This session presents a series of short, inspiring presentations from educators who use storytelling, future thinking, and creative data practices to empower young people to imagine and shape the futures they want to see. The focus is on methods that help participants reflect on their own experiences, map the stories of their everyday democracy, and use the data of their lives as a tool for insight and action. From speculative design to participatory narrative projects, these presentations showcase how education can equip youth with the vision and agency to author their own democratic futures.
Photo: Tomo Kihara
Lecture & Talk
Praxis Presentations: Future Narratives
Johanna Lenhart (AT), Caitlin White (IE), Guadalupe Patricia Del Razo Martinez (ES)
POSTCITY, First Floor, Education Stage
Thu 4. Sep 2025
16:15
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16:55
Language //
EN
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Guadalupe Patricia del Razo Martínez
Performance artist and scholar holding a PhD in Performing Arts from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), supervised by Dr. Meri Torras. A community-based art enthusiast, she has collaborated with venues such as Fabra i Coats, Santa Mònica Arts Center and Espai Brossa, and also holds several gig jobs as a traditional musician, performer for Radio Cava-ret, lecturer at Universitat de Vic, and postdoctoral researcher at the University of Barcelona (UB) with the ESBRINA research group.
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Caitlin White
Caitlin White is a Research Fellow in the School of Education at Trinity College Dublin, who works on civic education and history. As a member of the Critical ChangeLab project in Ireland, she designs and facilitates educational interventions to promote democracy and imagine futures with youth. She holds a PhD in Public History from Trinity College Dublin. Her research interests include public engagement, politics and democracy, civic education, and modern Irish social and public history.
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Johanna Lenhart
With a background in German philology and comparative literature, Johanna Lenhart taught as an OEAD lecturer at universities in Egypt and the Czech Republic before joining Ars Electronica in 2023. Her teaching and research focus on narrative practices in different media and contexts, with a passion for how storytelling shapes our past, present, and future. Johanna is also a member of the editorial team of the journal medienimpulse. Beiträge zur Medienpädagogik.
