Community Thriving
In A Time Of Eco-social Crisis
PhD Research Through Documentary Film
What Makes a Community Thrive?
Lessons from Around the World
PhD researcher Susanna Carman and documentary filmmaker Michael Murray—a husband-and-wife duo—are on a journey to discover the inner 'DNA' of community thriving amid climate disruption and the metacrisis.
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Rigorous
Research
Sourcing patterns of community thriving amid eco-social crisis.
Immersive
Storytelling
Telling compelling stories in the form of documentary film.
Authentic
Engagement
Establishing a global community of WTF supporters and learners.
Michael and Susanna’s Story
Michael and Susanna have spent the past 20 years building a home and life within a rural land-share community in the Northern NSW Hinterland of Australia.
What The Future! marks their first professional collaboration inspired by community responses to fire and flood events in their local region.
The project documents the journey beginning with their own community, extending to seven international locations, and then returning to Australia to integrate learnings.
As co-producer and research lead, Susanna's role in telling this story is part of her PhD research at the University of Technology Sydney.
This research is supported by an Australian Government Research
Training Program Scholarship.
We will reduce travel emissions by flying direct economy flights on efficient airlines, packing light, offsetting our carbon footprint, combining trips, and considering rail alternatives when possible.