About the researcher
Fiona Wilkie (prev Knight) has a background in UI, digital design and branding in the university sector.
The Future Narratives e-book is an accompaniment to her Master of Teaching thesis at Victoria University. Fiona’s teaching specialisations are Media and Visual Arts.
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Notes on the cover
The four images featured on the cover of the Future Narratives e-book were created by the generative AI tool DALL-E using the text prompt: ‘Painting in the style of 'Madonna of the Book' by Botticelli, replace Jesus with a glowing ball filled with algorithm formulas.’
Study Abstract
Whilst in some areas there have been gains in women’s agency and power, structural legacies from the pre-feminist era persist in many social, environmental, political, economic, and cultural systems of life. This study asked women to consider how females in future generations may shape these systems.
Through a creative writing prompt, women were invited to write a narrative of a possible world 100 years from now, constructing a life for a future female identity to inhabit. Positioned in the current gap between feminism and futures research, this study gathered data on the anticipations and aspirations of women about identity and society in future generations.
With imagination and vigour, twelve age-diverse women participants responded with narratives of between 500 – 2000 words. In a markedly divergent set of creative works, themes of utopia, dystopia, female identity, gender diversity and motherhood have emerged. Notably, projections of climate change catastrophe were present in many responses alongside multiple instances of women exerting influence as organisers and providers of solutions.