Namibia faces very complex challenges hindering sustainable development. Poverty and income inequality is rising coupled with other systematic issues such as water scarcity worsening with persistent droughts, land degradation and high unemployment rates. These issues have resulted in many Namibians struggling to survive every day. They however also create an opportunity to rethink our development paradigm.
As a means to deal with the complexity of the lived reality of many Namibians, our presenters have developed creative ways to foster a deeper understanding of how change and transformation could be facilitated. The use of participatory games has proven to be a creative and immersive way to engage students and young people in Namibia to re-imagine how they could engage the challenges of the SDGs.When studying empirical research around simulation games and their use in presenting the complex-nature of systems, the power and function of game rules become notable. Games do not warrant participants to steer systems, but only allow participants to influence them and most importantly, to explore more options for considering creative and new ways of finding leverage points for bringing about change.
In this webinar, the presenters share their experience of facilitating games in different settings.
