Abstract
This study explores how cultural metaphors move participatory futures beyond abstraction, proposing the Resonance Framework to ground community-based policy design in Bandung’s community. By integrating metaphors of tradition, everyday ness, and urban ecology, the framework empowers grassroots communities and academic stakeholders to translate intangible futures into concrete, culturally resonant policies. Structured around five elements—Metaphors of Cultural Heritage, Interaction Levels, Interconnection Layers, Diegetic Prototyping, and Tactile Prototyping—the approach operational izes futures thinking through workshops using asset mapping, horizon framing, futures card games, and everyday-object prototyping. Findings from higher education settings demonstrate how metaphors bridge speculative futures and actionable policies, offering a replicable model for culturally rooted participatory planning in community and grassroots level.
Keywords
Participatory future; Policy design; Futures studies; Cultural metaphors
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2025.1159
Citation
Rahmat, M.F., Malasan, P.L., Bandung, T., Sato, C.,and Inakage, M.(2025) Beyond Abstraction: How Cultural Metaphors Ground Participatory Futures in Bandung's Grassroots and Academia, in Chang, C.-Y., and Hsu, Y. (eds.), IASDR 2025: Design Next, 02-05 December, Taiwan. https://doi.org/10.21606/iasdr.2025.1159
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Conference Track
Track 2 - Design Futuring
Beyond Abstraction: How Cultural Metaphors Ground Participatory Futures in Bandung's Grassroots and Academia
This study explores how cultural metaphors move participatory futures beyond abstraction, proposing the Resonance Framework to ground community-based policy design in Bandung’s community. By integrating metaphors of tradition, everyday ness, and urban ecology, the framework empowers grassroots communities and academic stakeholders to translate intangible futures into concrete, culturally resonant policies. Structured around five elements—Metaphors of Cultural Heritage, Interaction Levels, Interconnection Layers, Diegetic Prototyping, and Tactile Prototyping—the approach operational izes futures thinking through workshops using asset mapping, horizon framing, futures card games, and everyday-object prototyping. Findings from higher education settings demonstrate how metaphors bridge speculative futures and actionable policies, offering a replicable model for culturally rooted participatory planning in community and grassroots level.