How to play

1. FORMATS

Hive Minds

can be played in its online version or in an analog way.

 

Click here or in the Play online section to start building your hive online

or

Click here or in the Download section and start playing wherever you want.

We recommend playing individually or in groups of up to 8 people.
If the group is bigger we recommend you to play with more than one Hive Minds kit.

2. ELEMENTS

17 SDGs* HEXAGONS
Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations Agenda 2030 for the Sustainable Development of the planet is a roadmap designed at the global level to eradicate poverty and ensure prosperity for all people without compromising resources for future generations. It proposes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). You can learn about them in detail here.

170 IDEAS', COCEPTS', AND PROVOCATIONS' HEXAGONS

170 hexagons with ideas that describe the contemporary world and propose, as a provocation, global trends facing the planet in its race for sustainability. Each hexagon is linked to an SDG, and to one of 12 categories: Food, Culture, Economy, Education, Energy, Environment, Mobility, Politics, Health, Society, Technology, and Work.

SPECULATIVE GLOSSARY

The speculative glossary is arranged in alphabetical order and presents general definitions for each of the 170 hexagons of ideas and trends. It is intended to promote discussion and constructive dialogue among participants. No explanation is closed or intended to univocally describe the ideas and/or trends proposed. The entries are comments, questions, and provocations that allow for speculation and expanded discussion.

3. GOAL

To discuss the global challenges of the present and collectively build beehives to imagine a sustainable future.

To achieve the objective, it is vital to:

LISTEN,
DIALOGUE

All participants are part of a team, and all opinions are valuable. It is about building and enriching the ideas of others.

CONNECT,
JUSTIFY

Hexagon connections are free associations between ideas and/or trends. Each link build should not be arbitrary and will have to be justified through argumentation and debate.

REACH AN AGREEMENT,
SHARE

It is important to work collectively to reach a consensus. What is essential is that all participants have fun, feel comfortable, and agree with the decisions.

4. HOW TO BUILD
A HIVE

A hive is a map of ideas and/or trends resulting from the union of 2 or more hexagons. The more ideas and/or trends are connected, the more stimulating and complex the dynamics will be. No hive is wrong. All hexagons can be associated and create different shapes. The beehives can be flower-shaped, mandalas, pyramids, molecules, lines, whatever the group decides, or the figure that emerges. It is not necessary to use all the hexagons in each game match.

I. CHOOSE A CHALLENGE,
COMMON GOAL,
OR QUESTION

To activate the game, the group members will have to choose a common goal that will guide the hive’s construction and write it in the title of the game board. This challenge or common goal can be built in the form of a question, for example:

  • How can my school fight the digital gap?
  • What will be the future of libraries?
  • How does Covid-19 affect our children’s education?
  • How can my architecture firm work towards some of the SDGs?
  • How can I get people in my government to identify with the SDGs?
  • What can we do from our urban garden for the neighbourhood?

II. SELECT THE HEXAGONS
WITH WHICH THE HIVE
WILL BE BUILT

It is necessary to choose a universe of hexagons with which the hive will be built:

  • Choose only the 17 hexagons with the Sustainable Development Goals.
  • Choose the hexagons corresponding to a specific SDG*.
  • Choose the hexagons that correspond to a specific Category*.
  • Choose the 187 hexagons that include SDGs, ideas, and trends.

 

*To increase complexity’s level, hexagons from more than one SDG or Category can be chosen.

III. DIVIDE THE HEXAGONS
AND REFLECT ON
IDEAS AND TRENDS.

Once you have chosen a universe of hexagons, you will have to divide them equally among the participants. If a group member does not understand an idea and/or trend, the person can ask the other members and jointly create a consensus definition. They can also review the glossary to expand or clarify the meaning of each hexagon.

IV. MAKE CONNECTIONS
AND DISCUSS

Taking turns, each member can contribute a hexagon to the hive with the common goal in mind (see point 1), justifying the reasons for placing it in a location and its relation to other hexagons. All hexagons must be connected to at least one other hexagon (except for the first). A hexagon has up to six possible connections.

These questions can guide participants in justifying each new hexagon:

  • Why did I choose this hexagon?
  • What does this concept refer to?
  • What relationship does a hexagon have to another hexagon it connects to?
  • Why did I put them together?
  • Is it a projection, or does it speak of the past?
  • Is it negative or positive?
  • Is it a problem or a solution?
  • Is it a cause or a consequence?
  • Can I think of possible examples to explain myself better?

 

In addition, the glossary presents new questions for each hexagon to stimulate conversation and generate questions among group members.

V. REACHING A
CONSENSUS
AND SHARING

The dynamic will be finished when the consensus among the group members on the hive’s structure and the proposed connections is achieved. The hexagons can be moved if agreed upon by all members of the group. This constructed ecosystem serves as a cartography of collective imaginaries to propose present and possible futures.

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