and imagining what it could become in
the future, using design thinking-inspired activities to create small
artifacts to place in the space. Finally, the “Creating an Action Plan”
workshop invites participants to develop a plan for something they
want to take action on, along with a success scenario - a news story
from the future reporting on the successful outcome. This helps
people chart paths forward and view challenges as opportunities,
even while recognizing that resistance and problems exist.

In addition, we have also expanded our work to include teaching and
pedagogy, and I actively teach and frequently visit schools. Through
collaboration with my colleagues at the Salzburg Academy for Media
and Global Change, we have developed a framework that integrates
the civic imagination approaches that I have described earlier into a
wider pedagogical approach. This approach emphasizes caring for
others and agency, which is the belief that one can act and make a
difference, alongside the imagination.

I opened this piece by introducing the Atlas of the Civic Imagination
and would now like to highlight a few other recent projects as
I conclude my discussion. In doing so, I want to encourage you
to imagine with me and see our initiatives as a starting point for
your own unique adaptations of the civic imagination. It’s always
wonderful to see others take our materials and make them their own
in ways we never would have thought of ourselves.

Like the Atlas project, we launched “Through My Window” Covid-19
related lockdown in California. Unable to meet in person, my students,

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