Methods & Approaches
My practice draws from design thinking, strategic foresight, community organizing, feminist methodologies, and participatory research. Rather than applying a fixed methodology, I combine approaches based on the needs of the people, communities, and systems involved.
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Systems & Futures
Understanding how social, cultural, economic, and political systems shape people’s lives and exploring pathways toward more just futures.
- Visioning & Backcasting
- Strategic Foresight
- Systems Mapping
- Causal Layered Analysis (CLA)
- Futures Thinking
- Scenario Building
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Participatory Design & Research
Working with communities as co-creators of knowledge, solutions, and futures rather than treating them as beneficiaries or end users.
- Co-Creation Workshops
- Human-Centered Design
- Participatory Design
- Design Thinking
- Community-Based Research
- Stakeholder Mapping
- Journey Mapping
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Storytelling & Narrative Change
Using stories, dialogue, and cultural expression to make invisible systems visible and challenge dominant narratives.
- Strategic Communication
- Narrative Design
- Story Collection & Sensemaking
- Active Listening
- Storytelling Facilitation
- Cultural Interventions
- Public Storytelling
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Community Building & Collective Action
Creating structures, spaces, and relationships that enable people to organize, support one another, and act collectively.
- Participatory Governance
- Community Organizing
- Movement Building
- Coalition Building
- Peer Support Systems
- Shared Leadership
- Volunteer Engagement
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Arts, Culture & Public Engagement
Using creative expression and public participation to foster dialogue, empathy, visibility, and social change.
- Cultural Programming
- Exhibition Design
- Arts-Based Research
- Participatory Art
- Public Space Interventions
- Creative Facilitation
- Visual Storytelling
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Learning & Facilitation
Designing spaces for reflection, dialogue, learning, and collective imagination.
- Knowledge Translation
- Participatory Facilitation
- Dialogue Design
- Workshop Design
- Training & Capacity Building
- Collective Sensemaking
- Reflective Practice