The article draws on concepts from speculative design to explore an alternative educational group existing outside the boundaries of an accredited university. Inspired by the imaginative approach of speculative design, I propose a small-scale reading and discussion group as a pathway to explore possible futures open to aspects of humanities education. The concept aims to reposition elements of the humanities from within the degree-granting Canadian university space to engage the wider public through a network meant to ideally foster an interconnected community of learners. This rhizomatic network would provide avenues for those without the means, access, or desire to pursue post-secondary education in the humanities to engage in questions that are relevant to their lived experience. I use an inquiry-based model of learning to explore probable, plausible, and preferable futures for liberal arts education as a way to challenge some current modes of thinking and provoke further discussion and research.

本文借鉴了推测性设计中的概念，以探索存在于认可大学范围之外的替代教育群体。受到思辨设计的富有想象力的方法的启发，我提出了一个小规模的阅读和讨论小组，作为探索人文教育各个方面可能的未来的途径。该概念旨在从授予学位的加拿大大学空间内重新定位人文学科的元素，以通过旨在理想地培养相互联系的学习者社区的网络吸引更广泛的公众。这个根茎网络将为那些没有手段、途径或渴望接受人文学科高等教育的人提供途径，以参与与他们的生活经历相关的问题。我使用基于探究的学习模型来探索可能的，