LOCAL PROJECT : MEXICO
This learning lab was developed and implemented by WFSF Vice-President for the Latin-American Region , Guillermina Baena Paz Ph . D ., and the young futurist Alethia Berenice Montero . Seventeen women held in prison and likely to return to their communities in the following year , participated in the project . They participated in 50 hours of workshops from March until June
2015 . The approach chosen for this workshop was “ Teatro del devinir ” or “ Forward Theatre ”, a performative futures strand . The objective of the learning lab was to equip the women about to be released into society with tools for reintegration and to prepare them for the challenging future possibilities they might have to deal with upon their return to their communities .
LOCAL PROJECT : HAITI
This learning project was developed and implemented by WFSF Member Patrick Corsi for 41 participants , representing a broad cross-section of Haiti ’ s population , including advanced students and high-level policymakers . The workshop addressed a clearly pre-defined and specific subject area : distance learning for university education in Haiti . All of the activities , exercises , discussions and activities were geared towards formulating proposals for projects , designs and breakthroughs in this area . The design-based approach of the workshop comes from CK theory and relies on clearly outlined phases and steps to build innovative ideas / designs / proposals for things that matter . As a result there were five proposals for new projects to be created beyond the Learning Lab . 16 DECEMBER 2016