FACE THE FUTURE
Why using it?
Use face the future in order to gain insights to understand how youth feel about their future.
What is it?
‘Face the future’ is a playful and interactive game-playing data collection method.
Engage youth and asks them to design a mask which represents their hopes, dreams and aspirations for the future! Using face the future with social media would also be effective at improving dissemination.
Steps
• It is required that participants name their mask and create its design.
• Let them adding comments on their mask, using speech bubbles that allow to generate insights about who they are and how they feel.
• Take pictures while participants are wearing their masks!
Tips for the facilitator:
Take pictures!
Materials needed:
Paper, scissors, elastic, markers and glue, colored paper, old magazines, sticky tape, colored stickers, cardboard to make a frame for the picture.
Time:
2 hours.
Kalahari Desert South Africa, September 2016. Kalahari Desert Festival.