Scattered Notes on Future Imaginaries, Collapse, and Exit Strategies – Part 2: On Ecovillages as Survival Units and Everyday Preppers

Lara Monticelli, Linea M. Petersen

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Abstract

This contribution comprises short notes and blends academic references with pop culture, contemporary art, diary-like entries, and sci-fi imaginaries. Segueing from Part 1, Part 2 includes three notes, the first of which is based on empirical material gathered for the research project Ecovillages as laboratories of sustainability and social change (EcoLabSS ). The first note examines ecovillages as potential survival units in the context of the current climate and environmental crisis. Note 5 explores the idea of resistant exit, a term coined by US-based scholar Jennet Kirkpatrick, and underlines how it differs from escapism. The last note, inspired by an exploratory netnography of doomsday prepper blogs, presents a captivating counter-narrative aimed at deconstructing some of the most common stereotypes about preppers and prepping practices.
Original languageEnglish
JournalEphemera: Theory & politics in organization
Number of pages18
ISSN1473-2866
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2023

Bibliographical note

This research was conducted under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship scheme funded by the European Union (Grant number 798866, Project ‘EcoLabSS – Ecovillages as Laboratories of Sustainability and Social Change). Fellow: Lara Monticelli. Host Institution: Copenhagen Business School.

Keywords

  • Exit strategy
  • Collapsology
  • Prepping
  • Ukraine war
  • Climate crisis
  • Ecovillages

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