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Author:   Helen Kerr ,  Nigel Smith
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.540kg
ISBN:  

9781032946269

ISBN 10:   1032946261
Pages:   198
Publication Date:   26 November 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: Technology Next A World of Drastic Change 1.1 Creating Future Performing Arts 1.2 Presenting Future Performing Arts 1.3 Receiving Future Performing Arts 1.4 Empowering Future Performing Arts Part 1 Summary: Widespread & Relentless Part 2: Technology Now Understanding the Current Context 2.1 Creating Performing Arts Now 2.2 Presenting Performing Arts Now 2.3 Receiving Performing Arts Now 2.4 Empowering Performing Arts Now 2.5 13 Technologies Now Part 2 Summary: Change & Disruption Part 3: Technology Nexus Powerful Influences Everywhere 3.1 Economic Shifts 3.2 Demographic Shifts 3.3 Social Shifts 3.4 Behavioural Shifts 3.5 Eco-climate Shifts Part 3 Summary: Fragility & Transformation Appendix: Roundtable Discussion About the Images and Patterns Bibliography Index

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Helen Kerr has over 25 years’ experience as the leader of one of North America’s pre-eminent, research driven, innovation, Foresight, design and strategy companies. Multidisciplinary approaches to highly complex problems have been the undercurrent of her career and she brings business analytics and creative thinking to all projects. Helen has facilitated major research and strategy projects with the South Pacific Community, Southern Africa climate change partners, City of Chicago, Creative State Michigan, Western University, Elections Canada, and Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. Helen’s first degree is in Environmental Science and she studied Industrial Design at the Ontario College of Art. Helen has designed award-winning products and systems for global distribution. Helen also teaches Healthcare Innovation and Strategic Foresight at OCAD University and is Practitioner in Residence for the Future Cities Program at the University of Waterloo. Helen was featured in a CBC documentary Great Minds of Design and is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Nigel Smith has 25 years’ experience with diverse international clients in a variety of sectors including the performing arts, architecture, healthcare, transportation, philanthropy, universities, art museums, cities, fashion retailers and wealth management. As creative director, Nigel Smith has collaborated on research and design projects with Harvard University, the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. His role includes research, strategy, branding and communication, graphics, and information design. Nigel taught at Harvard University for seven years at the Graduate School of Design. He approaches his work with an assessment of context, and viability. His design process is a dialogue with clients where research, prototyping, critique, humour and writing are used with the formal elements of design to solve problems. Currently he is exploring guerrilla signage as a catalyst for placemaking

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