Josie Chambers
@jochamb.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @ Urban Futures Studio, Utrecht University | Artistic & political ways of transforming collective imagination | Musician | Blogger @ Utopian Pulses — experiments in social dreaming
Thanks @bildoperationen.bsky.social for sharing this! I managed to squeeze mention of it into a post I've been working on about the growing use of AI images to imagine better futures: www.uu.nl/en/opinion/a...
AI images for dreaming or ghosting?
There is much to say about the implications of using AI to depict so-called better worlds, with already numerous critiques of bias, labour exploitation, and energy unsustainability. Or even worse, the...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Thanks @bildoperationen.bsky.social for sharing this! I managed to squeeze mention of it into a post I've been working on about the growing use of AI images to imagine better futures: www.uu.nl/en/opinion/a...
Haha yes Return of the Mac is totally included in the library if play 😅 Nice to hear you still use it in your classes!
September 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Haha yes Return of the Mac is totally included in the library if play 😅 Nice to hear you still use it in your classes!
our attempt at a utopian conference (organized more like dialogue/jam/creative sessions), that also just so happens to be about utopias ;) www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Utopia*Art*Politics Sessions
From 3-5 July 2024, dr. Josephine Chambers organised the Utopia*Art*Politics sessions with keynotes by Lola Olufemi and Stephen Duncombe at BAK—basis voor actuele kunst, in Utrecht.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
our attempt at a utopian conference (organized more like dialogue/jam/creative sessions), that also just so happens to be about utopias ;) www.uu.nl/en/research/...
Reposted by Josie Chambers
I like to say I respect despair as an emotion but not an analysis. As an analysis it assumes we know what can and can't happen, and the future is both uncertain and at least to some extent what we make of it. www.newstatesman.com/environment/...
Why climate despair is a luxury
Those facing flood and fire can’t afford to lose hope. Neither should we.
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December 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
I like to say I respect despair as an emotion but not an analysis. As an analysis it assumes we know what can and can't happen, and the future is both uncertain and at least to some extent what we make of it. www.newstatesman.com/environment/...