“Library of 2035 | Speculative Design × Participatory Futures Workshop” Series
But if we see technology not as the arrow of time or the spear of the hero, but as a cultural carrier bag, then science fiction can stop being about tragedy and conquest and become a kind of peculiar but realistic literature of the present – a description of how human beings live, feel, relate, in this universal bag. In the universal bag, there is still room to hold ourselves, there is still time to gather seeds, sing, listen, and observe – and the story is not yet over.
**** We are honored to welcome Chris Woebken, designer and curator teaching at Parsons School of Design and Columbia University, who will guide us through a time-traveling design journey—together imagining what libraries and everyday life might become in the year 2035.
Who Should Join: Students, researchers, and practitioners in Humanities, Design, Architecture, Applied Arts, Education, Technology, Museum and Cultural Work, as well as anyone interested in AI, speculative futures, and participatory design.
What You Will Gain: Co-created future scenarios, rapid prototyping experience, strategic pathways, and exhibition-ready outcomes.
Registration Form: https://forms.gle/WYhZRZmhVegfgRjs9
(Due to limited space, please wait for confirmation after registering.)
Keynote Talk｜Speculative Design for an Age of Artificial Intelligence
Date: 11/26 (Wed) 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Venue: Lecture Hall 105, Humanities & Social Sciences Building III

Participatory Futures Workshops
(Full participation and exhibition involvement are encouraged.)

Session 1 (Choose one):
Date Time Venue
11/24 (Mon) 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Co-Creation Classroom, Engineering Building I, NYCU
11/25 (Tue) 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM Room 915, Innovation Incubation Building, NTHU
Session 2
Date Time Venue
11/25 (Tue) 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Room 201, Humanities & Social Sciences Building III
Session 3
Date Time Venue
11/26 (Wed) 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Room 201, Humanities & Social Sciences Building III
Session 4
Date Time Venue
11/27 (Thu) 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM Room 201, Humanities & Social Sciences Building III
Session 5 (Closing Session)
Date Time Venue
11/27 (Thu) 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM Room 201, Humanities & Social Sciences Building III

Exhibition Opening
11/28 (Fri) 2:00 PM
Library B1, Yin Zhi-Hao Space

Exhibition Period
11/28 (Fri) – 11/30 (Sun)
Library B1, Yin Zhi-Hao Space

Organizer: NYCU College of Humanities and Social Sciences × Liberal Arts college
Co-organizers: NTHU Institute of Service Science, NYCU Sustainability Office, NYCU Bilingual Office, NYCU Library
Sponsors: Scenario Lab, New Taipei City Library, Milkshop, Sinyi Realty Inc.
Chris Woebken’s Works: https://chriswoebken.com/
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Contact: Prof. Yu-An Lu, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (yuanlu@nycu.edu.tw)