As part of my PhD Thesis in 2007 I created a series of stories as interventions into the future of the mobile telecoms industry. These stories were made through a method called ‘Future Archaeology’–which connects to Speculative Fabulation.
‘Myths to watch for’ booklet
’10 Future Myths to watch for’ was a booklet I produced for the industry that summarised some of my research fundings, 10 myths of the mobile telecoms future that seemed unquestioned.
Audio stories
I transformed stories from my PhD thesis into a short podcast series. These explored the myths of the industry, along with the importance of place and landscape in how mobile telecoms futures are made.
Speculative fabulation of an alternate future
‘Sand14’ first emerged as a semi-fictional mobile phone company in Orkney that ‘diffracted’ my ethnography of a major mobile phone manufacturer in the Thames Valley.
The story of ‘Sand14’ the mobile phone company and the method that created it was published in a journal article. The article tells the story of an alternate videophone future, inspired by the Neolithic archaeology in Orkney…