Alternative futures and new perspectives: stories from the wondermash’ pluriverse.
Peruvian midwives explore the future of birth care
In the bustling town of Mala, nestled under the watchful eye of Lima's skyline, a transformative journey unfolded at our recent workshop, "Futuros del Parto" (or: Birth Futures) in April 2024. As one of the pillars of the Birth Futures project, our goal for this workshop was clear: to revolutionize healthcare innovation in birth care through social dreaming.
Reimagining how the Dutch are Born in 2100
On May 11 the first workshop Birth Futures took place in Utrecht (the Netherlands).
How AI imagines midwifery care and birth in the year 2100
Although not a complete monolith, the future of birth is distinctly western-oriented, and firmly rooted in the juxtoposition of humans against nature, and nature against tech. That’s my experience using the GPT-4 based future scenario maker of the Board of Innovation.
A Short Experiment in Futures Dreaming with AI
What happens if you prompt AI to dream up images of birth futures? Will they be utopic, dystopic? Familiar or unrecognizable? A short experiment.