This deck of cards presents 25 forces of change (or ‘drivers’) that are shaping our world, organized around societal, technological, environmental, economic, and political themes. Unlike trends, which are patterns of activities operating over a shorter term, drivers represent clusters of many trends that form deeper structural dynamics of change over a longer time horizon, even upwards of 50 years. Drivers, which emerge and recede gradually, are not likely to be reversed.
Each Driver Card identifies a driver and gives a brief description. It then poses a couple of questions to stimulate thinking on how the driver might impact cultural heritage by 2035, considering various trends and counter-trends. We’ve also included some blank cards so you can add any drivers you find are missing.
The content of these cards consolidate key forces of change identified between ICCROM’s horizon scan study and ARCHE literature