Journal article
Futures as a heterotopia
Futures, Vol.40(10), pp.924-926
2008
Abstract
Futures studies can be understood in a variety of ways. For many, it is a new field, taught via the rules of the Academy, formally at many universities as well as in short courses for cities and corporations. For others, 'field of knowledge' is too strong a term; rather, it is a discourse, a way of seeing the world, focused particularly on time. Still others see it less as an area of inquiry and more as an arena of action. Futures studies, for them, is one of the many social movements seeking to reduce the power of the prince and merchant, and move it to the citizen. These actors seek to change the world, generally, via the sustainability discourse. For them the current business-as-usual future is the problem, new alternatives are urgently required. Within this social movement perspective, most are integrated in their approach, focused on inner and outer change, self and collective. There is also a new group of professional futures studies practitioners, focused on scenario planning, visioning and strategy.
Details
- Title
- Futures as a heterotopia
- Authors
- Sohail Inayatullah (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Publication details
- Futures, Vol.40(10), pp.924-926
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Date published
- 2008
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.futures.2008.07.032
- ISSN
- 0016-3287
- Organisation Unit
- School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449973002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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