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This time, in-person. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WORLDING ignites the co-creation of climate future stories that lead to real-world impact. WORLDING will bring together a cohort of 18 participants from many disciplines to MIT January 26-30, 2025. It’s a groundbreaking research and incubation initiative that bridges storytelling in virtual environments with community wisdom and land-based placemaking. Founded in 2021, WORLDING supports an emerging interdisciplinary field drawing on documentary, social XR, game engine technology, community-based design, land-use planning, data visualization, and climate science. WORLDING acknowledges Indigenous ways of knowing as vital to motivating the co-creation of our collective, just and thriving climate future.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We are thrilled that with WORLDING, we are deepening our ongoing studio partnership with the Indigenous Screen Office, and we welcome inspiring new collaborators, Agog: The Immersive Media Institute and the MIT Media Lab, to this urgent collective experiment to imagine and build future worlds that are just and thriving,” says Kat Cizek, Artistic Director of Co-Creation Studio at ODL.</span></p></div></div><div id="fws_67ba71c68a5cb" data-midnight="" data-column-margin="default" class="wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row " style=""><div class="row-bg-wrap"><div class="row-bg" ></div></div><div class="row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12 left"><div class="vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone " data-padding-pos="all" data-has-bg-color="false" data-bg-color="" data-bg-opacity="1" data-animation="" data-delay="0"><div class="vc_column-inner" ><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div></div></div><div id="fws_67ba71c68a7bc" data-midnight="" data-column-margin="default" class="wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row " style=""><div class="row-bg-wrap"><div class="row-bg" ></div></div><div class="row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12 left"><div class="vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone " data-padding-pos="all" data-has-bg-color="false" data-bg-color="" data-bg-opacity="1" data-animation="" data-delay="0"><div class="vc_column-inner" ><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="nectar_video_player_self_hosted wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-left" data-border-radius="none" data-shadow="none"><div class="wpb_wrapper"><div class="wpb_video_wrapper"><video width="1280" height="720" preload="metadata" controls controlsList="nodownload" poster="https://cocreationstudio.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screen-Shot-2025-01-22-at-3.02.03-PM.png"><source src="https://cocreationstudio.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Worlding2025-full.mp4" type="video/webm"></video></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element " ><div class="wpb_wrapper"><p>“ISO is pleased to continue its collaboration with MIT’s Co-Creation Studio to foster the development of Digital Interactive and Immersive content of four Indigenous storytellers from Canada,” said <strong>Kerry Swanson</strong>, ISO’s CEO. “This is an exciting opportunity for Indigenous storytellers to collaborate and build their network in an international context,” added Swanson.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This year, WORLDING will convene in person at the MIT Media Lab, with particular focus on areas of </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Social XR as well as Data and 3D Visualization. </span></p><p>“Earth Observation data can lead to agency and community action when transformed through meaningful narratives and storytelling,” said <strong>Rachel Connolly</strong>, Research Scientist with Future Worlds at the MIT Media Lab.</p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">WORLDING also centers Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous-led perspectives and land-based wisdom. </span></p><p>“Beyond inclusion, Indigenous storytellers are foundational and guide the work that must be done when imagining a just and thriving climate future,” said <strong>Isabelle Ruiz</strong>, Program Manager, Sector Development, ISO and lead on WORLDING ISO delegation.</p></div></div><div id="fws_67ba71c68b1b1" data-midnight="" data-column-margin="default" class="wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row " style=""><div class="row-bg-wrap"><div class="row-bg" ></div></div><div class="row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12 left"><div class="vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone " data-padding-pos="all" data-has-bg-color="false" data-bg-color="" data-bg-opacity="1" data-animation="" data-delay="0"><div class="vc_column-inner" ><div class="wpb_wrapper"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div id="fws_67ba71c68b382" data-column-margin="default" data-midnight="dark" class="wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row " style="padding-top: 0px; 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