Explore Chinatown's futures

What futures for Honolulu's Chinatown?

Residents, business owners, and others will have an opportunity to reflect on this question as the FoundFutures:Chinatown project culminates at the end of this week. HRCFS is staging a free futures workshop in the city this Saturday afternoon, to coincide with the end of the Alternative Urban Futures exhibition at The Arts at Marks Garage.

Here's the text of the above flyer that we're distributing around the neighbourhood to draw interested parties out of the woodwork. By all means, pass this around and encourage people to attend if they wish.

EXPLORE CHINATOWN'S FUTURES

Cultural museum, corporate investment engine, outpost of a new global power, quarantined ground-zero, transformed society?

Utilizing innovative techniques, and building on the response to the distributed installation of "artifacts from the future" in and around Chinatown, the Hawaii Research Center for Futures Studies (HRCFS) invites you to expand your thinking about possibility and participate in a guided exploration of alternative futures for the district. Led by renowned futurist Jim Dator and FoundFutures:Chinatown creators Stuart Candy and Jake Dunagan, this workshop offers residents, community leaders, business owners, and others a unique chance to think beyond short-term concerns and dig deeper into Chinatown's past, present, and possible futures.

The workshop is free of change, and takes place at The Arts at Mark's Garage [cnr Nuuanu and Pauahi, in Chinatown], this Saturday 17 November from noon to 4pm. Space is limited, please RSVP to info at foundfutures dot com or call 808.956.2888.