Richard A. Slaughter
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Richard Alan Slaughter, PhD, is an Australia
n educator and scholar. He is notable for his studies in the field of critical futures today, which developed from the intersection of futures studies and social constructivism
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Slaughter is co-director of Foresight International and author of various books, including The Foresight Principle (1995), Futures for the Third Millennium (1999), and Futures Beyond Dystopia (2004). In 2005 he released a 7-part Pathways to Foresight DVD series for individual and small group study.
Slaughter is known for his contributions to educators who teach the future of society through the World Futures Studies Federation
, for editing The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies, a CD-ROM collection of graduate readings used internationally, and for founding The Australian Foresight Institute.
Slaughter's critical futures is not about forecasting the future, but opening up space for alternative views, discourses and challenges to the status quo. His futures tool, the 'transformation cycle' (T-cycle), is an ideational framework for understanding social innovation and legitimation processes.
Richard A. Slaughter participated in the Stock Exchange of Visions
project in 2007. He writes and has been a guest editor for Futures
journal.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n educator and scholar. He is notable for his studies in the field of critical futures today, which developed from the intersection of futures studies and social constructivism
Social constructivism
Social constructivism is a sociological theory of knowledge that applies the general philosophical constructionism into social settings, wherein groups construct knowledge for one another, collaboratively creating a small culture of shared artifacts with shared meanings...
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Slaughter is co-director of Foresight International and author of various books, including The Foresight Principle (1995), Futures for the Third Millennium (1999), and Futures Beyond Dystopia (2004). In 2005 he released a 7-part Pathways to Foresight DVD series for individual and small group study.
Slaughter is known for his contributions to educators who teach the future of society through the World Futures Studies Federation
World Futures Studies Federation
The World Futures Studies Federation is a global non-governmental organization that was founded in 1973 to promote the development of futures studies as an academic discipline.- History :...
, for editing The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies, a CD-ROM collection of graduate readings used internationally, and for founding The Australian Foresight Institute.
Slaughter's critical futures is not about forecasting the future, but opening up space for alternative views, discourses and challenges to the status quo. His futures tool, the 'transformation cycle' (T-cycle), is an ideational framework for understanding social innovation and legitimation processes.
Richard A. Slaughter participated in the Stock Exchange of Visions
Stock Exchange of Visions
The Stock Exchange of Visions is a project initiated in 2006 by Fabrica, Benetton's research center. It gathers visionaries from diverse nationalities and cultures, who hail from a wide range of specialties, to provide insight into their vision for the future....
project in 2007. He writes and has been a guest editor for Futures
Futures (journal)
Futures is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal concerned with futures studies. It is published by Elsevier. As of 2009, the editor-in-chief is Ziauddin Sardar.-External links:*...
journal.