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Pythian School of Futures
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The Pythian School of Futures is a podcast series by Avenir Institute that critically examines outdated conceptions of the future to produce plural, inclusive and participatory understandings of it. The title refers to the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that served as its oracle. Denis Maksimov poses questions on ambivalent factors with definitive impacts on our collective future such as normality, state politics, futurology, historiography, and language.
Episodes
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Episode 7: Critical Ideography
In this episode of Pythian School of Futures, Denis Maksimov presents critical ideography, a method with emancipatory potential to build languages within languages. Analyzing the impact of linguistics and semiotics on subjective thinking, Maksimov disavows taking established meanings of the words...
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Episode 6: Anticipation
The new episode of Pythian School of Futures focuses on our shared obsession with anticipation. The host of the series, Denis Maksimov reflects on the urge to calculate the consequences of any action or event to take place in the future. It unpacks emotions involving pleasure or anxiety while...
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Episode 5: State of Noland
This episode of Pythian School of Futures sets off to envision a form of state which neither occupies land nor holds borders. The title of the episode refers to a project done by the Avenir Institute in which artists aim to bypass the bureaucratic convention of naturalization. The symbolic…
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Episode 4: Supranormality
In this episode of the Pythian School of Futures, Denis Maksimov unpacks the term supranormality as a method of breaking down heteronormativity to render its unabiding authority on life powerless. Supernormality or supranormal refers to the abolishment of any established conception of normality.…
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Episode 3: Power Cards
This episode refers to a work titled Power Cards by Avenir Institute that employs gamification of critique within the context of power. The primary goal of this game is to make players question the essence of power. Taking this inquiry as a point of departure, Denis Maksimov formulates questions...
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Episode 2: Foresight and Future-Tanks
This episode delves into the history of the future from an anthropological point of view, to scrutinize our contemporary condition. Denis Maksimov refers to it as the everlasting present that could be described as being trapped in a constant state of stasis which obstructs us from dreaming for a...
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Episode 1: Rituals of Futures Making: The case of the Delphic Oracle
The new episode of “Pythian School of Futures” compares ancient oracular practices with forecast methodologies devised by modern institutions, i.e. think tanks. Denis Maksimov examines the foresight of oracles who were believed to be gifted with the ability to provide intelligent and insightful...
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Episode 0: Introduction of Avenirology: Against The Future
What is avenir? How is it different from the future? In this episode, Denis Maksimov of Avenir Institute sets out to present their idiosyncratic terminology dedicated to examining the phenomenon of the future. He formulates a dizzying array of questions around politics, economy, culture, and...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
The Pythian School of Futures is a podcast series by Avenir Institute that critically examines outdated conceptions of the future to produce plural, inclusive and participatory understandings of it. The title refers to the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that served as its oracle. Denis Maksimov poses questions on ambivalent factors with definitive impacts on our collective future such as normality, state politics, futurology, historiography, and language.
HOSTED BY
AVTO
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The Pythian School of Futures is a podcast series by Avenir Institute that critically examines outdated conceptions of the future to produce plural, inclusive and participatory understandings of it. The title refers to the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that served as its oracle....
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