Scenarios

Speculative future household situations and worldbuilding narratives. Unlike research, scenarios are cinematic, anthropological observations of domestic life that may never exist—but could.

Future Domestic Field Records

3 Case Studies

S-0012038

Hangzhou Metropolitan Area

The Proxy Parent Transition

A documentation of care transfer rituals in distributed families

In households where parents work in different cities, AI systems and grandparents share caregiving responsibilities through carefully choreographed transitions.

Participants:Chen Family (3 generations)AI Care System 'Xiaowei'

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S-0022041

Shanghai Pudong District

AI-Mediated Family Rituals

How algorithmic systems shape the rhythm of domestic life

A family whose daily rituals—meals, gatherings, celebrations—are suggested, scheduled, and subtly orchestrated by an integrated AI system.

Participants:Wang-Liu Family (4 members)Domestic AI Ensemble

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S-0032039

Cross-Pacific Household Network

Delayed Co-Presence Systems

Asynchronous intimacy in time-zone-distributed families

A family separated by extreme time zone differences develops new forms of intimacy through asynchronous presence technologies.

Participants:Zhao Family (distributed across 3 continents)

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