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Envisioning post-industrial futures. A 3 Horizons approach for navigating Taranto's social imaginaries’ potential for change

Augello, Mariarcangela LU (2024) In Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20241
Department of Human Geography
LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Abstract
Socio-environmental crisis are also crisis of imagination. In the city of Taranto, the heavy industry has had devastating socio-environmental effects, and the dominant narrative still considers environmental and social sustainability as a double bind. Consequently, to this date there is no sign that anticipate a solution to the socio-environmental crisis. By means of 3 horizons framework, this work identifies the social imaginaries of Taranto’s social movements, namely how they frame the present and imagine the future. This research finds that Taranto’s social movements envision different ways to re-make a sustainable and lively city in which environmental sustainability does not necessarily exclude social sustainability. Furthermore, it... (More)
Socio-environmental crisis are also crisis of imagination. In the city of Taranto, the heavy industry has had devastating socio-environmental effects, and the dominant narrative still considers environmental and social sustainability as a double bind. Consequently, to this date there is no sign that anticipate a solution to the socio-environmental crisis. By means of 3 horizons framework, this work identifies the social imaginaries of Taranto’s social movements, namely how they frame the present and imagine the future. This research finds that Taranto’s social movements envision different ways to re-make a sustainable and lively city in which environmental sustainability does not necessarily exclude social sustainability. Furthermore, it finds that imagining alternative futures is a way to re-politicise the conflict and raise questions of socio-environmental transformative justice. By joining social movements’ theories to that of social imaginaries, this research reflects on social movements´ role in shaping society´s imaginaries and potential to change. (Less)
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author
Augello, Mariarcangela LU
supervisor
organization
course
MESM02 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Social movements, alternatives, transformations to sustainability, visioning, socio-environmental justice, participatory research, sustainability science
publication/series
Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
report number
2024:023
language
English
id
9160392
date added to LUP
2024-06-10 15:43:14
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2024-06-10 15:43:14
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  abstract     = {{Socio-environmental crisis are also crisis of imagination. In the city of Taranto, the heavy industry has had devastating socio-environmental effects, and the dominant narrative still considers environmental and social sustainability as a double bind. Consequently, to this date there is no sign that anticipate a solution to the socio-environmental crisis. By means of 3 horizons framework, this work identifies the social imaginaries of Taranto’s social movements, namely how they frame the present and imagine the future. This research finds that Taranto’s social movements envision different ways to re-make a sustainable and lively city in which environmental sustainability does not necessarily exclude social sustainability. Furthermore, it finds that imagining alternative futures is a way to re-politicise the conflict and raise questions of socio-environmental transformative justice. By joining social movements’ theories to that of social imaginaries, this research reflects on social movements´ role in shaping society´s imaginaries and potential to change.}},
  author       = {{Augello, Mariarcangela}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Master Thesis Series in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science}},
  title        = {{Envisioning post-industrial futures. A 3 Horizons approach for navigating Taranto's social imaginaries’ potential for change}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}