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.

Hey there, fellow future enthusiasts! Buckle up because we're about to take you on a wild ride through the captivating journey of speculative storytelling at our Fluid Worlds workshop, a part of the groundbreaking Women Who Future(s) event.

When we cut ourselves loose from natural cycles, we traded connection for comfort. Our disconnect from the natural cycles and seasonal woes has enabled us to grow and consume far beyond the carrying capacity of our planet’s ecosystem. To restore the connection with our biological cycles and ecosystems, join me on a trip to the island of Pongso no Tao, before travelling back in time to the pre-Christian, Dutch delta.

What influence do seasonal cultures exert on contemporary societies across diverse regions worldwide? How are these cultures adapting to shifting seasonal patterns and impacting our daily routines and behaviors?

Can we move beyond the crises and envision more hopeful futures?

On May 11 the first workshop Birth Futures took place in Utrecht (the Netherlands).

In a series of lectures on futures storytelling at Radboudumc I explored the future of biomedical science with a group of Master students. Their stories are bundled in Biomedifuturism.

Where are the pop songs about birth? (serious question). It's such a life-changing, emotional, epic event, why doesn't it take up a central space in our social and cultural lives?

We need ultra long term thinking to solve the wicked world problems we are facing today.

A short speculative story that extrapolates possible consequences of embryonic personhood in the future, created in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade in June 2022.

In the near future a doctor crosses a professional boundary and takes home an artificial womb. A short speculative story on pregnancy.

A short, speculative story on the future of birth that explores birth-care in a post-apocalyptic Scandinavian agri-community.