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Tony Fry’s latest book is nothing other than revolutionary: a call to reorientate all our knowledge and all our actions (even beliefs) to the sole task of futuring. Rather than letting the world's fate to be determined by the new nihilisms of extreme capitalism, anti-democratic politics, and climate denial, Fry proposes a concrete mission, enjoining us to engage, individually and collectively, in Contrapractice—actions that negate destructive practices and which instead release the potential to redirect action towards futuring. Is there a more important set of connected tasks today? * Matthew Holt, Applied Cybernetics Lead and Deputy Director, Australian National University, Australia *

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Tony Fry is Principal of The Studio at the Edge of the World, Tasmania, Adjunct Professor at the University of Tasmania, Australia and Visiting Professor at Universidad de Ibagué, Colombia. He is an award-winning designer, cultural theorist, educator and author. He has held academic positions in Australia and internationally and is the author of sixteen books, including Design Futuring (Bloomsbury, 2009); Design as Politics (Bloomsbury, 2011), Becoming Human By Design (Bloomsbury, 2012), Remaking Cities (Bloomsbury, 2017), Defuturing (Bloomsbury, 2020) and Writing Design Fiction (Bloomsbury, 2021). Dulmini Perera is Lecturer and Researcher at Bauhaus University, Weimar, Germany. She works at the intersection of critical theory, design theory and systems/cybernetics research, and is the recipient of the Heinz von Foerster award (2021). She has written and edited a number of publications including the co-edited book The Space of Technicity (forthcoming, 2023) and the co-edited Footprint journal volume Engaging Cosmotechnical Difference in Architecture and Urbanism (forthcoming, 2024). She is a member of award-winning design and research teams in Sri Lanka and internationally.

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