scholarly journals Modeling biocomplexity – actors, landscapes and alternative futures

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 570-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
John P. Bolte ◽  
David W. Hulse ◽  
Stanley V. Gregory ◽  
Court Smith
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Futures

Scenes from the Margins

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-136
Author(s):  
Kathryn Joan Leslie
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Communication ◽  
White Supremacy ◽  
Professional Association ◽  
Communication Studies ◽  
Alternative Futures

The scenes in this reflection explore the ways my white, queer, nonbinary body navigates a professional association from the margins under the influence of white supremacy. I confess to shadow feelings of self-importance that continuously creep up as I engage in anti-racist work and consider how this presence of white righteousness must be relentlessly undermined and destabilized as we work to consider new and alternative futures for (organizational) communication studies.

Biodiversity and Landscape Planning: Alternative Futures for the Region of Camp Pendleton, California

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Steinitz ◽  
Michael Binford ◽  
Paul Cote ◽  
Thomas Edwards ◽  
Ervin Jr. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Landscape Planning ◽  
Alternative Futures

Alternative Futures for Forest-Based Nanomaterials

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
David N. Bengston ◽  
Jim Dator ◽  
Michael J. Dockry ◽  
Aubrey Yee
Keyword(s):  
Forest Management ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
Forest Products ◽  
The United States ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
Alternative Futures ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
History Of ◽  
The U.S

Forestry and forest products research has entered into a robust research agenda focused on creating nano-sized particles and nanoproducts from wood. As wood-based materials can be sustainably produced, the potential of these renewable products could be limitless and include high-end compostable electronics, paint-on solar panels, and lightweight materials for airplanes and cars. Others warn about potential serious negative health and environmental consequences. Either way, wood-based nanomaterials could disrupt forestry as we know it. This article is a summary and analysis of a collaborative research project exploring the futures of wood-based nanomaterials within the context of the futures of forests and forest management within the United States. We start by describing the history of forestry through the lens of the U.S. Forest Service, then describe nanotechnology in general and wood-based nanocellulose specifically. Next, we outline the Manoa School alternative futures method, and how we used it to design and carry out a “complete futures of x” project. Following the Manoa School approach, we describe four alternative futures for forestry and forest management. We conclude with implications for the future of forestry, forests, and forest-based nanomaterials, as well as a discussion on the implementation of a complete “futures of x” project.

Coming apart at the seams: How the theatrical within fashion makes space for empowerment

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Jess Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Futures ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Ways Of Being

Relationships between fashion and theatricality open up spaces of fantasy in which new ways of being can be imagined. In drawing upon the ways in which theatre exists in a space that is both physically real and created through imagination, the theatrics of high fashion similarly create spaces that are both physically real and imagined. Though often read as a symptom of an unnecessarily excessive system, theatricality in fashion can alternatively signal a turn towards a more ethical fashion system. Because fashion (as it relates to the production and consumption of clothing and other wearable goods) is invariably part of the problem, it provides a unique and valuable way of investigating practices of overconsumption, waste and environmental abuse. However, because high fashion functions in a space of slippages between the physically real and the imaginary, it also contains the potential to provide imaginings of possible alternative futures. Drawing upon Steven Meisel’s photography editorial for Italian Vogue, ‘Water & Oil’ (August 2010), this article investigates the ways in which fashion’s excessiveness can be reimagined as an argument for the essentialness of pleasure, and that pleasure is not synonymous with waste.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document