DEL in Between (PR): The Last Original Memory & Feeling Futures

What is DEL in Between (PR)?

DEL in Between (PR) is a monthly peer-reviewed webinar series exploring emerging topics in art and design higher education. It is organised by DEL Conference, a collective of colleagues across Parsons School of Design, Penn State, Texas State University, University of the Arts London.

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What's on this month?

The Last Original Memory

Presenters:

• Camila Bravo, Strategic Designer (The New School - Parsons School of Design)
• Muskan Gupta, Strategic Designer (The New School)
• Ritika Suryawanshi, Strategic Designer (The New School)

Would you want to live in a world where your authentic memories can be replaced? Where AI doesn’t just generate synthetic recollections but reconstructs your real memories, fitting them into your brain through a chip, letting you relive moments that were once yours—only to have them replaced by others? *Your Last Original Memory* explores a future where technology blurs the line between personal experience and artificial reconstruction. Memories are no longer just yours; they are bought and replaced, altering your identity and sense of self in a market-driven world. In a world where data holds power, what happens when your past is no longer yours to keep? Would you still choose to remember?

Feeling Futures: Exploring Emotional and Futures Literacy Through Youth-Led Design Research

Presenter: Aniela Fidler-Wieruszewska, PhD Sudent, Designer, Creative Researcher (Glasgow Caledonian University (London))

What if we treated emotional literacy as a future skill? This session shares insights from a youth-led, creative research project that explores how adolescents experience climate emotions—and how they make sense of them through fashion (creative medium). Based in London and involving over 50+ participants, the study used participatory design design, speculative thinking and mindfulness techniques to explore how young people relate to climate change, sustainability and their futures.By reframing fashion as more than consumption—as a site of creativity, emotional expression and identity building—this session opens up new ways to teach and talk about climate resilience. It presents creative tools that educators, researchers and cultural practitioners can use to engage students in emotionally rich, future-oriented conversations. Participants will also take part in a short reflective activity from the study and consider how we might design more emotionally intelligent learning environments.

What's on next?

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Do you have any questions?

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