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

• DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2023.103134
• Publication Date: 2023-03-15T01:36:34Z
• Authors: Sietske Veenman; Maria Kaufmann; Simone Haarbosch
• Keywords: Habitus; Anticipation (artificial intelligence); Futures studies

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