This is Five and Nine, a podcast and newsletter at the crossroads of magic, work and economic justice. Welcome to Season 4, Episode 1, recorded on location in the Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan.
Season 4 is co-presented with One of Many Studio (OoM), an experience design & consulting studio connecting people with what it means to be a Future Ancestor.Β
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Summary
Season 4 starts off with a desert quest: find the Lovers Cave, a special cave in Wadi Rum fabled to heal relationship ills. We join photographer Farah Foudeh in her yellow Jeep for an off-road drive around the desert to find the perfect spot for a tarot reading. Our discussion looks at global tourism, how images shape and define our understanding of different regions of the world, and what it means to travel today. Also: two little birds come to visit.
Five and Nine Season 4 is about crisis. Itβs our first season on location, with the majority of our episodes recorded from the beautiful Wadi Rum Desert in Jordan, thanks to a special artist residency hosted by One of Many Studio (OoM). We ask our guests whatβs changed since the beginning of the COVID-19 emergency, and how to think about our relationship to the world, the earth and the people around us.
The deck used in Season 4 is the Mixed Signals Tarot, designed by Season 3 guest M Eifler/BlinkPopShift. Music is performed by Hashim Bin Muaitiq and recorded on location in Wadi Rum.1
About One of Many Studio
Season 4 is co-presented with One of Many Studio, an experience design & consulting studio connecting people with what it means to be a Future Ancestor. One of Many works at the intersection of immersive experiences and social change, elevating critical conversations to transform the way we relate to ourselves, each other, and our legacies.
New from Five and Nineβs AX Mina: The Magic of Pluralistic Futures
When we think of the future, we think of magical technologies like flying cars, talking robots and contact with far-away planets. In this view, the only way out of our current crises is through new technologies. But what if our visions of whatβs next were informed by a more expansive sense of magic βΒ interconnection, care, responsibility and personal transformation?
In this talk at re:publica in Berlin, Five and Nineβs AX Mina examines the use of the word βmagicβ in technology and rise of the technological sublime during the Industrial Revolution. She explores a more expansive, pluralistic view of our future, grounded in ancient wisdom traditions and not a small amount of the magical and mystical.
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Five and Nine is a podcast and newsletter at the crossroads of magic, work and economic justice. We publish βmoonthlyβ β every new moon π and full moon π β , and we provide an ongoing critical discussion through readings, reflections and debate.
Five and Nine is produced by Five and Nine Futures Lab, a research, design and strategy consultancy that helps organizations and companies build better futures through the lens of work, care and magic.
In this new world, weβre all rethinking the meaning of work and justice in our lives. Our lives and livelihoods are more essential than ever in identifying ways forward for society that can be grounded in care, compassion and sustainability.Β
Directors of Magic. Dorothy R. Santos and Xiaowei R. Wang
Creative Director. Xiaowei R. Wang
Lead Producer. AX Mina (Ana)
Some of the tourism statistics cited in the podcast: World Bank, UNWTO, LeMonde