Afterword
Reflections on the Paradox of Viable Futures
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19214229 |
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| Authors | Penelope M Harvey (University of Manchester), Penny Harvey (0000-0001-7765-1221, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnos (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-1844 • E-ISSN: 1469-588X |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00141844.2026.2650474 |
| OpenAlex | W7160158702 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This afterword reflects on the paradox of ‘viable futures’ in contexts where displacement, crisis and structural inequality unsettle the grounds from which futures can be imagined. Viability emerges not as a promise of flourishing but as a threshold condition: the effort to orient toward a future when the subject who hopes, decides and endures is itself unsettled. Drawing on ethnographic, literary and infrastructural examples, the essay explores the fragile, uneven and often costly labour involved in keeping life directed toward a future at all
Futures contract · Perspective (graphical) · Humanities and Social Sciences · Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism
| Highly cited | No |
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