BLOXHUB Debates: Future Scenarios for Post-Covid Cities
During 2020, the coronavirus has spread rapidly in cities around the globe. In this last event, in a series of 7, we will focus on post-covid cities and how the virus might make us think differently about urban design.
Does protection against covid-19 risk hollowing out our cities and ruining public life of popular neighbourhoods in the name of protecting citizens? Do we manage to view the protection against covid-19 together with urban health challenges related to air pollution and lifestyle diseases caused by inactivity and poor access to healthy food?
Covid-19 is reshaping tendencies around mobility, urban living, and the future of work that potential are at odds with healthy lifestyles.
In this debate, speakers from multiple disciplines and perspectives explore the question: How might we make our cities pandemic proof, while also promoting healthy lifestyles for everyone?
We explore the consequences of the acceleration of digitalization during Covid-19 – and how this can affect future scenarios for people living in cities. Some of the panelists represent a more critical view on tech; one seeing tech as pharmaceutical: a drug that should be chosen carefully. Furthermore, tech can provide a new layer of privilege concerning those not in a situation where digital solutions are an optional alternative. The debate also touches upon a crisis logic that can be risky if passed on; we need to actively choose the “new normal” and not let technology and tech-opportunities drive our choices for the future.
Speakers:
Imran Rashid, author and expert in digital habits
Ursula Scavenius, author and expert in dystopian future scenarios
Nicolas Arroyo, Partner & Foresight Director, Bespoke CPH
Lars Spindler, associate partner, digital strategy, IBM
Moderator:
Jeff Risom, Partner & Chief Innovation Officer at Gehl
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Chapter & themes:
Click and see 7:17 Chapter 1: Jeff Risom gives a presentation of the speakers and the debates topic
Click and see 9:19 Chapter 2: Imran Rashid talks about what he has been up to for the last 6 months where he has made, a podcast
Click and see 14:06 Chapter 3: Lars Spindler talks about food trust and the blockchain technology behind it
Click and see 20:05 Chapter 4: Imran Rashid coms whit his criticism too how technology has taken over for human emotions
Click and see 27:28 Chapter 5: Jeff Risom ask Lars Spindler, if the technology Imran is arguing against is a different type of technology, then what Lars´s company is making
Click and see 29:36 Chapter 6: Jeff Risom ask Imran if we can have best of both worlds, where it comes to the benefits of technology and still preserve the humanity
Click and see 31:10 Chapter 7: Presentation to Ursula Scavenius and Nicolas Arroyo
Click and see 32:30 Chapter 8: Ursula Scavenius gives her thoughts about a post covid future
Click and see 37:25 Chapter 9: Nicolas Arryn give his thoughts on what Ursula said and what other things that he sees whit the Covid crisis
Click and see 43:38 Chapter 10: Ursula talks about other positive potential outcomes from the Covid crisis
Click and see 49:01 Chapter 11: Nicolas takes over and talks about how, so many elderlies had to go online to by grocery and talk to their grandkids, and how the online platforms and services not are designed for all people
Click and see 51:02 Chapter 12: Ursula goes on and talks about how we show children that, Zoom is a crisis logic, and it should not be a permanent logic and how we have too teacher them the balance between technology and humanity
Click and see 53:17 Chapter 13: Nicolas goes on to talk about how the new generation, sees the world whit technology and how they were born into it, unlike our generation who sees it black and white
Click and see 54:35 Chapter 14: Questions from the audience and debate between the Imran, Ursula, Nicolas, and Lars.
