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| ====Tasting Tomorrow Scenarios==== | ====Tasting Tomorrow Scenarios==== |
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| Four generic futures from the [[tasting tomorrow futurecrafting]] sessions. These scenarios provide inspiration for the [[tasting tomorrow menu]] | Four generic futures from the [[tasting tomorrow futurecrafting]] sessions. These scenarios provide inspiration for the [[tasting tomorrow prototyping]] and [[tasting tomorrow menu]] |
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| Street markets have been lifted off the ground. They can be found on green roofs and in hanging gardens, freeing the street for urban picnics and frequent food-laden festivities. People zipline between stalls and eateries. Not only food culture has its renaissance. Local design is booming, with a focus on stylish, ethical and affordable fashion and kitchen "gear". Jump-suits with built-in zipline connectors are popular, as well as providing ample pockets for crockery and cutlery. The buzz of conversation and woosh of people zipping past complements the hum of honeybees during day and delivery drones at night. Maltese food culture is a continuous, joyous celebration. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. | Street markets have been lifted off the ground. They can be found on green roofs and in hanging gardens, freeing the street for urban picnics and frequent food-laden festivities. People zipline between stalls and eateries. Not only food culture has its renaissance. Local design is booming, with a focus on stylish, ethical and affordable fashion and kitchen "gear". Jump-suits with built-in zipline connectors are popular, as well as providing ample pockets for crockery and cutlery. The buzz of conversation and woosh of people zipping past complements the hum of honeybees during day and delivery drones at night. Maltese food culture is a continuous, joyous celebration. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. |
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| ==== Wake for the Rain ==== | ==== Wake for the Rain ==== |
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| After fifty years, the nation-wide water research programme was successful enough that there was no further need for restrictions. The reverence of water became so widespread that it transformed into an egalitarian, polytheistic religion populated by such divinities as gods of rain, flood, mist and the sea. While most of society returned to a more abundant cuisine after about a century, their religion was a constant reminder of the precarious situation of living on an island with limited sources of good-quality fresh water. Their seasonal rituals are centered around first and last rains of the year. One of the main religious celebrations is the Wake for the Rain, held during the last rains of spring. It is both a remembrance of the seasonal descent of their ancestors into the underground caves (to preserve water and avoid perspiration) and the commencement of the summer-siesta, a several month-long slowing down of all processes in Maltese society. During the wake, worshipers consume traditional ingredients including cacti, olives and products made with goat milk. Mezcal is drunk in abundance, while water is served in tiny glasses. During summer people spend time in spiritual retreats and bathing rituals. Water, and by extension bodily fluids are considered to be a collective resource, held in communal trust and shared. Stillsuits (c.f. Dune) are not strictly necessary any longer, but still worn for religious and formal gatherings. Children learn techniques to reduce their heart-beat, slow their metabolism and reduce sweat. The priests spend summer months in prayer for the continued rains of winter. In the shadows of their cool meditation caves they consume mezcal as a sacrament (or mescaline in some rituals). It is said that when their minds become as liquid as the gods they worship, waters will return to soak the parched soil of the island... | After fifty years, the nation-wide water research programme was successful enough that there was no further need for restrictions. The reverence of water became so widespread that it transformed into an egalitarian, polytheistic religion populated by such divinities as gods of rain, flood, mist and the sea. While most of society returned to a more abundant cuisine after about a century, their religion was a constant reminder of the precarious situation of living on an island with limited sources of good-quality fresh water. Their seasonal rituals are centered around first and last rains of the year. One of the main religious celebrations is the Wake for the Rain, held during the last rains of spring. It is both a remembrance of the seasonal descent of their ancestors into the underground caves (to preserve water and avoid perspiration) and the commencement of the summer-siesta, a several month-long slowing down of all processes in Maltese society. During the wake, worshipers consume traditional ingredients including cacti, olives and products made with goat milk. Mezcal is drunk in abundance, while water is served in tiny glasses. During summer people spend time in spiritual retreats and bathing rituals. Water, and by extension bodily fluids are considered to be a collective resource, held in communal trust and shared. Stillsuits (c.f. Dune) are not strictly necessary any longer, but still worn for religious and formal gatherings. Children learn techniques to reduce their heart-beat, slow their metabolism and reduce sweat. The priests spend summer months in prayer for the continued rains of winter. In the shadows of their cool meditation caves they consume mezcal as a sacrament (or mescaline in some rituals). It is said that when their minds become as liquid as the gods they worship, waters will return to soak the parched soil of the island... |
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| ==== Pirate potluck ==== | ==== Pirate potluck ==== |
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