We see imagination not as escape, but as something much more practical. A kind of infrastructure. Part of the hidden wiring that shapes how we live, organise, and relate. Without it, new ideas struggle to take root. Alternatives remain isolated, fragile, and hard to sustain. With it, communities can begin to envision different futures, rehearse them and slowly bring them into being. This collection draws together our writing on collective imagination and imagination infrastructuring.
Student Time Rebels Kirren, Siddesh, Safiah and Yuanshun returned from a Dudley High Street of the future with memories of an inclusive street rich with culture and colour and showcased this future through social media posts.
Student Time Rebels Weitong, Emma. Olivia and Luciana rolled the dice on their Dudleypoly board and returned from a Dudley High Street of the future with memories of circular economy pavilions on the High Street.
Author: Holly Doron
Student Time Rebels Kiera, Kirstina, Rebecca and Sita return from a Dudley High Street of the future with memories of food, fulfilment and wellbeing, and generate a design illustrating stepping stones to a reimagined High Street.
15 student Time Rebels make preparations for travelling to a regenerative future on Dudley High Street, to gather memories from the future.
At CoLab Dudley we do and learn together.
We are a social lab that lives on Dudley High Street. Not the shiny, cleaned up, well lit, new street furniture, new market end of the…