The intersection of trauma-informed futures and the coloniality of sexuality: building futures consciousness with Kenya’s LGBTQI+ community

IF 2.3 Q3 REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING
Foresight Pub Date : 2022-07-14 DOI:10.1108/fs-10-2021-0219
S. Lichty, Francis Kamunya
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Purpose The purpose of this study is threefold: to pilot research on the role that trauma-healing and resilience play in developing futures consciousness/literacy; to explore how this informs the coloniality of sexuality; and to engage economically marginalised young gay and bisexual men in exploring future scenarios for the wider LGBTQI+ community in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach This study used participatory action research to pilot the study. Workshop sessions focused on exploratory futures using an integral futures framework. Futures tools used consisted of the futures triangle, polak game and a two-by-two matrix scenario building exercise. Findings Participants found that previous psychosocial support and mental health counselling enabled them to address past traumas, find healing and begin a productive journey of unpacking their understanding of agency and engage with developing personal and communal futures thinking – all prerequisites for effectively addressing decoloniality. Originality/value This research represents the only study of the four-way intersection of trauma-healing, futures consciousness/literacy, the queer community in Africa and decoloniality and coloniality of sexuality.
创伤告知的未来与性的殖民性的交叉:与肯尼亚的LGBTQI+社区建立未来意识
目的本研究的目的有三个:初步研究创伤愈合和复原力在发展未来意识/识字方面的作用;探讨这是如何影响性的殖民性的;并让经济上被边缘化的年轻同性恋和双性恋男性参与肯尼亚更广泛的LGBTQI+社区的未来场景探索。设计/方法/方法这项研究使用参与式行动研究来试点这项研究。讲习班的重点是利用一个完整的未来框架探索未来。使用的期货工具包括期货三角形、波尔克游戏和二乘二矩阵场景构建练习。发现参与者发现,以前的心理社会支持和心理健康咨询使他们能够解决过去的创伤,找到治愈方法,开始一段富有成效的旅程,打开他们对代理的理解,并参与发展个人和社区的未来思维——所有这些都是有效解决非殖民化问题的先决条件。独创性/价值这项研究是对创伤愈合、未来意识/识字、非洲酷儿社区以及性的非殖民化和殖民性的四方交叉点的唯一研究。
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Foresight
Foresight REGIONAL & URBAN PLANNING-
CiteScore
5.10
自引率
5.00%
发文量
45
期刊介绍: ■Social, political and economic science ■Sustainable development ■Horizon scanning ■Scientific and Technological Change and its implications for society and policy ■Management of Uncertainty, Complexity and Risk ■Foresight methodology, tools and techniques
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