What stories of tomorrow will we tell – and which ones have we not yet invented?
We’re constantly telling each other stories about all the things that can go wrong; we hear them on the news and see them in films. We’re remarkably adept at this, and they’re so familiar to us that they almost feel like reality. Stories about what could go right, on the other hand, we rarely tell – sometimes out of a fear of appearing naïve or getting our hopes up too soon.
Perhaps this is one reason why we find it so difficult to visualise a bright future in concrete terms: imagination is a muscle that we – as individuals, as organisations and as a society – can still train further.
Right now, we find ourselves in an in-between space: between what no longer seems to hold us up, and what has not yet begun – and that is where we need stories. Not grand utopias or wish lists, but small, concrete tales from the future: who wakes up on an ordinary Tuesday morning, who they work with, what has become the norm there, and how it came to be. In this ‘Zwischenraum Salon’, we want to tell each other such stories, listen and ask questions. What is the future calling out to us?
You don’t need to be a storyteller or an author to do this; you just need to be willing to give something a go that might feel a bit unfamiliar at first. Even if there are worries or fears in the room, they’re allowed to be there: the stories of tomorrow can stand alongside them.
This evening is based on the concept of the salon as a space for socialising, good conversation and inspiration.
We are inviting people from civil society and NGOs who are currently under pressure but are carrying on regardless. And those who stand in solidarity with them.
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