Welcome to Possibility Studies
as we go against such formidable constraints, we can still rely on the quintessentially human capacity to hope, to imagine and to envision new possibilities for environmental action, justice and peace. The possible re-emerges as an organising category in our lives and our thinking not despite but because of living through the seemingly impossible a
... See moreVlad P. Glăveanu • Possibility Studies: A Manifesto
The account of the emergence in Europe of linear history and its epistemic condition, homogeneous and empty time-space, is a familiar one that I will briefly summarize below. My goal is not to dispute this account but to grasp: (1) what were the conditions in which this linear vision became institutionalized and hegemonic and (2) how linearity came
... See morePrasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
Michael Lewkowitz • Towards a Digital Pluriverse
Experiences of the possible depend on more than individuals; they require a wide ecosystem that includes human and non-human actors and their entanglement. Humans don’t always occupy a central position in this system as objects and material spaces can guide the discovery of new possibilities (e.g., new affordances) and enable their enactment.