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1. Imagine/Create a possible future

Create possible futures within the group to envision, “what if” scenarios where the world is equipped to handle the knots. As a part of this process, you must integrate art: art in the form of inspiration, art in the form of enactment, art in the form of prototyping or process. Unflatten your view by adding even more dimensionality through art. Howsoever you choose (and you are encouraged to use multiple forms) to integrate, make sure you are playful and collaborative. Keep track of how your worlds change, and how levels of reality are crossed in the process.

1. Design and Strategize

Use your systems understanding and your vision of a future to solve the knot Which knot do you want to solve? How can your group integrate your future vision into an educational system that can change the world given curricular creep? Funding? Other issues? Choose a singular, education-related issue, propose with collaborators and explain how it will work. How we can create a long-term, iterative and relational solution. What unintended consequences should we consider?

1. Present your proposal (10 pts)
   1. Each group will present one copy of their portfolio (steps 1-4 above) for a final reflection grade
   2. Additionally, we expect the group to share/present with the class. We want to invite your creativity and bring in your disciplinary expertise. Each group can decide how they would like to present. You can present your proposal in a variety of different ways, including (but not limited to)
      1. A podcast
      2. A film
      3. A data visualization
      4. Poetry
      5. Visual art
      6. Performance art
      7. Traditional PowerPoint (~ 10-15 min)
2. Reflect on the process of your collaboration, as well as your journey through this class. (10 pts)

A. We want you to be metacognitive about this collaboration, this capstone is just as much about the process as it is about the product. What worked? What didn’t? Which transdisciplinary tools proved useful during this collaboration?

B. Look back at your previous reflections. How have the boundaries around the way you see this part of the world (ontology) changed? Have your values? Have they been challenged? Have they remained the same?

C. As a final part of your reflection, choose any (or all) of the following outcomes from the course:

1. De-silo art and science from their specialized spaces
2. Explain how to "art" science and "science" art
3. Apply transdisciplinary theory and tools to reframe and resolve complex problems
4. Identify knowledge in terms of disciplinary and cognitive processes
5. Integrate arts and science paradigms to facilitate change
6. Understand creativity through scientific, collaborative, and transdisciplinary lenses
7. Identify opportunities for greater inclusion in traditional art and science paradigms

Which of these has been most helpful for you as you move forward in your academic interests and career? What topic(s) would you like to learn more about as you continue to gain disciplinary expertise in your respective fields? Why?