contingent :
con·tin·gent /kənˈtɪndʒ(ə)nt/
—dependent on, or conditioned by something else
—likely but not certain to happen : POSSIBLE
—not logically necessary : EMPIRICAL
—happening by chance or unforeseen causes: UNCERTAIN
—subject to chance or unseen effects: UNPREDICTABLE
—intended for use in circumstances not completely foreseen
—not necessitated : DETERMINED BY FREE CHOICE
We are committed to ethical, political, social, and economic justice in all aspects of our practice. We stand firmly against all forms of violence based on gender, race, religion, ethnicity, or identity. We actively oppose hate, racism, fascism, and prejudice, as well as any restriction of free will, self-determination, freedom of movement, or the identity of people, species, and places. We do not endorse — and will not collaborate with — clients, institutions, or individuals who engage in or promote such discriminatory practices.
An Evolving manifesto of contingent design: On Knowledge, Process, and Method.
1_We acknowledge that there is no, and will never be, such thing as absolute knowledge (truth). If there were, we would not be interested in it.
2_We value knowledge as the process of self-determining meaning.
4_We embrace uncertainty and instability as normative systems and encourage meta-stability as the perpetuation of a creative tension.
5_We Favour Practices of improvisation, trial-and-error and intuitive awareness. Applying knowledge in this form enjoys the vital generation of meaning given by constant withdrawal of final determination and structural instability.
6_Contingent Design builds on solidarity and horizontal collaboration rather than professionalization and hierarchical compartmentalization of knowledge, since this way always involves the subjectivization of those practicing it.
8_Horizontal exchange of knowledge is fun; vertical chain of command is boring.
9_We reject the proposition of Utopias as means to control the future.
10_We reject the direction of our efforts towards final resolution.
11_The future never arrives; thus, we care about what is contingent.