Bioeconomic fiction between narrative dynamics and a fixed imaginary: Evidence from India and Germany

Sustainable Production and Consumption, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 30, P. 584 - 595

Published: Dec. 26, 2021

Bioeconomic ideas and visions have received increasing attention from scientists policy makers to address socioecological challenges. However, the role of imagined futures in design bioeconomic innovations transitions has hitherto been widely neglected. In this study, we therefore explore imaginaries future understand how they shape transitions. We thereby build on insights economic sociology compare two distinct case studies Germany India. Based our results, inductively develop an analytic model that describes co-constitution imaginaries, fictional expectations, narratives, innovation dynamics. Our results show narrative dynamics are caused by irritations political discursive landscape; these prompt actors stabilize, adapt, or reject their own conceptions, while underlying imaginary a technological fix remains fixed. discuss reductionist instead plead for reintertwines technologies with societal, cultural, ecological factors. conclude will support sustainability scholars remaining vigilant against premature mental institutional lock-ins could lead colonization severe negative implications society's ability mitigate adapt global environmental change future.

Language: Английский

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Lost in transformation: The Paris Agreement, the IPCC and the quest for national transformative change

Frontiers in Climate, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 4

Published: Sept. 20, 2022

The IPCC stated in its special report on global warming of 1. 5°C (SR15) that meeting the temperature target Paris Agreement requires rapid and far-reaching changes across all aspects society. This is called a need for transformative change . However, what meant by change? What should be changed, how it changed? These questions are explored this paper, which structured three steps. First, develops conceptual meaning centered Then, analyses SR15 understands change. analysis finds proposed pathways to reach targets 1.5 2°C have strong technical focus energy supply, makes broader deeper almost unnecessary. finding related recently published mitigation. Even if institutional socio-cultural dimensions better covered report, they insufficiently integrated into overall assessment necessary changes. Finally, turns national level, analyzing Sweden's ambition become first fossil-free welfare society world. shows, line with SR15, Sweden has restricted making change, such as restructuring economic system questioning consumption patterns, Based international (the IPCC) (Sweden) levels, paper identifies an elaborated, consistent understanding It concludes relevant countries' work achieve ambitious climate targets, develop more qualified integration social science research.

Language: Английский

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Transforming imaginations? Multiple dimensionalities and temporalities as vital complexities in transformations to sustainability

Global Environmental Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 82, P. 102741 - 102741

Published: Sept. 1, 2023

Through interlinked theoretical and empirical analysis, this paper explores some important but neglected questions concerning efforts to achieve sustainability. To what extents do currently dominant forms of academic study policy visions in field, satisfactorily address the full political depth scope vital complexities pathways for emerging social transformations? Are there dangers that common simplifications mainstream ways thinking about transformation, inadvertently help invisibly reproduce entrenched patterns privilege power drive focal problems unsustainability? In particular, does a 'monothetic' focus on circumscribed sites or sectoral formations with notionally few clear-cut dimensions distinction before after, risk missing more multiple messy 'polythetic' dimensionalities which can hide? What are implications assumptions change proceed 'monotonically' – neatly cumulatively particular direction, if real world transformations actually unfold according plural, undulating unruly 'non-monotonic' temporalities? order investigate these questions, employs concept sociotechnical imaginaries explore constituting contrasting understandings 'urban transformations' Kenya 'the nuclear renaissance' UK. Q method in-depth interpretive analysis used test relationships between imagined their unfoldings over time. The findings suggest current approaches may indeed unduly simplify dynamics play out potentially practical implications.

Language: Английский

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Building a better world? Competing promises, visions, and imaginaries-in-the-making of the digitalization of architecture and construction

Futures, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 154, P. 103262 - 103262

Published: Oct. 11, 2023

The building sector has a huge share of global greenhouse gas emission and waste production, cannot meet the growing demand for housing struggles with skills shortages. In this situation, digital transformation architecture construction promises new solutions its most urgent challenges. article, we use discourse analytical approach to map landscape imaginaries in making regarding sociodigital future case Germany. Examining broad range documents by professional associations, consulting firms, industry business actors, governments, international organizations other stakeholders, have identified four main competing visions: one industrialized automated construction, promising increased productivity, efficiency competitiveness, data-based integration, relations partnership collaboration, vision digitally enabled singularized architecture, where logic unique surpasses generic, sustainable computerbased technologies ensure reduction waste, emissions consumption resources. these visions claims they are on present allows us open up space negotiating conflicting objectives asses potentials limitations possibilities more reflexively.

Language: Английский

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Emerging sociotechnical imaginaries – How the smart home is legitimized in visions from industry, users in homes and policymakers in Germany

Futures, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 151, P. 103194 - 103194

Published: June 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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