Futures in the present

Unraveling foreclosing and pre-opening desired futures in the local environment with a Bourdieusian perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID9843349
AuthorsSietske Veenman (0009-0007-3218-6582, Radboud University Nijmegen, corresponding author), Mareile Kaufmann (0000-0002-7982-3418, Radboud University Nijmegen), Maria Kaufmann, W Haarbosch (0000-0002-7566-0017, Radboud University Nijmegen), Simone Haarbosch
Year2023
Volume149
Pages103134
Publication date2023-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFutures (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-3287 • E-ISSN: 1873-6378
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.futures.2023.103134
OpenAlexW4324135459
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited52

Citizens are considered to play an increasingly active role in dealing with sustainability challenges, such as biodiversity loss. The active involvement of citizens is a new policy practice in the Netherlands, institutionalized in a so-called neighborhood approach. To understand why some citizens take up this role, while others face difficulties, the anticipation of futures is increasingly gaining attention in literature on sustainable transformations. Although these processes of anticipation are non-linear, literature shows that insights of Bourdieu have the potential to better understand such processes. Therefore, applying a narrative approach with walking interviews, this study innovatively combines insights from future studies (making of futures and using of futures) and the terminology as provided by Bourdieu (field, habitus and capital). The research shows two ways of how extrapolating futures lead to foreclosing a desired futures: one enacted in the habitus and one enacted in the field. The research also shows that in the process of pre-opening of futures, dynamic relations between different forms of capital are essential and that these relations are influenced by anticipation of futures: citizens whose extrapolated and desired future are aligned, whether in the field or enacted in the habitus seem to be more inclined to pre-open futures

Anticipation (artificial intelligence · Cultural capital · Economics · Field (mathematics · Financial economics · Futures contract · Futures studies · Habitus · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Social Capital and Networks

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