REFUGIA: Designing for Ancestral Futures

If we share the Future, how can it sustain us all? 

Maybe the answer is not being blown by the wind, but by our ancestors. 

Traditional knowledge from ancient cultures can help us to build futures that contemplate human diversity. In this session we are going to explore ideas and tools inspired by ancient knowledgee and share a practice to shape a system that contemplates human diversity and respect toward nature.

About the Facilitator:

Raiana is a black woman born and raised in Brazil. As a curious being, she explores and studies topics that are on the edge of present relevance/future Creation. This led her to become a scientist and Lecturer. She holds a PhD in Ecology and became a specialist in complex relations in nature and traditional knowledge about natural resources. But, she was also moved by the question: "how can I leave the world better than I’ve found?!". 

So she started working in the social innovation field in 2016 as projects designer and facilitator of the learning process. She also has been supporting individuals in their inner journey to become changemakers or to help them birth new ideas and have a joyful life since 2019. Nowadays, she has been studying ancestral practices as ways to build more inclusive futures.