The “sex team” from the Houston Foresight community just keep on rolling. What started as a Design Futures class that was first exhibited at a Spring Gathering was literally parlayed into a world tour. The next chapter, and I really appreciate that they took the time to do this, was to write it up. [Some of you might be tired of may rants about futurists needing to write up their work!!! So, a loud cheer and shout out to the team: Ingrid Furtado, David Geye, Elizabeth Herfel, and Hauson Le.
The article is Navigating the Future of Sex and Intimacy: A Transition Design Approach. It is in World Futures Review as part of our own Dr. Adam Cowart’s special issue on “Futures in Transition.”
A sneak preview:
paper presents a case study exploring the significance and utility of an experiential futures scenario in addressing wicked problems and taboo topics … Set in 2052, this experiential workshop presents a futures scenario centered on Clear River Universal High School’s Social-Emotional Xcellence (S.E.X) curriculum, designed to show a long-term narrative of what a sex education curriculum 30 years from now might look like. It investigates a future world in which shame associated with sex, intimacy, and relationships has been eradicated, ushering in an era of openness and acceptance. The purpose of this case study, informed by multiple workshop iterations since 2022, is to leverage futures design methodologies as a platform for facilitating difficult conversations.
Congrats team … we are so proud of you. — Andy Hines
