The Knowledge Cartographer��A fiction-based foresight case study on the future of KM�2025-2065��Barbara Fillip
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Research: Foresight Timeline (2025-2065)
=> Leading to a coherent “model” of knowledge stewardship that is in the background.
=> All this informed the backstory, especially the background of Miss Em, the centenarian at the center of the story.
The Story in Two Blurbs
For a KM audience
In 2065, knowledge isn’t just stored: it’s cultivated, curated, and transferred with care. The Knowledge Cartographer is a story about memory, mortality, and the future of knowing.
For a general audience
What begins as a welfare check becomes an unlikely apprenticeship between a centenarian with secrets and a government agent chasing something he doesn’t yet understand.
AI-Generated Character Images
Dan
Mani
Miss Em
Fictional Roundtables
Wondering what today’s experts would think of the novel.��Helped me…
.. develop a coherent, systems thinking approach;
.. identify gaps.
Challenge: Not turning the story into didactic fiction.
Knowledge, Narrative, and Meaning
Foresight, Design, and Imagining Futures
See the Substack post.
Emphasis on the Future of Personal Knowledge Management
Partial Map of PKM 2065
Knowledge Artifacts & Knowledge Shards in The Knowledge Cartographer
Knowledge Artifacts are tangible or digital expressions of human understanding, curated, structured, and often designed for reuse or transmission. They include maps, glossaries, recordings, and reflective notebooks. Some are in the novel, others were developed as part of worldbuilding.
Knowledge Shards are smaller, more fragmented elements: sayings, axioms, emerging terms, incomplete reflections. They aren’t full containers of knowledge, but rather catalysts: they spark interpretation, dialogue, and deeper inquiry.
A Knowledge Shard Example
Emotional Resonance Mapping�
(n.) A knowledge practice that captures and visualizes the emotional impact of learning experiences, using sensory cues, biometric data, and reflective input to enrich understanding and memory.��~ from Miss Em’s Annotated Glossary
"When the machine gets smug, unplug it and take a walk.“��~ from Miss Em’s Collection of Sayings, collected by Mani Sharma
Thank you
Barbara Fillip, Ph.D.�Writer, Educator, Knowledge Systems Consultant�📧 barbara@fillipconsulting.com�🌐 fillipconsulting.com
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AI Statement
This talk and the related creative work behind The Knowledge Cartographer were developed through a human-first collaboration with generative AI tools.
The tools (ChatGPT and Gemini) assisted in synthesizing research and exploring narrative possibilities. Human judgment, authorship, and ethical review guided every stage.