Who's Cooking Our Futures? Reframing Development Policy and Programming Through Imagination

Virkein Dhar ； Tiara Aurora ； Boukje Kistemaker ； Sophia Robele ； Benjamin Ong ； Aarathi Krishnan

《Journal of Futures Studies》 27卷4期 (2023/06) Pp. 97-105

https://doi.org/10.6531/JFS.202306_27(4).0007

摘要

In the pursuit of more just, equitable and inclusive development pathways and futures, we must re-examine the institutional frameworks and decision-making structures that privilege certain forms of knowledge or expertise over others. This includes drawing from the nuances of local context to inform the ways we "do" development. This report presents learnings from the United Nations Development Programme's Inclusive Imaginaries pilot, which aims to challenge traditional development orthodoxy in policymaking and programme design. We highlight the need for integration between creative and analytical processes, expansion of the roles we ascribe to diverse stakeholders, and rooting development futures in polycultures of knowledge that draw on history, culture and lived experience.

關鍵字

Imaginaries ； United Nations ； Participatory Foresight ； Development Practice ； Policy Making