FUTURES & BEYOND and 4IR Virtual Conference was hosted online by UJ Arts & Culture on 30 and 31 August 2022. The University of Johannesburg has positioned the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) as its visionary focus in research and higher education, and UJ Arts & Culture, as a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), has been facilitating an ongoing discussion on how thinking around the notion of the 4IR connects to the creative industries, specifically within the South African context and African continental context more broadly. The Futures and Beyond conference was an entirely new initiative coming out of this discussion. The thematic approach to the conference was divided into two streams, with one being ethics, intellectual property, and technology, and the other being creative industries, innovation, and development.
Thîs pubîcatîon had been submîtted to a rîgorous doube-bînd peer-revîew process prîor to pubîcatîon and a recommendatîons by the revîewers were consîdered and împemented before pubîcatîon.
Modes and Methods of Makîng: Pushîng Desîgn Creatîvîty by Usîng a MakersLab as a Form of an Incubator to Foster Future 4IR Deveopments ..................... Stefen Fischer
Rogue Processes: Specuatîve Techno-Vîsîons on the Post-Pandemîc South Afrîcan Art Scene ...............................
Miné Kleynhans
Iustrator as Femînîst Actîvîst: The Roe of Vîsua Communîcatîon ...............................................................................
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Is Appîed Drama and Theatre Ready to Embrace the 4IR?: A Reectîon on a Payback Performance at a Women’s Sheter în the Western Cape durîng COVID-19, 2021 .............................................................................. 105 Lireko Qhobela
Introductîon
Conference Overview and Publication of Proceedings
The Futures and Beyond: Creatîvîty and 4IR vîrtua conference was hosted onîne by UJ Arts & Cuture on 30 and 31 August 2022. The Unîversîty of Johannesburg has posîtîoned the Fourth Industrîa Revoutîon (4IR) as îts vîsîonary focus în research and hîgher educatîon, and UJ Arts & Cuture, as a dîvîsîon of the Facuty of Art, Desîgn and Archîtecture, has been facîîtatîng an ongoîng dîscussîon on how thînkîng around the notîon of the 4IR connects to the creatîve îndustrîes, specîficay wîthîn the South Arîcan context and Arîcan contînenta context more broady. The Futures and Beyondconerencewas an entîrey new înîtîatîve comîng out o thîs ongoîng dîscussîon. The thematîc approach to the conerence was dîvîded înto two streams, wîth one beîng ethîcs, înteectua property, and technoogy, and the other beîng creatîve îndustrîes, înnovatîon, and deveopment.
A ca or abstracts was pubîshed on the UJ Arts & Cuture websîte and dîstrîbuted to the dîvîsîon’s maîîng îst and networks în October 2021. Thîrty abstracts were submîtted or consîderatîon to an onîne porta managed through UJ Arts & Cuture’s websîte, ensurîng author anonymîty or the abstract peer revîew process. Each abstract went through a doube-bînd peer revîew. The peer revîew commîttee was comprîsed o eîght members rom seven înstîtutîons, încudîng the Unîversîty o Johannesburg. A members are experts în theîr fieds, coverîng the u range o dîscîpînes the conerence themes touched on and a wîth extensîve experîence and knowedge o Arîcan and South Arîcan contexts. Tweve abstracts were approved through the peer revîew process or presentatîon at the conerence. One curated pane dîscussîon concuded the conerence.
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Futures and Beyond: Creatîvîty and 4IR Conference 2022
Sîx fu papers were submîtted towards the conference proceedîngs. One was excuded before the peer revîew process because ît had been submîtted în an MA thesîs format, requîred substantîa edîtîng to be of a chapter draft standard, and the author had not been abe to present at the conference îtse. The remaînîng five papers were put through a second doube-bînd peer revîew process, managed by the Unîversîty o Johannesburg Press.
Speaker or Openîng Address
Emmanue Agbeko Gamor îs a consummate proessîona wîth over a decade o experîence în youth engagement, dîgîta and managerîa înnovatîon, entrepreneurshîp, and eadershîp educatîon. As a Goba Manager on Acceerator Programs or Facebook în five regîons, he expores the întersectîons o connectîvîty and communîty. He îs a acuty member wîth the Unîversîty o Steenbosch - Executîve Educatîon on Dîgîta Reputatîon Management and runs a podcast “Unpackîng Arîca” that întervîews and expores mutî-stakehoders în mutîpe îndustrîes across the contînent. He îs the convener o the Podcasters Unîte Arîcanetwork and curator o the KukuZa Podcasters Festîva. As a Word Economîc Forum member, ex-Googer, and ormer YouTube country manager, he contînues to expore goba dîgîta înnovatîon and best practîces. In Accra, he îs the erstwhîe Dîrector or Dîgîta and Desîgn Innovatîon at Impact Hub Accra. He has aso worked on the Mînîstry o Tourîsm Arts and Cuture “Beyond The Return”goba campaîgn wîth the Ghana Tourîsm Authorîty. He îs a phîanthropîst, runs a socîa enterprîse, Eîu Gît Hub vîa Urîthî Labs, and vounteers wîth the Rotary Cub o Johannesburg as a Pau Harrîs Feow.